AidanDaGamer: EXACTLY! A lot of self-loathing Americans here are claiming "they're just stereotypes" like the knob-job you replied to, but you can tell that's what they think. Only a few Danes started off their reply with: "I think people think of Americans as..." rather than "Americans are..."
@@dner75-xh9le Although most Danes speak English, it is not their first language, driksett! That would be Danish, which has similar word order in sentence as English as they are actually closely related Germanic languages on different branches of the tree. But verbs are much simpler to conjugate in Danish. So no, that is not what he meant. Nor could you determine what he was thinking based on that. But you'd know that if you had ever considered that a non native English speaker might not choose their words the same as you do. You proffered a perfect example of a stereotype not mentioned in the video! Americans think everyone uses English the same way they do and they have little to no understanding of other languages and how those same foreign speakers will use English in a different manner. You are coming to a questionable (I mean to say bullshit) conclusion based on overthinking what a Danish person said in English. Trust me, he is keeping his English simple. You are reading far too much into it. BTW...I am American but had a Norwegian mother and learned Norwegian from her from birth, English at the same time, both the way children acquire languages. Norwegian bokmål and Danish are mutually intelligible languages once the Danes spit out the potato. So I understand how one might answer the question the way he did in English due to the language he grew up speaking. Sorry for being rude. That's the American side of me being loud and boisterous.
Generally we follow up with, “good, and how are you”? “Good” And that’s the whole conversation. It’s just considered respectful here, but I can understand how it would be strange to other countries.
One word replies are all right. Like, if you're tired you can say, 'Tired' or if you're hungry say 'hungry' if and only if you are already friends with the person. If it's like hot out and someone asks you, someone you're not friends with you can say, 'Hot'.
@@jeremiahkerry No, instead you have "All right, then?" What's the difference? If you think everyone in the UK is "genuine", you've got an unnatural overestimation of your citizenry, innit?
actually, all Europeans I’ve talked too say they despise Americans, and I’ve been warned since I was little to tell Europeans I’m a Canadian so we wouldn’t get attacked 🤷🏻♀️
@@palomat986 I live in Germany. I've been treated incredibly well here, despite my fears about being hated. They can be critical and very honest sometimes but it's never meant on a personal level. I actually appreciate brutal honesty. It does bother me that we get labeled superficial but I understand both sides. Eh. Now stabbed and attacked? Not as long as you're watching your surroundings and using common sense.
I used to live in France and they were obsessed with Michael Moore films. They would pack the theaters to watch them, and then on the way out I would eavesdrop on their convos about Americans. They sounded SOOOO ignorant!! Ironic, considering how many Parisians love to call Americans stupid.
@Little: My grandfather used to travel to France for business, and my cousin was there visiting when he was stationed in Europe. I've been told in Paris they are not fond of Americans, but if you go farther our near Normandy they actually like us, so I try not to associate Paris with France, the same way Washington shouldn't be associated with all of the US. To be honest, I'm not surprised though. Moore is super liberal, even for liberal standards here in the US. I will be living in Europe soon enough. And I certainly have no intention of going to Paris. A lot (though not all) city dwellers tend to be pompous stuck up assholes, and that's unfortunately not just Paris. Hopefully they don't feel the same way in Luxembourg city, since that's my first place i'll be visiting.
Winter xx: Paris is a shithole, and it's only getting worse. They have no business throwing shade at us. They have a lot of homeless "refugess" (read: economic migrant men) camping out in the streets. Any time a Frenchman talks shit about the US (like that sissy Macron did in front our Congress), just remind him of that.
The Nikgata - Maybe, just maybe you should start making decisions based in the present day era instead of based upon the second amendment. A lot of school children would be alive today if the American people didn’t hold it so dear.
@@tippullthemnow9839 not sure if you're Danish or not, but it was Americans with guns that saved Denmark from the nazis. Those who didn't side with Germany I should say
For over the last ten years English is mandatory in school... Most speak it better than americans because of online gaming... I am not shocked...Americans know virtually nothing about Denmark..
Almost all Danes speak English well these days. They learn it in school and hear it everyday on TV and the radio. You will find Danes with less education who have a harder time with English. You might notice that many of the Danes on this video also had American accents. That's because they probably spent some time living in the US. You will also find Danes with British accents for the same reason.
I spent time with soldiers from the Danish military is Kosovo in 2001 and 2002. They were great guys well trained and professional. I invited a soldier named Lars to Florida he accepted, we had a great time at a NASCAR race in Daytona Florida, and water skiing on the Suwanee River.
Most of Denmark love America as well, and Texas is a given on a America trip. By the way he is in the capital, you know where all the left leaning communists live. The left have all so been loosing most Danish elections, the last many many years.
Not all dane are Friendly to american a lots of dane do not like american, but they are insecure by saying they do not like Americans and Israelites, but many think negatively and well justified. So American stay away
@@dreamweaver1603 Nah. Just the communists. I am from Canada and I can't wait to get to Texas. For me, Texas represents what it is to truly be American.
We spend more on each individual than any other country. It's called the government trying to centralize everything. It's why private schools outperform public substantially. Plus, we are spending so much on hispanic and black communities that can't get out of that whole no matter how much money we throw at them. Billions upon billions wasted just in this decade alone on them.
they are putting in sjw bullshit lately I guess that helps you get along with others in the unemployment line. but then you'll get triggered when someone calls you by the wrong pronoun
MrDylanHM our education system sucks because we reward failure with money and protect incompetent teachers from being fired. We throw more money at our education system than anywhere else in the world.
When I arrived in America almost 18 years ago, I loved how people are very well coming and say hi but no one asked me about my business.Now I smile,I say hi and I love it.
All3me1 No I am just explaining what they are saying by simplifying it. I actually agree with what the Danes are saying about American when it comes to this.
These "beautiful and intelligent" people, use to make child porn with kid as young as 7 year. Which is legal in that "forward minded" country from 1969 to 1980. Don't trust me ,check yourself out
+Candice Honeycutt You may be right about some, don't overlook that millions of Americans are struggling for food and shelter. They don't have access to the internet at home and can't afford cable television. Funny that nearly all these interviews are in massive global cities among the middle class. Certainly poor and rural living families can be forgiven for not having global politics at the top of their list?
Villum Sonne If you too blind and uncultured to know the lack of freedom you have from government in your life in Europe then I don't even wanna talk about it with you.
Uhm. I'm asking why we don't know what it is. Facts. Why do I not know what freedom is? Because I pay more taxes for free education and healthcare? You can't just say I don't know what freedom is, and then when I ask why, you say that I'm too 'uncultured to know'. And what do you even mean by that? I'm very cultured. I got confirmated in the Lutheran Church (because ut's in Danish culture, not because of religion), I celebrate Christmas every year on the 24th, as is custom in Denmark, I celebrate St. Hans Day to every year and I speak - somewhat - 4 different languages.
Villum Sonne lol you don't have "free" education or healthcare, you pay for your socialism. good job you speak multiple languages and celebrate Christmas. most of what I'm referring too in your lack of freedom is government regulations of your life. The lone fact your socialist is a huge blow to your freedom, you run on populist politics. your rights to self defense and self preservation are destroyed. Guns I'm not going to touch because you probably with start trembling if you saw one. I hear of people being fined for "hate speech" I'm your great lands. A free man defends the speech of those that hate him. aside from larger issues like that, you guys have fucking laws about how much alcohol can be in a drink. I mean come on are you adults or no?
America is a big place. Some regions are almost like their own countries. So the stereotypes (like all) are usually rooted in some truth but are almost always limited by geography and cultural diffusion.
i am danish and i agree, it's very different around america just like it is in denmark but people seem to never really know that so they judge a whole country by what happens in their capital lol
It's like how many Americans perceive all of Germany to be like Bavaria. Of course, that's because the States occupied Bavaria post-WWII. But still, you are correct. People from outside the States latch on to a particular region and base their perception of Americans off of that.
Kiddicraft was a toy company founded in 1932 by Hilary 'Harry' Fisher Page (1904-1957) at Purley in southern England. The company is notable for being the predecessor of Lego bricks.
@@Maximus100 Tommy is actually right, in the video you postet Ole gets a plastic brick that inspires the logo brick. the idea of plastic building bricks is mush older then lego. however I would also say Billund is the home of lego but it is not the home of the building brick also it is not a stolen toy lego and kiddicraft is not similar enough so invoke copy right and the inventor of kiddicraft also said that
I have spent some time in Copenhagen and Aero Island.. Always found Danes to be friendly folks and bit reserved much like area of Texas I grew up in. When I started attending the 24 Hours of Le Mans I quickly learned that the Danes were huge party folks. The wildest bunch each year at Le Mans camping is the Danes and they still are friendly but the reserved part goes away and its party on.Love these interviews.
Danes are naturally a countryside folk with quite the respect for tradition but with a modern secular viewpoint on things. Generally we are considered a leftist nation but with alot of conservative habbits lile tradition and family wich is why i believe texans and danes get along well. Aside from the viewpoint of gunrights we are pretty close culturally.
The thing is, our education is not consistently terrible. You can get the best education your family can afford- that's the problem. You see, in the U.S. public schools are funded by property taxes. If you live in a poor neighborhood with low property values then your school district doesn't have a lot to work with. Conversely, if you live in an affluent and desirable neighborhood and your property values are really high, then your school district will be able to afford the best of pretty much everything. And of course this also means that you can probably afford the betetr universities which also have the highest tuition, whereas the rest of us may have to settle for Generic State U instead of Harvard or UCLA or Duke.
Daniel Lunsford Absolutely true! To add to that! We are only allowed to send our kids to the public schools near us, unless we pay for private schools. So that means if the schools near us are sub standard we must move our family to a better school district. Here in Missouri, we moved five miles farther and have top rated schools, however friends near us who can not move, have low rated schools. Not an equal way to distribute money for education in the US. This goes for my teacher friends too. The property taxes fund the teachers salaries, so the higher districts pay higher, this usually means getting more mature, seasoned teachers. It is just a flawed system where even those trying to make a better way for their children are stuck in substandard schools.
Pretty much everything you are stating is just not correct. Sure, this all is good and applies to public school but even here, in Canada public school is shit. It doesn't matter where you live in America. I can assure you that you have access to free, state-funded online schooling that wants you to enroll your kid. They will even send you a new *free* laptop and all the materials (more so than those you would *pay* for in public school) and it is *free!* They will even pay for part or all of your Internet provider bill to ensure you have constant access to their online school. Do some research before you just doom your kid to mediocrity and stupidity. I did. I lived in a crappy place in America. I feared for my kid's safety that they would have to attend a public school. It was that bad. I did a simple search and was amazed at how easy it is to get a better than private school education at an online school. The reports are immediate. If the kid is accelerating at a pace that puts them in the next grade level for their skill in a certain subject, it happens. Boom. No waiting or holding them back because the other kids feel inferior. Everything is smooth and the communication is near instant. Look it up. Stop acting like there isn't a choice.
@@roflstomps324 True 'access' is readily available, but if I may point something else out that is perhaps a factor. To get an online education for your child, you (the parent or guardian or close relative with permission) need to be present. For some, if not many, in America there just isn't a good support system. You will find that both parents or guardians have to work just to get by with the necessities of living, not counting the single parents trying to make it. Not all areas have available daycare or daycare that would help the child(ren) with education. Being able or getting help to pay for daycare is also not easy for some. Also, if you don't follow the regulations that come with homeschooling, you may find yourself talking with a child protection agency, because clearly you don't have "adulting" down quite right lol.
Well that isnt true in Texas. Funding DOES NOT stay withing the school district, it is sent to Austin, and then redistributed to each school based on school attendance. Large schools get more total funds than small schools, regardless of school location. It's called the "Robin Hood Law" (Take from the rich, give to the poor). What make some schools better than others is quality of teachers and involvement of parents. All schools suffer because of wasted time dealing with juvenile delinquents, moronic social indoctrinations, and overall federal government interference. At least down here it works that way.
I'm from Wisconsin and have enjoyed your videos. I was in Milwaukee today and ran into some folks from Ireland. I tried really hard to be friendly and genuine. They were so appreciative. They loved America so far.
A pattern I have seen with a few of these is that they are calling Americans different stereotypes like ignorant, yet all they get this from is television. hmmm.
The one even said she was watching a lot of Michael Moore documentaries. Apparently conflating the film style with facts. They also fail to realize that if they see media from US, it is more likely than not under the control of the government is not independent.
They say we are not educated?! Where did the internet come from?! Or half the technology in the world?! Who was responsible for the majority of our modern existence? I’m sensing some jealousy maybe? Also they think we are fake? Wow...ok. I’m open minded, wish the stereotypes would be a bit more transparent, it’s difficult to understand if you’re not an American.
As a dane i can coclude, that the biggest difference between america and Denmark, is our will and abillity to take care of everybody in society, and sees it as a gift that the people are more than willing to pay for, for the greater good of everybody !
There are many lazy Americans that wouldn't have the Scandinavian work ethic if they were allowed to not work and still be provided for. I find it scandalous that a single person with no children who makes 8,000 Euros a month (high salary) in many European countries will pay 4,000 Euros (or more) in taxes/ social security/ insurance. You are punishing that person for (likely) getting an education and working hard. What is the incentive for working hard in Scandinavia? Paying taxes to help other people? It surely can't be to get more money, because you are going to lose half of the extra money you make to taxes! In the US, we keep most of what we make. It is not good to be upper middle class in Europe. It is very good in the US. Of course, the company owners, royalty, and sports stars in Europe can overcome this high tax, but it is nearly impossible to break into the upper echelon in Europe. If you are uneducated, don't like to work hard or many hours, or if you are not healthy, then I would rather be in Europe. My brother-in-law works as a consultant in Berlin (he's German) and I keep telling him he'd be better off in the US. He can't really argue with me.
Freedom means being responsible for yourself and accepting the consequences of your actions. We could probably afford to have awesome social programs if we weren't spending so much money to defend the seas and allow for free trade. Maybe if Europe paid their fair share to defend them. Seriously their military is pathetic other than the UK. The national guard of any state could probably subjugate all of Europe.
although we pay way to much tax in Denmark , we actually pay more than any other country now (for a while the no 1 was France)nobody actually pay 50% of their wage , the average payed income tax is around 34% , people who earn a lot pay a little more, that said with 25% vat, and tax on everything it can end up being around 50% , one thing that you have to include when comparing wage or living standard is how many hours a year does an American work compare to a Dane or German ? , Danes have 5-6 weeks of vacation plus a lot of religious holidays and work 37 hours a week on full time , how much they earn compare to the US depends on the job, a doctor in the US earns more, but a blue color worker in Denmark earn way more than in the US, same with people in the service sector they earn a better living than in the US , and you can't compare one European country to another , things in Germany is very different than Denmark there are way more "working poor" in Germany @@TomWatsonB1
Many of them were very honest and educated while answering the question instead of just saying "ignorant, fat, dumb" they said our gun laws are really bad, our government is really corrupt and that two types of Americans (which I think is all true, as an American)
Personality and political opinions are complex and I doubt it can be summed up as "two types of americans". Personally, I think the two party system in America (I know there is more but only two major) is rather hurtful as I feel like it take away the careful logical considerations behind choosing the politics you stand behind and instead narrow it down to what opportunist preachers from both sides manage to take the most advantage of vulnerable people. Democratic politics isn't one right and one wrong side, it is about representing and listening to the entire population's wishes and then making a compromise benefitting as many people as possible. Something many americans has forgotten with their "choose which side is our saviour and who is the evil spawn from hell"-politics.
dner75 Nobody claims there are only two ‘types’ of Americans. They all talk about ‘stereotypes’ which is not by far the same, and which was btw also what they were asked to do. Just that you know 🙂
Haha, was thinking the same :D But nonetheless, that's how we think of US citiznes, either they are fat and lazy or fitness freaks - nothing in between ;) No wonder, since every movie and tv series shows Americans portrayed exactly like that..
I'm nor American nor European,but from my experience when I had been working as a turistic guide I find Europeans more educated and know much more about the world than Americans,while Americans are funnier and cooler,If I wanted to party I would invite Americans but If I wanted to talk about my problems I would choose Europeans cause they are more serious and they listen to you very well.And I love them both btw !
Being more knowledgeable on issues of other countries doesn't automatically make you overall more educated. One can be extremely educated on everything but politics--that wouldn't make them less educated in general
Danish people are very closed of from strangers. We to not talk to or look at strangers on the street. But when we are drunk we are best friends with everybody! And then the next day we will pretend we have never met, even though we were best friends yesterday. So to really know danish people you have to know them for years, but then they will literally do anything for you and talk all of the time.
I'm also a proud American, as well as a Marilyn Monroe fan. I don't understand at all why someone would say she was a whore; unless they a self-righteous person who views themself as the authority on morals, has no empathy, and makes no attempts to understanding the behavior of other humans. Before posting this comment I tried to see things from that person's position. I decided there was no use trying to understand misogyny and hate toward another person. I'm sad for the person that decided they could pass judgement on another with only the understanding of a person as those who have decided what America is like based on media coverage and a closed mind.
One thing I love about America: no matter how divided we are; no matter the severity of our low morale and civil unrest; no matter how long-standing our blood feuds and infighting: Americans will *always* instantaneously reorganize from our chaotic nature into a single cohesive swarming hive-mind to fight against whatever enemy may come for us or our allies. 🇺🇸❤🇺🇸
I am American and traveled to Copenhagen. They are harder to get to know but they are genuine. Because they are far north, I remember the sun finally set at 10p and rised again at 4am. This was in May
I've watched a few of these. I will concede that our education system is terrible. We are brought up in a system solely rewards competitive capitalism and places no value on life, living or curiosity of the rest of the world. It is sad.
It seems recently, that’s been changing a little. More and more Americans are curious about the world outside and are starting to learn about other countries, which is good. But yeah, our education system is shit. Really should teach better life skills, math, geography, and improve the language education. Let’s also do away with hw.
I am an American expat Jazz pianist living in Copenhagen Denmark for three years now and have been welcomed here more than anywhere else I've been. That includes a lot of places. Boy that middle-aged woman hit it on the head huh? You know cultural stereotypes don't apply much to the people that interest me regardless of what culture we are looking at. Now having said that; except for a few small things, I find Danish/Scandinavia to be very civilized.
I think the woman who said that Americans use the phrase, "How are you doing?" just as a greeting phrase is correct. I say it to strangers all the time, almost each time I go out and in turn they say it to me. The part that gets lost in translation though is the fact that I do really mean it. It's more of a Southern American thing though than it is an overall American thing. I've been to Chicago and NY and nobody asks you how you are doing but where I live it's not uncommon to have a ten-minute conversation on the street or at the grocery store or anywhere with a perfect stranger.
Lots of people in the Chicago area say "how are you doing?" or "how's it going?", but as you say, it is just a greeting phrase around here. A normal reply would be done within about five seconds.
Southern American/Latino here. Yeah I also noticed that about parts of America that are honestly not diversified enough. Like why ask me how I’m doing but be FAKE in response just to appease me? I’ll rather someone tell me how they feel directly and this is something I share with her opinion. Then again, I’m a first generation American.
I'm from California and I have been all over Europe including Copenhagen. As a matter of fact I have been to Copenhagen several times. The main reason I always love to stop by Copenhagen is because of their people, so friendly, polite and kindhearted. When I'm there, its people make me feel welcome and special. I guess it has worked to keep a low profile and not mention America and Americans at all.
I not sure very many Americans really care what Danish people think of Americans. This is not an attack in any way but just I believe a fact. We are on their radar because of our economic and military position in the world. We are generally not exposed in our educational system to countries like Denmark.
@@augustjalbertsen3163 No I’m not saying that. I’m explaining it is commonplace to be aware of a country that is a big player economically and militarily on the world stage than a small nation. The Danish probably know more about the United States, China and Russia than they do about St. Kits and Nevis. Personally I think it would be great if every major news service had weekly educational segments on all the world countries.
@@pacerdave7838 Okay, I can follow that :) I hope you can develop an educational system that has a greater outlook on more cultures than only the biggest in the world. As Europe consists of a lot of small and medium nation-states (seen on a global scale) it is a big part of our educations to understand our neighbour's cultures, even the small ones. Maybe you teach the same just centred in the different states inside the US, I don't know.
Considering the totally biased anti Trump narrative that you get from much of European msm it's no real surprise that some people believe the bullshit.😱
I'm American. There are very good reasons and realities behind these stereotypes. I've always thought of the Danes (when I've thought of the Danes at all) as enlightened and rational. This video has not changed this view.
You're spot on.The United states has a huge melting pot of different cultures. The United kingdom can boast in its ancient history a mixture of viking, Roman, Saxon, Angles,and finally the Normans. In recent times Britain has accepted people from India, Pakistan,and Bangladesh not to mention the west indies Britain is also as diverse as the United states.
As an American I like hearing how other people are doing !! One time I was working witha Chinese national .we did not speak A common language. But through pantomime and much patience we got to know each other.
I believe your confusion stems from the fact that you hear "too friendly" and think "that's nice" while most danes would consider people being right up in your face as an annoyance. In general terms Danes appreciate long lasting close relationship but detest superficial interaction. A good example is: If a person asks you how you are, a Dane would assume you want to hear how the person actually is, down to the detail. Americans, in general terms, view this form of interaction more as a greeting which clashes greatly with the danish culture. The result is often that Danes view Americans as superficial and overly friendly.
+John Otto cause thats all we see in the news... police brutality, Donald trump, Terrible foreign policy etc. obvs, the average american is not this way but from news and mass media, thats the perception we get
Do you think that maybe he edits his program to be that way? I do believe he is attempting to create a riff between the Danes and America. We need zero antagonism between us. We need each other more then ever.
In reference to you last statement many Americans who are law abiding people and not necessarily religious find Republicans to be reasonable and Democrats to be "batshit crazy!" To know a place, I believe you must live there. Just my opinion.
Yeah we have kind of accepted the fact that most americans have no idea what Denmark is, since you didn't even corporate us in your maps... But its fine we get we are a small country
From this group of Danes, I have concluded that Danes hold very uniform and consensus views and believe what is spoon fed to them by corporate and government run mass media.
These people are as misinformed as we are. The whole bloody world has gone off the deep-end of stupidity. "Where did you get your information about Americans?"...."TV and Movies?"....Wow...
Many of these stereotypes hold true indeed as I know being born and raised a US citizen. The more I know about other developed countries compared to USA, the more I loathe living in USA.
Based on your interviews, people from all around the world don't seem to know America is a melting pot of many different cultures. I have watched several of these videos & not one mention of America's cultural diversity. I find that strange because the vast majority of people you interviewed were white. Did have you have a problem finding more people of other races or are these other countries just not as culturally diverse as the US?
+Stuffedbird That's an interesting point you make. I get the impression watching these videos that Europeans are spoon fed lies upon lies by their media just as in the US. It must be because Americans have more instinctual independent thought, that many are able to see through the lies. People I know are embarrassed by the behavior of groups like Black Lives Matter just as people are embarrassed by the behavior of the KKK. The media would have you believe that those groups represent the majority of Americans views or at least that those views are very prevelent when in fact, those are what's called the vocal minority, a very small minority at that. The media heavily exaggerates the sphere of influence these racist groups have, because the media feeds on ratings for advertising dollars. There's simply not as much money in telling the truth. Also, there's more Black people on American tv than is proportional to they're actual percentage of the population.
+Stuffedbird That's true. Just because it's a stereotype certainly doesn't make it accurate. I'm concerned however, that inaccurate stereotypes can lead people to believe that there is truth in them, especially when there's a serious lack of understanding of what the truth really is.
Jason Hock Right. America has been a diverse country for a very long time. America has been dealing with the complexities of that diversity, the good, the bad, & the ugly for a very long time. These European countries let in a bunch of Muslims because they want to prove to the world they can be as diverse as America, now the realities of diversity are slapping them in their naive faces.
David H. Yes there pretty much making fun of other countries America is like a club a different people not just whites that are fat and dumb we're not at all we're intelligent we're the founding country of the computer and cars and movies are stupid don't listen one 2 out of 6 Americans are fat and dumb
moorek1967 It doesn’t seem genuine, when you ask a question and then the person actually replies, maybe in detail, then you seemed confused and bored. If you don’t actually care “how I’m doing” then don’t ask. Danish people (or European people) don’t ask questions that we don’t want honest answers too. Americans are always like “hiiii, how are you todayyy? :-D :-D” and when you answer they’re like: ?????? 😐😳🤨🙄😴 ... Anyway, it’s not polite if it’s not sincere
@@sophiejonatan2111 I see where you are coming from, but "How are you" is a very common greeting in America and the most common response is "Im good, you?". Its literally a conversation starter and a good way to catch up with old friends. Personally, "How are you?" is like an instinct when seeing someone I haven't seen in a while, and although it may not seem polite to you, it is very polite here in America.
@@sophiejonatan2111 unfortunately that's true in many places in the USA. I personally get annoyed by fake people, it seems to be big city rat race type people. There are a lot of genuine people who do say what they mean. Our schools forced us to behave that way, shameful imo, even honest people who care are conditioned to be " polite ", so people are not used to bluntness.
Seeing the question header "How The Danes View Americans" I was about to write that Americans don't know much about Denmark, but having listened to answers in the video I need to add that Danes could learn more about Americans. Americans are very diverse: palefaces, redskins, blacks, hispanics, buddhists, rich, poor, they eat less now ... oh, and they have the greatest women's soccer team in the world, yay!
Well he just scratches the surface but his documentaries does states some real factual facts about your society. But of course there will be a bit biased towards the director perception. But most of the information are read factual information that most Americans don’t even know are facts but thinks its opinions and not facts!
just read all the comments and it scares me how generalising everyone is. I'm a dane myself, and we're all different! I don't at all agree with those people in the video. And it really hurts me to read all of your bad comments about Denmark and Danish people, how we don't like black people and stuff... I dont think that Denmark or Danish people is the greatest thing ever, cause no one is perfect. okay i don't even know where i'm going with this, but i hope it got people thinking somehow...
+Natasha Schrøder I've been feeling the same way watching some of these videos talking about these American stereotypes. I love to travel and I've been to 26 different countries throughout my life and have had wonderful experiences with different people of different cultures and it's really shaped me into a, I'd like to think, very open minded and culturally aware person. But watching these videos had me thinking that maybe all the nice experiences I had weren't genuine because maybe those people I met believed these stereotypes. These videos make me sad. I appreciate your comment and you are completely right. I'm going to trust my gut and trust that my nice experiences truly were as nice as I remember and I just want to say to you that you shouldn't listen to the negative comments on these videos. These are comments by negative people who just like to share their negativity online because it's easy to do and probably because they have nothing better to do with themselves. I would love to go to Denmark someday :)
+Natasha Schrøder Don't be afraid, fear is what makes people frail. We are all different, you are right. Use that good, strong mind and lead people away from destructive generalizations. Keep your thoughts and don't let corporate media influence them. Be exactly who you were meant to be, you!
"We are extremely influenced by media" sums it up. The world gets their view of the US from the media hype, which does not represent the average American experience. It's interesting that the people who actually travelled here a lot said that the stereotypes don't apply.
The last guy with the green scarf gets it. A small country with mostly one race of people might view something they get from the media and form one stereotype but the truth is that the US is so complex that the answer to every question you can ask of it is yes and no.
I'm American and I say there's truth in these people's perceptions, but the problem with stereotypes of America is, it's a huge diverse country. America can be whatever you want it to be depending on where you are, who you associate with and what you want out of life, and what you put into life. I live in Texas and other parts of America seem foreign and strange to me. Even other parts of my city seem very different than my local community.
Dane here. I don't know why, but I just feel like Americans think they're the best country for some reason. I feel like they love being the center of attention, and all the time, they try to become bigger and better than anyone else. I also feel like they don't learn much about different countries and their cultures. I've learned a lot of languages during my years in school and heard an awful lot about how other countries are different and alike Denmark. When I read articles from American news pages on the internet, they are usually only about things happening in America, unless something terrible has happened in another country, like terrorist attack. I don't know, I just think that the Americans feel like they're a different and more interesting and better species than everyone else on the planet... So, that's one of the stereotypes I have...
American here, and I agree with most of the stereotypes I hear on these videos. Our government brainwashes it people with ridiculous media on things that don't mean anything. They want to keep us all distracted and stupid, so nobody gets educated on the world beyond our shores, sad really. I could go on and on
Americans are indoctrinated from kindergarten onwards that America is the greatest nation of the world, the best of the best. So why would they bother knowing about any other country? They are kept unaware that America is LOW on the list of happy countries. Within the USA, there are continuous and massive misinformation campaigns to make sure that what makes the top five happiest countries in the world the happiest, is considered a no-no, like general healthcare. It would be interesting to find who is behind that and why those misinformation campaigns are conducted. It seems especially the Republican Party is participating in that fake idea that America is great and everything else is deplorable. Unfortunately, Hillary was a bad choice to oppose Trump. She probably was the most hated woman that ever lived in the USA. And I agree that putting the importance of lampshades in the apartment of her daughter over the importance of saving American lives that are attacked in Benghazi by terrorists, while all military rapid deployment forces were ready and waiting for her OK, is indeed enough reason to discard her as a good person. So now we have a narcissist in pwer. For the first time in history, a person who belongs in an asylum or on the psych couch, displays his case on a 24/7 basis on all media. Wow! We learned a lot.
That opens is an anglican thing. It's not just American. I live in Scotland and I know plenty of people at coffeeshops or bars that are open like that.
I’m American and what the Europeans think about us is definitely true. 🤣😭 Loud, fat, dumb (especially when it comes to Donald trump), patriotic, guns, the “hi how are you”, not open to other cultures, etc. I know it all too well lol
I can understand people get perceptions of America based on our pop culture exports and it doesn't bother me but it's also why I find it absolutely hilarious when we get accused of not having culture.
Asking someone how they view the people of another country is not at all the same as asking them what is their stereotypical view of that country's people. It's not surprising you get a caricature like response. If you ask anyone what are their stereotypes of another group you are always going to get this homogeneous response. On top of that, to present this as how Danes view Americans really does serve to drive home the stereotype of American's putting on a facade and not being forthright. You didn't actually ask them how they viewed Americans, you asked them what is the stereotypical view of an American and you made a huge effort to drive home you were asking for the stereotype, not their actually opinion.
It would be better because a lot of Americans commenting are really upset.We have stereotypes of Americans over here but we know they are just stereotypes.The majority of Americans are nothing like that
@@kevinwoods4724 nah man don’t you get it?All of Europe , Russia, and the Middle East all hate us Americans . I mean just look at this video they just shit on southerners , guns, and fat people lol. They know nothing about Trump other than there shitty liberal media . But Europe is a very liberal society so I don’t blame them .
Your videos are interesting, but most of these Europeans you interview are very ignorant. They talk about the U.S., but Denmark for example, is not much larger than the COUNTY I live in! They are insulated by their smallness.
@ 2:46 This lovely and honest lady is correct with her perspective about America and American people/culture. I'm born and raised in America and she did not lie or exaggerate a damn thing. It's all true.
This series is quite well done. Of course, the Europeans interviewed for this series know more about America than Americans know about their country because they speak English. Many of them are telling us in so many words that Republican conservative politics is disturbing to them. The price we pay for the ascendency of Republican policies is a loss of authority and influence in the world. We pay untold trillions for a massive military capability then undercut our soft power with arrogant unilateral foreign policies and irresponsible domestic policies like absurdly permissive gun rights.
+KG5WEN There are very substantial reasons why that is actually a terrible idea and not reasonable at all. If we had adopted that viewpoint North Korea would today be all of Korea and Israel would have been annihilated long ago. Ukraine is a victim of Russian aggression and has been for hundreds of years. Today they have the hope of independence only because the rest of the world (other than Russia) supports the right of Ukraine to be free of Russian domination. The problem with staying out of everyone business is that other countries are not staying out of everyone's business, if you get what I mean.
+Stuffedbird I live in the US, but here they don't talk about peace. They're not striving for peace. Instead they talk about 'freedom'. It's easier to go warmongering in pretext of spreading freedom, than for 'peace', which has more of a pacifist implication.
I wouldn't be able to conduct these interviews b/c I'd be laughing way to hard at all the answers. Thought the outside world had better impressions of us. Truth ... Being an African American - I've never felt American a day in my life considering all the double standards, hypocrisy and racism I've experience since the age of 12. Yet I'm the one who carries true Native American Blood. Sioux to be exact.
dird89 well there is 100+ million gun owning Americans and a standing military of 500,000 with 3 million in reserve so there is a numbers game going on here but I don't imagine a revolution would be actual all out war
love the content, but you dont need that,many jumpcuts when editing, It doesnt seem as smooth and it loses a little bit of the natural feeling. This is just my slight criticism for feedback. But keep it up Yafa, must be incredible to travel as much as you do and be able to meet and interact with people and see how diverse we all actually are. I subbed :-)
Wisti Johnston This is the US though, and we use it for the individual bricks,not the sets, even NON lego brand bricks are called legos as in lego bricks shortened to legos. The term leg godt applies to the entire company/brand name,so why would anyone put a plural on a company brand name? We are speaking of the plural of the bricks themselves, regardless of what brand makes them, because what else are you going to call them? Attachable plastic bricks?
rdizzy1 I get what you are saying but it was said in the first comment, 1 lego 2 lego 3 lego all the lego. Its lego no matter what. But ofc you guys understand your language better, its just weird to us that you say legos.
I found the fellow at the end to be very intelligent in that he sees the lack of cultural context that they have. You have things that change our politics and may look crazy, while it really is a lack of cultural understanding.
For those who are offended, remember what the question is, What are the STEREOTYPES of Americans.
shosty but you can tell that they actually mean it
Exactly
AidanDaGamer It's okay.....ppl are ppl
AidanDaGamer: EXACTLY! A lot of self-loathing Americans here are claiming "they're just stereotypes" like the knob-job you replied to, but you can tell that's what they think. Only a few Danes started off their reply with: "I think people think of Americans as..." rather than "Americans are..."
@@dner75-xh9le Although most Danes speak English, it is not their first language, driksett! That would be Danish, which has similar word order in sentence as English as they are actually closely related Germanic languages on different branches of the tree. But verbs are much simpler to conjugate in Danish. So no, that is not what he meant. Nor could you determine what he was thinking based on that. But you'd know that if you had ever considered that a non native English speaker might not choose their words the same as you do. You proffered a perfect example of a stereotype not mentioned in the video! Americans think everyone uses English the same way they do and they have little to no understanding of other languages and how those same foreign speakers will use English in a different manner.
You are coming to a questionable (I mean to say bullshit) conclusion based on overthinking what a Danish person said in English. Trust me, he is keeping his English simple. You are reading far too much into it. BTW...I am American but had a Norwegian mother and learned Norwegian from her from birth, English at the same time, both the way children acquire languages. Norwegian bokmål and Danish are mutually intelligible languages once the Danes spit out the potato. So I understand how one might answer the question the way he did in English due to the language he grew up speaking.
Sorry for being rude. That's the American side of me being loud and boisterous.
Interviewer "what are some stereotypical views Americans have for Danes?"
American "what the hells a Dane?"
This made me laugh so fucking hard!
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....; so true.
Lmao swear this is what I said !!!!
They're vikings or something right?
I literally just acted that out lol
In the States, *_"How you doin"_* in general just means *_"Hi"_*...that's it, no conversation is expected from it.
the Greatjon In the UK, asking somebody ‘How are you’ is genuine.
Generally we follow up with, “good, and how are you”? “Good” And that’s the whole conversation. It’s just considered respectful here, but I can understand how it would be strange to other countries.
One word replies are all right. Like, if you're tired you can say, 'Tired' or if you're hungry say 'hungry' if and only if you are already friends with the person. If it's like hot out and someone asks you, someone you're not friends with you can say, 'Hot'.
@@jeremiahkerry No, instead you have "All right, then?" What's the difference? If you think everyone in the UK is "genuine", you've got an unnatural overestimation of your citizenry, innit?
@@jeremiahkerry Bullshit.
this guy is a great interviewer in a non biased way
I like that most Europeans say we are friendly. I like that.
palerider957 ExcUsE mE!? Jk
actually, all Europeans I’ve talked too say they despise Americans, and I’ve been warned since I was little to tell Europeans I’m a Canadian so we wouldn’t get attacked 🤷🏻♀️
Kjaermit France, Great Britain, Greece, & Spain were a few. By attacked, I’ve been told getting mugged, shanked, targeted and kidnapped.
Kjaermit listen dude, it’s literally what Europeans have told me 🤷🏻♀️ idk but im just gonna keep caution
@@palomat986 I live in Germany. I've been treated incredibly well here, despite my fears about being hated. They can be critical and very honest sometimes but it's never meant on a personal level. I actually appreciate brutal honesty. It does bother me that we get labeled superficial but I understand both sides. Eh. Now stabbed and attacked? Not as long as you're watching your surroundings and using common sense.
"I've been watching a lot of Michael Moore.."
Jesus Christ. I'm not even going to touch that one.
Winter xx I know, I started laughing when that woman said that.
I used to live in France and they were obsessed with Michael Moore films. They would pack the theaters to watch them, and then on the way out I would eavesdrop on their convos about Americans. They sounded SOOOO ignorant!! Ironic, considering how many Parisians love to call Americans stupid.
@Little: My grandfather used to travel to France for business, and my cousin was there visiting when he was stationed in Europe. I've been told in Paris they are not fond of Americans, but if you go farther our near Normandy they actually like us, so I try not to associate Paris with France, the same way Washington shouldn't be associated with all of the US. To be honest, I'm not surprised though. Moore is super liberal, even for liberal standards here in the US. I will be living in Europe soon enough. And I certainly have no intention of going to Paris. A lot (though not all) city dwellers tend to be pompous stuck up assholes, and that's unfortunately not just Paris. Hopefully they don't feel the same way in Luxembourg city, since that's my first place i'll be visiting.
Winter xx: Paris is a shithole, and it's only getting worse. They have no business throwing shade at us. They have a lot of homeless "refugess" (read: economic migrant men) camping out in the streets. Any time a Frenchman talks shit about the US (like that sissy Macron did in front our Congress), just remind him of that.
Michael Moore is a douchebag!
Gonna buy another weapon and cheeseburger after this.
Erick Dominguez Because you’re uneducated and stupid , like the folks say
Lmao 😂 as a Dane I found your comment hilarious😂
The Nikgata - Maybe, just maybe you should start making decisions based in the present day era instead of based upon the second amendment. A lot of school children would be alive today if the American people didn’t hold it so dear.
@@tippullthemnow9839 not sure if you're Danish or not, but it was Americans with guns that saved Denmark from the nazis. Those who didn't side with Germany I should say
@@nobodyspecial6513 Ummm actually you did not! It was Canada that liberated Denmark. Learn world history before you open your mouth.
The interviewees just add to the many reasons why Denmark is one of my favorite countries.
I could hug you right now...
well stop by sometime
:D
Do Danes typically speak English as well as the people interviewed for this video? I was impressed with their command of the language.
Most of them speaks it below the norm to be fair.
For over the last ten years English is mandatory in school... Most speak it better than americans because of online gaming... I am not shocked...Americans know virtually nothing about Denmark..
Every one under the age of 50-55 do, and a lot of older people, it`s just not a given with elder people.
Lillian Kinsman Wrong English have been in Danish schools for 2-3 generations. Now English is just official our 2 languish.
Almost all Danes speak English well these days. They learn it in school and hear it everyday on TV and the radio. You will find Danes with less education who have a harder time with English. You might notice that many of the Danes on this video also had American accents. That's because they probably spent some time living in the US. You will also find Danes with British accents for the same reason.
I spent time with soldiers from the Danish military is Kosovo in 2001 and 2002. They were great guys well trained and professional. I invited a soldier named Lars to Florida he accepted, we had a great time at a NASCAR race in Daytona Florida, and water skiing on the Suwanee River.
No matter what, I love Danish people. They seem very friendly and seem like good people. - From an American, specifically a Texan lol
Most of Denmark love America as well, and Texas is a given on a America trip.
By the way he is in the capital, you know where all the left leaning communists live. The left have all so been loosing most Danish elections, the last many many years.
Please Clap why thank you :)
Texas is a given on any American trip? Hmm, interesting. I got the impression that Europeans hate Texans.
Not all dane are Friendly to american a lots of dane do not like american, but they are insecure by saying they do not like Americans and Israelites, but many think negatively and well justified. So American stay away
@@dreamweaver1603 Nah. Just the communists. I am from Canada and I can't wait to get to Texas. For me, Texas represents what it is to truly be American.
Our education system is absolutely awful and we do eat too much as a collective.
You get out of the educational system exactly what you are willing to put into it.
We spend more on each individual than any other country. It's called the government trying to centralize everything. It's why private schools outperform public substantially. Plus, we are spending so much on hispanic and black communities that can't get out of that whole no matter how much money we throw at them. Billions upon billions wasted just in this decade alone on them.
they are putting in sjw bullshit lately I guess that helps you get along with others in the unemployment line. but then you'll get triggered when someone calls you by the wrong pronoun
MrDylanHM our education system sucks because we reward failure with money and protect incompetent teachers from being fired. We throw more money at our education system than anywhere else in the world.
When I arrived in America almost 18 years ago, I loved how people are very well coming and say hi but no one asked me about my business.Now I smile,I say hi and I love it.
When they say Americans are friendly and open when you first meet them and they act different later on. They are basically saying Americans are fake.
butthurt American...
All3me1
No I am just explaining what they are saying by simplifying it. I actually agree with what the Danes are saying about American when it comes to this.
2mac11 than I´m sorry :)
+2mac11 I wouldnt say fake as much as i would say quick to judge. If we dont like someone we will make it known
being quick to open up and hard to get in to isn't the same as being fake..
Every person interviewed here shows so much respect! The Danes are beautiful, well spoken and intelligent people. This was a nice video to watch. :)
These "beautiful and intelligent" people, use to make child porn with kid as young as 7 year. Which is legal in that "forward minded" country from 1969 to 1980.
Don't trust me ,check yourself out
@@harshitmalhotra8285 First to legalize porn, gay marriage, and many more things.
@@hjemsted4879 the Netherlands was the first country to legalise gay marriage get your facts right
@@dream-67 The Netherlands: 2002.
Denmark: 1969
@@hjemsted4879 Denmark legalised same sex marriage in 2012, the Netherlands in 2001 .....as I said before, get your facts right
Do how Americans view themselves that will be interesting episode.
+The Boss3814 He did an east coast vs west coast.
james wasda I know I still wanna see how Americans view themselves.
The Boss3814 I agree.
My own opinion is that a lot of us are willfully ignorant about the rest of the world, but most of us mean well.
+Candice Honeycutt You may be right about some, don't overlook that millions of Americans are struggling for food and shelter. They don't have access to the internet at home and can't afford cable television. Funny that nearly all these interviews are in massive global cities among the middle class.
Certainly poor and rural living families can be forgiven for not having global politics at the top of their list?
I don't even own a gun, but I'll be damned if we let anyone take that right away from us.
silence in. the even black good. Europeans have government at every corner of there lives. they don't know what freedom is.
Andrew Sanford We don't know what freedom is? Why so?
Villum Sonne If you too blind and uncultured to know the lack of freedom you have from government in your life in Europe then I don't even wanna talk about it with you.
Uhm. I'm asking why we don't know what it is. Facts. Why do I not know what freedom is? Because I pay more taxes for free education and healthcare? You can't just say I don't know what freedom is, and then when I ask why, you say that I'm too 'uncultured to know'.
And what do you even mean by that? I'm very cultured. I got confirmated in the Lutheran Church (because ut's in Danish culture, not because of religion), I celebrate Christmas every year on the 24th, as is custom in Denmark, I celebrate St. Hans Day to every year and I speak - somewhat - 4 different languages.
Villum Sonne lol you don't have "free" education or healthcare, you pay for your socialism. good job you speak multiple languages and celebrate Christmas. most of what I'm referring too in your lack of freedom is government regulations of your life. The lone fact your socialist is a huge blow to your freedom, you run on populist politics. your rights to self defense and self preservation are destroyed. Guns I'm not going to touch because you probably with start trembling if you saw one. I hear of people being fined for "hate speech" I'm your great lands. A free man defends the speech of those that hate him. aside from larger issues like that, you guys have fucking laws about how much alcohol can be in a drink. I mean come on are you adults or no?
America is a big place. Some regions are almost like their own countries. So the stereotypes (like all) are usually rooted in some truth but are almost always limited by geography and cultural diffusion.
So true
Absolutely. As an American, you can go to a different state, or even a region of your own state, and feel like you’re on another planet.
i am danish and i agree, it's very different around america just like it is in denmark but people seem to never really know that so they judge a whole country by what happens in their capital lol
The size of the United States may be impressive but the diversity within the country is even more impressive.
It's like how many Americans perceive all of Germany to be like Bavaria. Of course, that's because the States occupied Bavaria post-WWII. But still, you are correct. People from outside the States latch on to a particular region and base their perception of Americans off of that.
Nooo Copenhagen is not the home og LEGO. Billund is.
England it`s a stolen toy.
Tommy simonsen denmark made lego..
Kiddicraft was a toy company founded in 1932 by Hilary 'Harry' Fisher Page (1904-1957) at Purley in southern England. The company is notable for being the predecessor of Lego bricks.
@@Tommysimonsen omg, just see this video, and you can reply. ua-cam.com/video/qr_dTySMl7s/v-deo.html
@@Maximus100 Tommy is actually right, in the video you postet Ole gets a plastic brick that inspires the logo brick. the idea of plastic building bricks is mush older then lego. however I would also say Billund is the home of lego but it is not the home of the building brick also it is not a stolen toy lego and kiddicraft is not similar enough so invoke copy right and the inventor of kiddicraft also said that
I have spent some time in Copenhagen and Aero Island.. Always found Danes to be friendly folks and bit reserved much like area of Texas I grew up in. When I started attending the 24 Hours of Le Mans I quickly learned that the Danes were huge party folks. The wildest bunch each year at Le Mans camping is the Danes and they still are friendly but the reserved part goes away and its party on.Love these interviews.
We are socially stunted until we drink. Thats why we have special beers for every single holiday lol
Danes are naturally a countryside folk with quite the respect for tradition but with a modern secular viewpoint on things. Generally we are considered a leftist nation but with alot of conservative habbits lile tradition and family wich is why i believe texans and danes get along well. Aside from the viewpoint of gunrights we are pretty close culturally.
@@littlechicken1196 What about clubs? Heard that helps too.
The thing is, our education is not consistently terrible. You can get the best education your family can afford- that's the problem.
You see, in the U.S. public schools are funded by property taxes. If you live in a poor neighborhood with low property values then your school district doesn't have a lot to work with. Conversely, if you live in an affluent and desirable neighborhood and your property values are really high, then your school district will be able to afford the best of pretty much everything. And of course this also means that you can probably afford the betetr universities which also have the highest tuition, whereas the rest of us may have to settle for Generic State U instead of Harvard or UCLA or Duke.
Way to help the rich. Good on you guys.
Daniel Lunsford Absolutely true! To add to that!
We are only allowed to send our kids to the public schools near us, unless we pay for private schools. So that means if the schools near us are sub standard we must move our family to a better school district.
Here in Missouri, we moved five miles farther and have top rated schools, however friends near us who can not move, have low rated schools. Not an equal way to distribute money for education in the US.
This goes for my teacher friends too. The property taxes fund the teachers salaries, so the higher districts pay higher, this usually means getting more mature, seasoned teachers.
It is just a flawed system where even those trying to make a better way for their children are stuck in substandard schools.
Pretty much everything you are stating is just not correct. Sure, this all is good and applies to public school but even here, in Canada public school is shit. It doesn't matter where you live in America. I can assure you that you have access to free, state-funded online schooling that wants you to enroll your kid. They will even send you a new *free* laptop and all the materials (more so than those you would *pay* for in public school) and it is *free!* They will even pay for part or all of your Internet provider bill to ensure you have constant access to their online school. Do some research before you just doom your kid to mediocrity and stupidity. I did. I lived in a crappy place in America. I feared for my kid's safety that they would have to attend a public school. It was that bad. I did a simple search and was amazed at how easy it is to get a better than private school education at an online school. The reports are immediate. If the kid is accelerating at a pace that puts them in the next grade level for their skill in a certain subject, it happens. Boom. No waiting or holding them back because the other kids feel inferior. Everything is smooth and the communication is near instant. Look it up. Stop acting like there isn't a choice.
@@roflstomps324 True 'access' is readily available, but if I may point something else out that is perhaps a factor. To get an online education for your child, you (the parent or guardian or close relative with permission) need to be present. For some, if not many, in America there just isn't a good support system. You will find that both parents or guardians have to work just to get by with the necessities of living, not counting the single parents trying to make it. Not all areas have available daycare or daycare that would help the child(ren) with education. Being able or getting help to pay for daycare is also not easy for some. Also, if you don't follow the regulations that come with homeschooling, you may find yourself talking with a child protection agency, because clearly you don't have "adulting" down quite right lol.
Well that isnt true in Texas. Funding DOES NOT stay withing the school district, it is sent to Austin, and then redistributed to each school based on school attendance. Large schools get more total funds than small schools, regardless of school location. It's called the "Robin Hood Law" (Take from the rich, give to the poor). What make some schools better than others is quality of teachers and involvement of parents. All schools suffer because of wasted time dealing with juvenile delinquents, moronic social indoctrinations, and overall federal government interference. At least down here it works that way.
God, Copenhagen is a beautiful city.
which is good
@palerider957 lmao
I'm from Wisconsin and have enjoyed your videos. I was in Milwaukee today and ran into some folks from Ireland. I tried really hard to be friendly and genuine. They were so appreciative. They loved America so far.
A pattern I have seen with a few of these is that they are calling Americans different stereotypes like ignorant, yet all they get this from is television. hmmm.
+Joe Mentrup
in America like 6 people own all the media
The one even said she was watching a lot of Michael Moore documentaries. Apparently conflating the film style with facts.
They also fail to realize that if they see media from US, it is more likely than not under the control of the government is not independent.
no shit, we also have stereotypes about people from other countries based on media as well.
Thats what a stereotype is.
They say we are not educated?! Where did the internet come from?! Or half the technology in the world?! Who was responsible for the majority of our modern existence? I’m sensing some jealousy maybe? Also they think we are fake? Wow...ok. I’m open minded, wish the stereotypes would be a bit more transparent, it’s difficult to understand if you’re not an American.
As a dane i can coclude, that the biggest difference between america and Denmark, is our will and abillity to take care of everybody in society, and sees it as a gift that the people are more than willing to pay for, for the greater good of everybody !
Hello Jacob. In the U.S. we have so many people who are worse than worthless. We don't like to provide for people who just refuse to work.
As an American, I wish we had that ability as well. Things actually used to be a little better before the current political climate.
There are many lazy Americans that wouldn't have the Scandinavian work ethic if they were allowed to not work and still be provided for. I find it scandalous that a single person with no children who makes 8,000 Euros a month (high salary) in many European countries will pay 4,000 Euros (or more) in taxes/ social security/ insurance. You are punishing that person for (likely) getting an education and working hard. What is the incentive for working hard in Scandinavia? Paying taxes to help other people? It surely can't be to get more money, because you are going to lose half of the extra money you make to taxes! In the US, we keep most of what we make. It is not good to be upper middle class in Europe. It is very good in the US. Of course, the company owners, royalty, and sports stars in Europe can overcome this high tax, but it is nearly impossible to break into the upper echelon in Europe. If you are uneducated, don't like to work hard or many hours, or if you are not healthy, then I would rather be in Europe. My brother-in-law works as a consultant in Berlin (he's German) and I keep telling him he'd be better off in the US. He can't really argue with me.
Freedom means being responsible for yourself and accepting the consequences of your actions.
We could probably afford to have awesome social programs if we weren't spending so much money to defend the seas and allow for free trade.
Maybe if Europe paid their fair share to defend them. Seriously their military is pathetic other than the UK.
The national guard of any state could probably subjugate all of Europe.
although we pay way to much tax in Denmark , we actually pay more than any other country now (for a while the no 1 was France)nobody actually pay 50% of their wage , the average payed income tax is around 34% , people who earn a lot pay a little more, that said with 25% vat, and tax on everything it can end up being around 50% , one thing that you have to include when comparing wage or living standard is how many hours a year does an American work compare to a Dane or German ? , Danes have 5-6 weeks of vacation plus a lot of religious holidays and work 37 hours a week on full time , how much they earn compare to the US depends on the job, a doctor in the US earns more, but a blue color worker in Denmark earn way more than in the US, same with people in the service sector they earn a better living than in the US , and you can't compare one European country to another , things in Germany is very different than Denmark there are way more "working poor" in Germany @@TomWatsonB1
Many of them were very honest and educated while answering the question instead of just saying "ignorant, fat, dumb" they said our gun laws are really bad, our government is really corrupt and that two types of Americans (which I think is all true, as an American)
Their honesty is kind of enlightening tbh
It’s because they’re schooling is so good they’re all really intelligent 😂
There are more than "two types of Americans". You are as ignorant as they are.
Personality and political opinions are complex and I doubt it can be summed up as "two types of americans". Personally, I think the two party system in America (I know there is more but only two major) is rather hurtful as I feel like it take away the careful logical considerations behind choosing the politics you stand behind and instead narrow it down to what opportunist preachers from both sides manage to take the most advantage of vulnerable people.
Democratic politics isn't one right and one wrong side, it is about representing and listening to the entire population's wishes and then making a compromise benefitting as many people as possible. Something many americans has forgotten with their "choose which side is our saviour and who is the evil spawn from hell"-politics.
dner75 Nobody claims there are only two ‘types’ of Americans. They all talk about ‘stereotypes’ which is not by far the same, and which was btw also what they were asked to do. Just that you know 🙂
Fat Danes to skinny American: They're fat.
Haha, was thinking the same :D But nonetheless, that's how we think of US citiznes, either they are fat and lazy or fitness freaks - nothing in between ;) No wonder, since every movie and tv series shows Americans portrayed exactly like that..
Thank you
LMFAOOOO
BigSirZebras She wasn't fat tho!
Caroline Kristiansen Great, now you come with facts and nuance. You are writing to americans.
I'm nor American nor European,but from my experience when I had been working as a turistic guide I find Europeans more educated and know much more about the world than Americans,while Americans are funnier and cooler,If I wanted to party I would invite Americans but If I wanted to talk about my problems I would choose Europeans cause they are more serious and they listen to you very well.And I love them both btw !
Because there is an European culture....Right. Best humour is from England.
Good stereotype bitch🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Saad Benmansour.That is a very ignorant thing you posted.
Being more knowledgeable on issues of other countries doesn't automatically make you overall more educated. One can be extremely educated on everything but politics--that wouldn't make them less educated in general
Danish people are very closed of from strangers. We to not talk to or look at strangers on the street. But when we are drunk we are best friends with everybody! And then the next day we will pretend we have never met, even though we were best friends yesterday.
So to really know danish people you have to know them for years, but then they will literally do anything for you and talk all of the time.
Proud American here 😜🇺🇸🇺🇸
I don't recall anyone asking you.
PROUD AMERICAN HERE!!!
+Richard Schiffman you mean an iconic model and actress, well that is something to be proud of.
Same! 🙌🇺🇸
I'm also a proud American, as well as a Marilyn Monroe fan. I don't understand at all why someone would say she was a whore; unless they a self-righteous person who views themself as the authority on morals, has no empathy, and makes no attempts to understanding the behavior of other humans. Before posting this comment I tried to see things from that person's position. I decided there was no use trying to understand misogyny and hate toward another person. I'm sad for the person that decided they could pass judgement on another with only the understanding of a person as those who have decided what America is like based on media coverage and a closed mind.
One thing I love about America: no matter how divided we are; no matter the severity of our low morale and civil unrest; no matter how long-standing our blood feuds and infighting: Americans will *always* instantaneously reorganize from our chaotic nature into a single cohesive swarming hive-mind to fight against whatever enemy may come for us or our allies. 🇺🇸❤🇺🇸
Winifred Sanderson you sure????
Yeah I think not.
Winifred Sanderson 😬😬😬
you mean the enemies you create?
You damn right. When it comes down to it we'll take care of our own
The guy with the glasses was spot on!
She right about “Americans being too nice but not always genuine “👏🏾👏🏾
I am American and traveled to Copenhagen. They are harder to get to know but they are genuine. Because they are far north, I remember the sun finally set at 10p and rised again at 4am. This was in May
This was in May
I've watched a few of these. I will concede that our education system is terrible. We are brought up in a system solely rewards competitive capitalism and places no value on life, living or curiosity of the rest of the world. It is sad.
It seems recently, that’s been changing a little. More and more Americans are curious about the world outside and are starting to learn about other countries, which is good.
But yeah, our education system is shit. Really should teach better life skills, math, geography, and improve the language education. Let’s also do away with hw.
@@benjackson7872 homework used too solely be a punishment.
I am an American expat Jazz pianist living in Copenhagen Denmark for three years now and have been welcomed here more than anywhere else I've been. That includes a lot of places. Boy that middle-aged woman hit it on the head huh? You know cultural stereotypes don't apply much to the people that interest me regardless of what culture we are looking at. Now having said that; except for a few small things, I find Danish/Scandinavia to be very civilized.
Of course.
That is such good news. I am a middle aged American also lol, may finally be able to take a vacation. Congratulations on your new home.
the point was there: no trump, stop violent foreign policy, educate yourself and stop pretending that you have democracy in USA
How?
Last time I checked, the American people decide how to run our own country, not Europeans, fortunately.
yeah. thats what you Americans believe, that you run your country. never mind we dont either
another point, have a culture that has value
Šimon M so America is like rip Van Winkle
I think the woman who said that Americans use the phrase, "How are you doing?" just as a greeting phrase is correct. I say it to strangers all the time, almost each time I go out and in turn they say it to me. The part that gets lost in translation though is the fact that I do really mean it. It's more of a Southern American thing though than it is an overall American thing. I've been to Chicago and NY and nobody asks you how you are doing but where I live it's not uncommon to have a ten-minute conversation on the street or at the grocery store or anywhere with a perfect stranger.
Lots of people in the Chicago area say "how are you doing?" or "how's it going?", but as you say, it is just a greeting phrase around here. A normal reply would be done within about five seconds.
Southern American/Latino here. Yeah I also noticed that about parts of America that are honestly not diversified enough.
Like why ask me how I’m doing but be FAKE in response just to appease me?
I’ll rather someone tell me how they feel directly and this is something I share with her opinion.
Then again, I’m a first generation American.
I'm from California and I have been all over Europe including Copenhagen. As a matter of fact I have been to Copenhagen several times. The main reason I always love to stop by Copenhagen is because of their people, so friendly, polite and kindhearted. When I'm there, its people make me feel welcome and special. I guess it has worked to keep a low profile and not mention America and Americans at all.
@@somewherestuckinl.a.3239 But very true!!! hahaha
The guy and his daughter nailed it.
I not sure very many Americans really care what Danish people think of Americans. This is not an attack in any way but just I believe a fact. We are on their radar because of our economic and military position in the world.
We are generally not exposed in our educational system to countries like Denmark.
😂😂😂 Yeah keep telling yourself that.If it makes you feel better
@@kevinwoods4724 Not sure how you found my remarks offensive as it is simply the truth.
@@pacerdave7838 So you basically saying that economic and military power legitimizes ignorance towards foreign cultures?
@@augustjalbertsen3163 No I’m not saying that. I’m explaining it is commonplace to be aware of a country that is a big player economically and militarily on the world stage than a small nation. The Danish probably know more about the United States, China and Russia than they do about St. Kits and Nevis. Personally I think it would be great if every major news service had weekly educational segments on all the world countries.
@@pacerdave7838 Okay, I can follow that :) I hope you can develop an educational system that has a greater outlook on more cultures than only the biggest in the world. As Europe consists of a lot of small and medium nation-states (seen on a global scale) it is a big part of our educations to understand our neighbour's cultures, even the small ones. Maybe you teach the same just centred in the different states inside the US, I don't know.
It's like these people have had their speeches prepared since forever ago and have been waiting for this day to come. It's quite hilarious.
"Who can vote for Donald Trump?" Umm... Enough to get him elected apparently
France was hit how many times a few years back, they are liberal pussies, what is your point?
Considering the totally biased anti Trump narrative that you get from much of European msm it's no real surprise that some people believe the bullshit.😱
@@jonlenin9982 What's that got to do with Trump?
mmm lets see, isnt him that fuel hate towards mexicans? same fat pig how's supported by Nra?
the problem is the mass population didnt actually want trump, its just not everyone votes thats the problem
I'm American. There are very good reasons and realities behind these stereotypes. I've always thought of the Danes (when I've thought of the Danes at all) as enlightened and rational. This video has not changed this view.
Exactly! Not a lie was told in this video. All of the stereotypes mentioned are factual. I was nodding my head the entire time.
2:48 As a Danish born American,she's spot on.
You're spot on.The United states has a huge melting pot of different cultures. The United kingdom can boast in its ancient history a mixture of viking, Roman, Saxon, Angles,and finally the Normans. In recent times Britain has accepted people from India, Pakistan,and Bangladesh not to mention the west indies Britain is also as diverse as the United states.
The Education is horrible wrong we have one of the best countries for Education.
As an American I like hearing how other people are doing !!
One time I was working witha Chinese national .we did not speak A common language.
But through pantomime and much patience we got to know each other.
Did he give you a hug and cough?
@@martthesling no he traded me some flower flavored gum for some 8 penny nails .
@@martthesling he gave that to ur mom
@@andyng1209 lol 😆
@@martthesling They were giving each other hand jobs....
Very accurate stereotypes. As an American i actually agree. Sad but true. We are actually very split and polorized.
Danes: I don't think I'd like to go to the United States because they're too friendly🤦🏽♂️
Keep in mind, personal space is a huge thing in Scandinavia. People mind their own business.
???
Kong Deffer What’s the correlation between friendliness and personal? Personal space is a big thing here too.
I believe your confusion stems from the fact that you hear "too friendly" and think "that's nice" while most danes would consider people being right up in your face as an annoyance. In general terms Danes appreciate long lasting close relationship but detest superficial interaction. A good example is: If a person asks you how you are, a Dane would assume you want to hear how the person actually is, down to the detail. Americans, in general terms, view this form of interaction more as a greeting which clashes greatly with the danish culture. The result is often that Danes view Americans as superficial and overly friendly.
This is where I plan to move when I grow up.
see you
+Wisti Johnston xD
Yo did u grow up?
It is interesting how vastly different the opinions coming from mass media are compared to the opinions coming from personal experience.
I'm a proud american
+Laura Rubio says the one with the latin name lol
+Hbn 17 just bc she has a latin name doesnt mean shes not American idiot
+Laura Rubio Me too :) I'm a very well traveled American (26 countries and counting) I can't relate to any of these stereotypes.
+Justin Harper That person deleted their comment how dumb they feel now.😂😂
Laura Rubio haha good, there are just so many dumb ppl on youtube smh. im a proud american like u too!
Did you ever notice that no matter which country he is in the stereotypes are those of American conservatives.
+John Otto cause thats all we see in the news... police brutality, Donald trump, Terrible foreign policy etc. obvs, the average american is not this way but from news and mass media, thats the perception we get
Do you think that maybe he edits his program to be that way? I do believe he is attempting to create a riff between the Danes and America. We need zero antagonism between us. We need each other more then ever.
Europeans tend to be more liberal than Americans. They really don't tend to understand or like conservatives.
Timothy Bradford Europeans deep down envy America is they understand or not.
In reference to you last statement many Americans who are law abiding people and not necessarily religious find Republicans to be reasonable and Democrats to be "batshit crazy!" To know a place, I believe you must live there. Just my opinion.
I didn't know Copenhagen was a place, my whole class thought it was just a brand of dipping tobacco, we love that stuff.
Yeah we have kind of accepted the fact that most americans have no idea what Denmark is, since you didn't even corporate us in your maps... But its fine we get we are a small country
From this group of Danes, I have concluded that Danes hold very uniform and consensus views and believe what is spoon fed to them by corporate and government run mass media.
These people are as misinformed as we are. The whole bloody world has gone off the deep-end of stupidity. "Where did you get your information about Americans?"...."TV and Movies?"....Wow...
Right to bare arms is my favorite! thank god
Neymar Jr the surfs of Europe haven't been told by the government to comprehend why anybody would want that right.
Many of these stereotypes hold true indeed as I know being born and raised a US citizen. The more I know about other developed countries compared to USA, the more I loathe living in USA.
You’re free to leave.
This comment successfully pissed everyone off. Well done sir!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
If they think Americans were stupid for electing Trump, they must really think we're crazy for electing Biden.
Based on your interviews, people from all around the world don't seem to know America is a melting pot of many different cultures. I have watched several of these videos & not one mention of America's cultural diversity. I find that strange because the vast majority of people you interviewed were white. Did have you have a problem finding more people of other races or are these other countries just not as culturally diverse as the US?
+Stuffedbird That's an interesting point you make. I get the impression watching these videos that Europeans are spoon fed lies upon lies by their media just as in the US. It must be because Americans have more instinctual independent thought, that many are able to see through the lies. People I know are embarrassed by the behavior of groups like Black Lives Matter just as people are embarrassed by the behavior of the KKK. The media would have you believe that those groups represent the majority of Americans views or at least that those views are very prevelent when in fact, those are what's called the vocal minority, a very small minority at that. The media heavily exaggerates the sphere of influence these racist groups have, because the media feeds on ratings for advertising dollars. There's simply not as much money in telling the truth. Also, there's more Black people on American tv than is proportional to they're actual percentage of the population.
+Stuffedbird That's true. Just because it's a stereotype certainly doesn't make it accurate. I'm concerned however, that inaccurate stereotypes can lead people to believe that there is truth in them, especially when there's a serious lack of understanding of what the truth really is.
Jason Hock Right. America has been a diverse country for a very long time. America has been dealing with the complexities of that diversity, the good, the bad, & the ugly for a very long time. These European countries let in a bunch of Muslims because they want to prove to the world they can be as diverse as America, now the realities of diversity are slapping them in their naive faces.
David H. Yes there pretty much making fun of other countries America is like a club a different people not just whites that are fat and dumb we're not at all we're intelligent we're the founding country of the computer and cars and movies are stupid don't listen one 2 out of 6 Americans are fat and dumb
David H. We took in Muslims because we want to be like America?? You unbelievable ignorant fucktard.
Well, how DO you do? Our friendliness in greetings is genuine because it is polite. It is considered rude to not smile during a greeting.
moorek1967 It doesn’t seem genuine, when you ask a question and then the person actually replies, maybe in detail, then you seemed confused and bored. If you don’t actually care “how I’m doing” then don’t ask. Danish people (or European people) don’t ask questions that we don’t want honest answers too. Americans are always like “hiiii, how are you todayyy? :-D :-D” and when you answer they’re like: ?????? 😐😳🤨🙄😴 ... Anyway, it’s not polite if it’s not sincere
@@sophiejonatan2111 I see where you are coming from, but "How are you" is a very common greeting in America and the most common response is "Im good, you?". Its literally a conversation starter and a good way to catch up with old friends. Personally, "How are you?" is like an instinct when seeing someone I haven't seen in a while, and although it may not seem polite to you, it is very polite here in America.
It's all fake though. You don't actually care how the other person is doing
Emil Rogengell Schwaner Well, like they said. It’s more of a greeting.
@@sophiejonatan2111 unfortunately that's true in many places in the USA. I personally get annoyed by fake people, it seems to be big city rat race type people. There are a lot of genuine people who do say what they mean. Our schools forced us to behave that way, shameful imo, even honest people who care are conditioned to be " polite ", so people are not used to bluntness.
"Look at your people..."
Wow ok, Karen.
Seeing the question header "How The Danes View Americans" I was about to write that Americans don't know much about Denmark, but having listened to answers in the video I need to add that Danes could learn more about Americans. Americans are very diverse: palefaces, redskins, blacks, hispanics, buddhists, rich, poor, they eat less now ... oh, and they have the greatest women's soccer team in the world, yay!
Danes: “Americans are greedy.”
Also Danes: “These 30 plastic toy pieces? Yes, that will be $130.”
Ryan Austin Dean yeah, because Danes in general decide how much Lego should cost ;)
Love the Danes :-)
And we love you :-)
that tv-ish intro was so cool
How can you believe everything Michael Moore says, then claim to be educated?
Well he just scratches the surface but his documentaries does states some real factual facts about your society.
But of course there will be a bit biased towards the director perception.
But most of the information are read factual information that most Americans don’t even know are facts but thinks its opinions and not facts!
Well put young lady.
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Did you do a video in Spain, Portugal, Italy or Greece?
Out of all these videos, I think the Danes were the most spot on.
Cuz danes are so fucking intelligent, every country in the World underestimate us
just read all the comments and it scares me how generalising everyone is. I'm a dane myself, and we're all different! I don't at all agree with those people in the video.
And it really hurts me to read all of your bad comments about Denmark and Danish people, how we don't like black people and stuff... I dont think that Denmark or Danish people is the greatest thing ever, cause no one is perfect.
okay i don't even know where i'm going with this, but i hope it got people thinking somehow...
+Natasha Schrøder I've been feeling the same way watching some of these videos talking about these American stereotypes. I love to travel and I've been to 26 different countries throughout my life and have had wonderful experiences with different people of different cultures and it's really shaped me into a, I'd like to think, very open minded and culturally aware person. But watching these videos had me thinking that maybe all the nice experiences I had weren't genuine because maybe those people I met believed these stereotypes. These videos make me sad. I appreciate your comment and you are completely right. I'm going to trust my gut and trust that my nice experiences truly were as nice as I remember and I just want to say to you that you shouldn't listen to the negative comments on these videos. These are comments by negative people who just like to share their negativity online because it's easy to do and probably because they have nothing better to do with themselves. I would love to go to Denmark someday :)
+XYumekoX you're an amazing person! i just wanna say thanks for your comment and i totally agree!!😌
+Natasha Schrøder your country will be muslim and african in a couple of decades how does that not bother you?
+Natasha Schrøder Don't be afraid, fear is what makes people frail. We are all different, you are right. Use that good, strong mind and lead people away from destructive generalizations. Keep your thoughts and don't let corporate media influence them. Be exactly who you were meant to be, you!
Apple O what do u mean that Denmark will only be muslims and africans?
"We are extremely influenced by media" sums it up. The world gets their view of the US from the media hype, which does not represent the average American experience. It's interesting that the people who actually travelled here a lot said that the stereotypes don't apply.
The last guy with the green scarf gets it. A small country with mostly one race of people might view something they get from the media and form one stereotype but the truth is that the US is so complex that the answer to every question you can ask of it is yes and no.
I'm American and I say there's truth in these people's perceptions, but the problem with stereotypes of America is, it's a huge diverse country. America can be whatever you want it to be depending on where you are, who you associate with and what you want out of life, and what you put into life. I live in Texas and other parts of America seem foreign and strange to me. Even other parts of my city seem very different than my local community.
they are spot on about americans
Ha, so funny. As an American visiting Copenhagen I found it one of the most beautiful and friendly places.
Dane here.
I don't know why, but I just feel like Americans think they're the best country for some reason. I feel like they love being the center of attention, and all the time, they try to become bigger and better than anyone else.
I also feel like they don't learn much about different countries and their cultures. I've learned a lot of languages during my years in school and heard an awful lot about how other countries are different and alike Denmark.
When I read articles from American news pages on the internet, they are usually only about things happening in America, unless something terrible has happened in another country, like terrorist attack.
I don't know, I just think that the Americans feel like they're a different and more interesting and better species than everyone else on the planet...
So, that's one of the stereotypes I have...
American here, and I agree with most of the stereotypes I hear on these videos. Our government brainwashes it people with ridiculous media on things that don't mean anything. They want to keep us all distracted and stupid, so nobody gets educated on the world beyond our shores, sad really. I could go on and on
East EU here , I agree they think they are the best country but I can't find any reason for why they think this ?!
Americans are indoctrinated from kindergarten onwards that America is the greatest nation of the world, the best of the best. So why would they bother knowing about any other country? They are kept unaware that America is LOW on the list of happy countries. Within the USA, there are continuous and massive misinformation campaigns to make sure that what makes the top five happiest countries in the world the happiest, is considered a no-no, like general healthcare. It would be interesting to find who is behind that and why those misinformation campaigns are conducted. It seems especially the Republican Party is participating in that fake idea that America is great and everything else is deplorable. Unfortunately, Hillary was a bad choice to oppose Trump. She probably was the most hated woman that ever lived in the USA. And I agree that putting the importance of lampshades in the apartment of her daughter over the importance of saving American lives that are attacked in Benghazi by terrorists, while all military rapid deployment forces were ready and waiting for her OK, is indeed enough reason to discard her as a good person. So now we have a narcissist in pwer. For the first time in history, a person who belongs in an asylum or on the psych couch, displays his case on a 24/7 basis on all media. Wow! We learned a lot.
That opens is an anglican thing. It's not just American. I live in Scotland and I know plenty of people at coffeeshops or bars that are open like that.
I’m American and what the Europeans think about us is definitely true. 🤣😭
Loud, fat, dumb (especially when it comes to Donald trump), patriotic, guns, the “hi how are you”, not open to other cultures, etc. I know it all too well lol
I can understand people get perceptions of America based on our pop culture exports and it doesn't bother me but it's also why I find it absolutely hilarious when we get accused of not having culture.
They tend to snap when he asks them where they got the information from 😅😂😂
The Europeans are correct, when we say "how are you" we aren't really asking that. It truly is just a greeting.
Then say hi instead :)))) lmao
Asking someone how they view the people of another country is not at all the same as asking them what is their stereotypical view of that country's people. It's not surprising you get a caricature like response. If you ask anyone what are their stereotypes of another group you are always going to get this homogeneous response. On top of that, to present this as how Danes view Americans really does serve to drive home the stereotype of American's putting on a facade and not being forthright. You didn't actually ask them how they viewed Americans, you asked them what is the stereotypical view of an American and you made a huge effort to drive home you were asking for the stereotype, not their actually opinion.
You should stop asking them for Stereotypes and instead ask them what they really think of Americans.
It would be better because a lot of Americans commenting are really upset.We have stereotypes of Americans over here but we know they are just stereotypes.The majority of Americans are nothing like that
@@kevinwoods4724 nah man don’t you get it?All of Europe , Russia, and the Middle East all hate us Americans . I mean just look at this video they just shit on southerners , guns, and fat people lol. They know nothing about Trump other than there shitty liberal media . But Europe is a very liberal society so I don’t blame them .
Don't be offended because what they say is true.
5:00 english with a danish accent is so pretty I think, and this man really had that strong danish accent
It’s so fucking cringe, the accent is ew
I have been living in the US for 8 years and I still hate when people ask "how is your life?".
Everything they are saying is absolutely true.
Girl, your friend is not thin.
She knows. That's fat in Denmark, standard in America.
@@Musa-ge4ep 😭
Your videos are interesting, but most of these Europeans you interview are very ignorant. They talk about the U.S., but Denmark for example, is not much larger than the COUNTY I live in! They are insulated by their smallness.
You are the problem if you can't take an opinion !
greg6235 you are the one WHO’s ignorant
An American calling Europeans people ignorant 😂😂😂 The irony
@ 2:46 This lovely and honest lady is correct with her perspective about America and American people/culture. I'm born and raised in America and she did not lie or exaggerate a damn thing. It's all true.
What I hear here is that people consume far more content about America than Americans consume about them.
Lol at believing Americans think "Copenhagen is the capital of Scandinavian". Many Americans think Copenhagen is chewing tobacco.
haha thats funny :D.
I’m such an American, the first thing that came to my mind while seeing this was “dane....the heck is a dane?”
SAME LMAO 😂 I was like what the hell is Dane I was so confused lol
This series is quite well done. Of course, the Europeans interviewed for this series know more about America than Americans know about their country because they speak English. Many of them are telling us in so many words that Republican conservative politics is disturbing to them.
The price we pay for the ascendency of Republican policies is a loss of authority and influence in the world. We pay untold trillions for a massive military capability then undercut our soft power with arrogant unilateral foreign policies and irresponsible domestic policies like absurdly permissive gun rights.
I would prefer we stay out of everyone's business. Syria, Ukraine? let the Russians handle that . they don't try to win over hearts and minds.
+KG5WEN There are very substantial reasons why that is actually a terrible idea and not reasonable at all. If we had adopted that viewpoint North Korea would today be all of Korea and Israel would have been annihilated long ago. Ukraine is a victim of Russian aggression and has been for hundreds of years. Today they have the hope of independence only because the rest of the world (other than Russia) supports the right of Ukraine to be free of Russian domination.
The problem with staying out of everyone business is that other countries are not staying out of everyone's business, if you get what I mean.
+Stuffedbird I live in the US, but here they don't talk about peace. They're not striving for peace. Instead they talk about 'freedom'. It's easier to go warmongering in pretext of spreading freedom, than for 'peace', which has more of a pacifist implication.
I wouldn't be able to conduct these interviews b/c I'd be laughing way to hard at all the answers. Thought the outside world had better impressions of us. Truth ... Being an African American - I've never felt American a day in my life considering all the double standards, hypocrisy and racism I've experience since the age of 12. Yet I'm the one who carries true Native American Blood. Sioux to be exact.
Most these stereotypes are spot on. The spacey Californian is gone. It’s mostly immigrants and people from other states.
Dont understand why we love guns?
Its called freedom.
woget264
just like germans with beer or fast driving.
woget264 something the servants of the EU don't understand.
woget264 It's called idiocy
dird89
well there is 100+ million gun owning Americans and a standing military of 500,000 with 3 million in reserve so there is a numbers game going on here but I don't imagine a revolution would be actual all out war
woget264 yeah killing everyone is definitely "freedom"
love the content, but you dont need that,many jumpcuts when editing, It doesnt seem as smooth and it loses a little bit of the natural feeling. This is just my slight criticism for feedback. But keep it up Yafa, must be incredible to travel as much as you do and be able to meet and interact with people and see how diverse we all actually are. I subbed :-)
'Legos' isn't a word the plural for Lego is Lego
+Five * Legos is just a shortened word for Lego Bricks. Since we call one individual lego brick "a lego".
+Five * feel better?
rdizzy1 false Lego is shortened "Leg godt" and you cant put a s on that.
Wisti Johnston
This is the US though, and we use it for the individual bricks,not the sets, even NON lego brand bricks are called legos as in lego bricks shortened to legos.
The term leg godt applies to the entire company/brand name,so why would anyone put a plural on a company brand name? We are speaking of the plural of the bricks themselves, regardless of what brand makes them, because what else are you going to call them? Attachable plastic bricks?
rdizzy1 I get what you are saying but it was said in the first comment, 1 lego 2 lego 3 lego all the lego. Its lego no matter what. But ofc you guys understand your language better, its just weird to us that you say legos.
I found the fellow at the end to be very intelligent in that he sees the lack of cultural context that they have. You have things that change our politics and may look crazy, while it really is a lack of cultural understanding.