American Things Japanese Don't Understand
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
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It's not rude to raise your hand to get the wait staff's attention. Screaming across the restaurant for your waiter/waitress is rude.
this. i didn't know what he meant. As an American, i never saw this as rude. I think he just had silly American friends.
The best I can figure is that maybe he raised his hand in an ostensible manner, like he fully extended his arm when he could have just raised a hand.
But I think he was just hanging with the wrong people.
Raising your hand is only rude if you do it as a precursor to snapping your fingers at the wait staff.
@@BlackCatsAndCorgis Exactly what I was thinking. Raising your hand isn't rude. Raising your hand and snapping to get the wait staff's attention is.
Yelling and snapping your fingers is horrible,but just a raised hand ana a polite request...totally acceptable.
How I see it
American's: Oh so Japanese highschools must be like anime
Japanese: Oh so american highschools must be like High school musical
Honestly things are so diffrent yet so alike in the same way
Truuueee
Yea
TRUUE
Rest of the world: Oh so american high schools must be like pubg
@@ryumikooo Lmao
I was a waitress for many years. It's not rude to raise your hand, it's rude to snap your fingers. I loved when people raised their hand when they needed something. It made my job easier lol.
Yeah unless you're waving your hands around acting like a maniac, its perfectly okay.
@@BeyondBaito meh. Then they just look like the dumb ones, not me
Your kind if he did that back in the day my friend would have dumped water on him , she actually did that once , in my defense I told her she wasn’t cut out for the job 🤷♀️
Thank you. I was wondering why I sort of agreed with him. Honestly I never have to do so because staff always come by regularly.
I'm so glad you added this comment, because I have always raised my hand and never thought it was rude. Nor have I ever been told that it's rude. I was wondering for a moment if it was a state by state or regional thing since I've lived in the Pacific northwest my whole life.
When I was in high school I was bullied a lot and was even suicidal at one point. The school administration didn't care much about these things and I just felt very alone. Now that I am out of high school I feel that I have more freedom to be myself and make genuine connections with people who really care about me as a person. In America high school can be such a rough time in someone's life.
i totally understand you.. (are you a nerd? i was, and still am)
Tell me about it!
I blame the teachers and administrators 100% for any consistent bullying at high school. Then they punish you if you dare fight back somehow. They're also to blame for school shootings.
You are not alone! imagine spending 4 years in an inner-city gang infested high school and trying to graduately with honor and this was the time before cell phones and internet. But alot of us made it. You talking about bullying 7 hours per day. So glad you made it and go on to college.
@@tomsuh1362 i can imagine... i grew up w/o cell phones, tablets, laptops, internet, and even "the girl next door", or a childhood sweetheart.... bullied for my good grades, teachers hated my way of thinking (even though it made better sense).
“I thought High School Musical was a real thing.”
Me, an American: Me too. Me too.
It kind of is where I live the school they used in the films is literally like 30 minutes from me and my brother can walk to it.
Facts when I went to HS for the the first time it was a culture shock from an American
Thank Goodness it's not.
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@@ranasiaclark8030 what do you mean?
“The USPS is not consistent.” Yes, we Americans have noticed that too.
UPS is even worse though, if you're not standing outside waiting to sign for the package, they'll just put a notice on your door saying you weren't home, they dont even try to get you
I thought he said ups not usps. USPS will never leave your stuff out. They will just leave a slip and sometimes they will knock on your door. UPS and FedEx don't care at all.
@@angellover02171 I have the exact opposite experience. USPS leaves packages at my door (out in the open walkway at my apartment complex) and UPS and FedEx leave notices without knocking.
Fedex is worse. They never knock and leave those “we missed you” notices. Then I have to go online to inform them to leave it at a facility for me to pick up at.
Yeah... None of them are good except maybe DHL
No, I was a waiter, I was never offended if someone raised their hand,in fact I think it's polite. Thank you, 😊
"Why do people eat bento at restaurants?"
I died. LOL
Oh, I always eat bento at Japanese restaurants with fork
You could get a culture shock just by moving to another state in the U.S.
Oh my gosh, SO TRUE! So many different regions with their own unique accents, foods, ethnic backgrounds like the heavy French influence in the New Orleans area, different local customs, different local opinions on manners! It's enough to give you a headache and I'm American. 😳
Yep! New York to Utah.
As a foreigner who lived in 3 different US states over 7 years , i only found cultural shock when i moved to US. Pretty much evrything is same except northern states are not that friendly as southern states.
@@sarathkumarmulugurthi9206 I can see that. Southern states are well known for their hospitality. 🙂
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“Is it cheap in America or what” *laughs in crippling debt*
Chris Stone Unlisted laughs in a Russian accent
no but for real why do all americans have perfect teeth are you like required to get braces or?
@@m4tta i wasn’t, we vist the dentist every 6 months to a year, tho we basically are socially pressured into getting braces
I felt that but I can’t afford braces so imma have messed up teeth for the rest of my life🙃
@@m4tta We fluoridate our water supply.
So, I can't speak to the experiences of many High Schoolers in the US, but my experience was absolutely terrible.
I was not part of any clique; I was a nerd in the late 90s, so I was treated like a disease. If I talked to anyone new, people looked at me with disgust. I was only able to talk to people I knew in Junior High, and even some of them abandoned me.
I don't want to talk about the things that happened physically, because *that* subject is never comfortable. Let's just say that I was relentlessly bullied, and leave it at that.
i can understand what you are saying- i was rejected by classmates, girls, bullies, teachers, the principal, but got a 3.7 gpa. didn't understand what that was, and didn't care, either... but i;m still here...
I hear ya...my experience in HS was ...similar. I was tiny my first few years ...like if i cut my hair too short the doctor would declare me a dwarf tiny...I had a very small and very loose group of 'friends'...and most of the rest of school it seemed was out to torture and make my life hell...teachers included...I still seethe over the time where the dean of discipline singled me out...in middle of the lunchroom...and gave me a demerit because my fucking shirt was partially untucked.
I cant tell you how many times I'd had people kidney punch me as they went through the hallways, try to steal my bag and 'nugget' it, try and get me in trouble with teachers
Even once had someone jump on my back and try to choke me out in the hallways between classes...and nobody stepped in. Luckily by that point I was on guard and ended up reversing that scenario in my favor. I was able to slip the chokehold and push him away, before slinging my backpack (which was fully loaded and about 60 lbs) at him to knock him further off balance. Unburdened by the backpack (and him now burdened with both) I followed up by charging in and drop kicking him down the stairs! The bullying dropped off for a good month after that display.
@@spartanfury1 Right? The standard line you hear in HS is "Making memories that will last forever." I never wanted to be there, and the only "memories" I made in that place were of things I'd rather not remember.
Home didn't help, either, with *my own father* (real class act, that one; I could write a fucking book) repeating almost all of it when I got home. Gotta love the hypocrisy it takes to instruct a kid not to be a victim while threatening them with violence if they fight back.
Yep, the Rush song Subdivisions really spoke to me back then. Was like my theme song.
I wasn't a nerd, nor a jock, so therefore I was an outcast. It sucked. I was relentlessly bullied as well and it took me quite a bit until my early twenties to get over it.
Worst was sixth grade for me though. Some people would hold me down and literally physically torture me by dislocating my my fingers over and over again. If I were to try to get help, or struggle, they'd punch me wherever they wanted. I've of course gotten to the point at which it doesn't bother me that much anymore, even if the memories resurface here and there, as I've become... "numb" to them.
Anyways, eventually I did find my courage and fought back against them. Turns out that getting tortured like that for several months makes one quite resistant to pain. So when I got punched in fights, it was like I barely felt them. They never messed with me again.
I'll say this though. No matter what my experience was like, I'm not trying to one-up you here. I know the horrible feelings that being bullied can conjure in children because I, like you, was one of them. No matter how bad or small it might seem, in comparison to other's experiences, it is always a nightmare for the person experiencing it. And unfortunately, we must all face our own nightmares. But we don't have to do it alone. I was the type of kid who loved my parents, but hated some of the peers I grew up with. Because I loved my parents, and because I was a self-sacrificer, I never told them a thing until it was too late, and I was in college. It doesn't have to be that way though.
Horrible memories aside, its great that you are or were going into training for being a teacher. We need more teachers like you, who understand the pain that comes from being bullied, so we can put a stop to it whenever we see signs of it.
So, the thing with the cookie dough: it's made for safe consumption. There are literally recipes that are JUST for eating the dough itself, and we have warnings on those that can't be eaten raw. :)
This is true but most of the people in my life eat the not safe for eating raw kind 😂
@@taraarrington2075 It's a right of passage in life..eat the genuine raw cookie dough!
Your were so kind , I was like well there goes Pandora’s box. 🤷♀️
To be fair, the chance of getting sick from eating raw egg is VERY low. it exists but its extremely low.@@taraarrington2075
The fake play button on the wall is probably one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen lol
Cant wait to see the real one
I'll give him a sub, just so it can be real one day :)
@@6Beast6Rider6 because that's what heroes do
That's not fake?
I didn’t even know it was fake until you pointed that out
/s
I’m a waitress it’s not rude to raise your hand, it’s okay, just don’t call us from across the room. Then it’s rude.
this exactly. Raising the hand or a simple wave is not a bad idea. But the belittling "come here" gesture along with calling out is the worst. My dad has done this to waiters and I die a little inside every time
yes, or if the waitress is clearly helping someone else but then you shout or call for the waitress then that is rude.
I raise my hand, but usually only about halfway lol. For some reason I don't want to stand out by raising my hand all the way like in school or something. I would never call out across the room. People want a quiet meal (or at least I do), not people yelling and screaming.
@@youdontneedtoknow9980 It is japanese culture that their staff give a 100 percent and it is considered bad for the staff to ignore anybody because of that.
Exactly what she said. I get the attention of the waitresses all the time.. just don't be "That Guy."
You also tip based on the servers performance. if they go above and beyond for you then double the Tax of your bill and the tip would start at that amount again based on performance. I very rarely don't leave a tip unless they really pissed me off... BJ's restaurant comes to mind. This is funny though, whenever i go to Olive Garden I tip them based on how many chocolates they give me at the end of my meal. This one time i received 15 chocolates. I told her i gave you $15 tip because you brought me 15 chocolates... she quickly replied... "I can go grab the box for you" HAHAHAHA. love that story.
Shun Chan, I am Japanese American, raised and educated here in the U.S. I was raised very much in a 100% Japanese culture (Mother was from Kyoto and Father in U.S.) and truly can relate to what you are will continue to be shocked to the America habits and culture. You will truly appreciate your Japanese life as you get older. I myself appreciate raised in a Japanese house. To this day I have Japanese habits in my current household. Appreciate who you are and how you were raised.
Really fun video. I think it was interesting about the "rude to signal a waiter with a raised hand". I wonder if that varies by region in the U.S.? Having spent most of my life in the southeast US (Tennessee, Virginia), I've been taught/found it's fine to signal with a *partially* raised hand and a smile/nod if you catch an eye - you don't wave a hand over your head like a third grader who knows the answer to a question about dinosaurs in class.
What I would consider rude is *snapping* your fingers to get the wait staff's attention. I would imagine that's frowned on in most of the U.S. I wonder if that's something considered rude in other countries?
Yeah of course, that would be rude and unnecessarily condescending
Snap! Snap!
Oh, can I get you anything? A kick in the nuts perhaps? A punch in the eye?
I was a waitress in Finland. We used to call those people who waved like crazy as people in distress at sea. (This doesn't translate very well from Finnish to English, but the waving looked like someone is drowning nearby.)
Snapping at the waitress is very rude in here too. But if someone slightly lifted their hand, took an eye contact and smiled a bit, it was very polite way to say they needed something. I didn't mind that at all.
Don’t do that in the north especially in the rural areas, also don’t ask for peanut butter on pancakes unless in the south, and don’t ask for pop in the west 🤦♀️ I had a standoff once over that. I’m American, I can handle it don’t recommend it if your not.
apparently snapping isn’t rude in every country though. i remember a coworker of mine once going off on a guy for snapping at her and he looked like a deer in headlights and was like “i’m so sorry, i didn’t mean to offend, in my country it’s totally normal” he was from somewhere in south america but this interaction was like eight years ago so i can’t remember which country exactly.
American high school number one objective: SURVIVE
When you figure out how to survive then you gotta climb the food chain.
@@joshuamorales1095 haha
that's
Right
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Graduate!
So sad that 4 years of your life could have more impact that it has any business of being. Trust me when I say that when you graduate high school, everything begins: your life, your future, career, reputation, etc. You'll look back to HS and realize that it had no meaning whatsoever.
High school in America is just a battle royal to see who has the most tolerance and mental strength basically. I couldn't imagine being sad to graduate but if you are, school must be pretty good
Using the term 'battle royale' is a bit ironic. Look up the Japanese movie Battle Royale to find out why.
Some are sad to leave their friends, teachers (they like), hometowns, and community of peers in general. One's mileage may vary greatly. It can be bittersweet, but it's always an accomplishment, and marks a new chapter in life.
For this reason I will raise my kids in Japan
@RB - 10ZZ 826142 Chinguacousy SS They just need help balancing the increased studies with emotional intelligence. They are happier to go to school though. And going to Japan with American cultural understanding can help.
I'm sad to graduate bc that means its time to adult
As far as hating high school in the US, I'll try to explain it the best I can. Basically, people in the US who say they loved high school are those who were popular. The rest of us were outcast and had to go to school every day to be bullied viciously. I have very few good memories from those years. And it's even worse if you lived in a small town.
If you're a social outcast it's your fault
@@Mr_Mistah You have no idea what you are talking about. So your parents move the family because of a job, and choose a small town where no one accepts new people, where every attempt to make friends is rejected -not a kid’s fault. Parents can’t afford expensive designer clothes for you to wear to school? You’re an outcast-also beyond a kid’s control. Undiagnosed learning disabilities where a kid has had no help-just another excuse for bullying. NEVER BLAME A VICTIM FOR THE ABUSE THEY RECEIVED! Grow up and learn some empathy.
@@Mr_Mistah frrr
@Mr Mistah not at all lol the fact that you don't know that shows you got a kola brain
The adults don’t interfere. I actually took on the bullies and I mean even the shit of the shit the boys who harassed the girls, so I had a reputation as crazy , and my mom worked in the casino in Europe, so I had a bad ass reputation. Anyone had a problem, they came to me, all I had to do was say hi. I also tried to lead a protest against prom and was sent to a country club for the night . Not all Americans are rebel as me and not all live to tell the tale. Independent, Red white and blue.
I'm American, and I so resent our obsession with perfect teeth. It is DEFINITELY not cheap--it costs a fortune! Especially since dental insurance often covers so little. I had braces for 8 years (which was a ridiculous amount of time) and it was the worst. I hated every moment of it. And now because of that, my teeth are weaker due to calcification and I can't use whitening products because they hurt my teeth so badly. I'm so self conscious of my teeth still... I think other countries where it's less common unless it's medically necessary is a much better way to handle it.
Americans will discriminate against bad teeth it’s wrong but it’s real,
Taking care of your teeth is important but the only way to have perfect teeth is to replace them with robot. much like the only way to have perfect anything is to upgrade to the superior machine! Thefleshisweak
At least America and Japan have one thing in common
*Depression*
Funny because thanks to the pandemic we are in the middle of another depression
Everyone has a little depression, some more than others.
@@lexabug7410 I have never agreed with someone more than i am agreeing with you right now.
Pretty much every first world country
I would like to say all places have depression. Probably not just America and Japan.
"Are braces cheap or something?"
No. We just feel pressured to have perfect teeth all the time so we break our banks to obtain perfect teeth
So true! We hardly had any money growing up (not starving mind you, just regular working class no money for vacation type). But my mother looked around for a cheap clinic to get me braces. It’s a cultural thing for sure.
So very true! My 6yr old's front 2 adult teeth are coming in crooked and already the dentist is like, "Next appointment we will talk about how to fix that, get her teeth where they need to be." And because I had braces to fix my teeth in early high school and whitening in college, I was immediately, without thinking like, "Yes, let's get on that now so it's not a problem later on."
What can I say, Americans are crazy.
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo Avoid alcohol, eat only a whole food diet, brush with coconut oil? This all sounds depressing enough that I would rather lose my teeth to a mango martini.
Meanwhile teenage me was like "f*ck your norms!" Never got braces and never will unless it becomes a health thing.
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo so be a mindless liberal spending your ehole hipster paycheck at whole foods.
Jk
But seriously, listening to your body is not really a thing. Unless I eat taco bell. Knowing about nutrition and where you have excess and deficiencies is more important because many issues do not manifest themselves unless critical levels are achieved. Otherwise peope would always catch potentially fatal diseases early and they would never progress. Sometimes, symptoms are silent.
I mean I get what you are saying but you need to elaborate more and avoid name dropping names. Tell us what they say briefly and why it is good.
Just some advice. Have a good one.
I haven't travelled outside the US that much -- I've been to 7 other countries I can think of -- so when I eat at a "foreign food" restaurant I often wonder how authentic it is. And that gets me to thinking, do people in, say, Japan, have "American restaurants"? And what kind of food would they have there?
I think an American restaurant would be really interesting.
So, not so much like, American restaurants? I mean.. Kinda? Like.. they do hamburgers weird sometimes... You can order a 'hamburg' and its essentially just whatever you'd find in a hamburger, but with no bun... served up like a steak. its not bad, in fact its usually delicious but it is a little strange to us to be eating essentially a plain cheeseburger without a bun and with a knife and fork.
They do have lots of different restaurants with their own Japanese sorta take on the cuisine... Like, tacos with carrots and radish on them, or Italian food where they throw a sausage on top of the pasta instead of a meatball.
The most hilarious thing of all is the 'California Roll' which is like, reverse imported into japan as a fusion cuisine.
Its already a Japanese inspired pseudo-sushi... here in japan they will make them and serve them up as almost like foreign food, but they throw in a bunch of things that you'd never find in a traditional (lol) California Roll in the USA. To Americans, California rolls are more about the California based ingredients (crab-avocado-cucumber), whereas in Japan, it means the particular style of reverse-maki roll with the rice on the outside, and you can put whatever wild things you want on the inside.
Essentially, to the Japanese, any 'roll' that you see on the menu of a sushi restaurant in California is a California roll because it's about the style it's made, whereas a Californian only considers one particular ingredient option of that as a California roll, and the rest are whatever things the restaurant concocts... (dragon roll, rainbow roll, etc etc etc things you'll never see on a menu in a japanese sushi restaurant)
Haven't traveled outside the US much yet went to 7 different countries? That's 7 more than a LOT of Americans (myself sadly included).
I love Japanese food! And personally, I think the whole bento fascination stems from the neat portions and "authentic" look of the food. The idea of eating such beautifully portioned and prepared food in a Japanese restaurant is really cool!🤪
Getting whitening strips as a gift would honestly be kind of insulting in America 😅
Your teeth look bad here are some whitening strips.
My 5th grade teacher gifted me travel size deodorant. I laughed about it
@@marcusbrown188 - I laughed aloud. 🤣
Wow!
@Chris Nunyabeezwax my dentist literally wears three masks
in America after graduating : finally, we got freedom
in Japan after graduating : playing time is over guys
For some reason I read your comment in PewDiePie voice lol
Student debt: *You sure about that*
This can be somewhat true I think it is a mater of American high school is not as much about mentorship and learning or forming bonds as it is about them teaching us to pass the Government education test for us it was T.A.S. Test as a student in Hight School it is becoming less and less them caring about the student actually learning and more about the school district attendance and pass fail numbers. After graduating from school I went to collage for some job specific studies for instance I went in for (Windows NT Administration classes). And then I was immediately in the work retail force and retail here is terrible as there were no jobs available for what I went to collage for. There is a Lot of American's that take 0 pride in there work and do the absolute least amount of work to not get fired.
@@vladiiidracula235 you only get student debt after higher education tho.
Not graduating highschool.
Highschool is free and required for everyone as a bare minimum education.
@@Mel-qr5ob I was talking specifically about higher education
Love your dry humor
Loved this video. Thank you for your transparency.
I think there’s a wide range of experiences in high school, some love it some hate it, but it’s not widely seen as the best part of your life bc most see their graduation as the beginning to their next adventure where they can do whatever they want with their life. On to bigger and better things I guess.
This is true. We don't see highschool as the golden age where we make all of our memories, we see it as a place to get ready for when our lives *begin*, and think of it as the time we'll look back to and remember how young and dumb we were, and put it in the context of "where it all began".
Japan: America offers school kids' lunches at restaurants. Weird, huh?
America: Yup. And the Japanese serve Kentucky Fried Chicken as a romantic Christmas dinner
Japan: Point taken
I think the KFC in Christmas this was a genius marketing plan that became ingrained into the Japanese culture itself.
not necessarily romantic... just a tradition. my dad's family always (i think always) had kfc on christmas day (they're japanese) and there aren't romantic relationships within the family lmao. it was popularised by a kfc advert saying that kfc was for christmas or smth like that (idk all the details), so it was basically a marketing strategy and it stuck.
@@penguin-tc1cx Romantic doesn't have to mean sexual. I believe the other definition was meant.
@@penguin-tc1cx To be fair... chicken is so much better than Turkey
I am English. We always had fried chicken and cake for Christmas. All my friends did too. We would talk about it at school after the holiday or take some to a friends house to share.
“Shoving vegetables into a turkey’s butt and roasting it” 💀 this sent me over the edge.
That was great.
@guano I guess people eat celery to lose weight, which is immediately undone by the amount of fat and possibly sugar in the peanut butter.
Idk why we do that
@@outcoredragraces8656 Because fat and sugar taste better than celery.
But its dead already
Japanese food is incredible. I don’t understand how anyone could dislike it.
not so sure about the squid ink stuff but I cant get enough of sushi, (Raw fish) and rice with shoyu sauce, and I appreciate tofu when cooked certain ways.
My brother can't understand blue cheese (WHY DO YOU EAT THE MOLDY CHEESE!)
I'm in American Highschool, and your absolutely correct. It's terrible. My siblings and I all need accommodations, but the schools refuse to give us any, probably because it costs them money. Money over health, apparently.
"Do you not enjoy high school?"
The teachers don't even like school in general
"I thought High School Musical was a real thing"
We all wished the same thing
If only
@@dumbleman1911 "Do you not enjoy high school?"
"Sorry, I was too busy sleeping..." XD
"Then how did you pass!?"
"That's one of those things I still don't know..." XD
@@seink9163 my highschool experience is literally being in PE and doing nothing the entire period because it's online I can only dream of going to school in Japan
i think its more related to the general attitude from all students. it kinda seems like a fad to not enjoy highschool, but i also did have some teachers that really weren't up for the task
Preaching to the choir
no more hating "we have enough depression in Japan " that line took me off my feet
Same
Are you trying to encouraging people to hate Japanese?
The face was kinda cute, no homo 😂
Buggy comment section.
Doesn't explain the yakuza paradox
My high school years were the worst in my life. I went to a terrible school with unmotivated staff who were teaching lesson by lesson from the book without much positive teaching aspects. Despite my good grades I couldn't take the classes I wanted because they were "full", which they weren't, the school just didn't want to put in the effort to work student's schedules in complex ways. While I was goin the entire school was under construction with dust clouds in the air and we had coal miner lights lighting up the hallways. The meals and staff from the cafeteria's were so terrible that they got replaced by vending machines. Not to mention every year we had new teachers and new principles because the old ones kept quitting. The teachers were judgmental and mean, bulling students and purposely causing drama. The students themselves weren't much better, passing with bottom of the barrel grades or barely showing up to school at all, they would only pass because teachers would forcibly pass them just so they didn't have to deal with them the next year. I was in several clubs, joining and quitting every year or so to join new clubs. Every club was unexceptional. The only ones I joined and liked were music and soccer. Every other club in the school was a waste of funding tbh, the students were terribly unmotivated and always strived for the bare minimum and I blame the school for teaching them and expecting that kind of behavior. My school was considered one of the worst schools in America when I was going there. When I went to college I learned how truly useless my High school was, I didn't learn a damn thing about anything, it makes me mad I spent my time going there and wasting my life.
currently a senior in high school and in my experience, its not that I hate school, its the work that I hate especially when i have a learning disability. Work piles up fast and also I genuinely don’t think anyone here in the US actually studies unless a teacher assigns a study guide.
"Do American's not like high school?"
*Raucous laughter*........... oh wait you're serious
He must not have been educated on our unique way canceling class😢
I liked ditching school 😂🤣
Schools say they are anti bullying but when you tell authorities they don’t give two shits
Highschool is a brutal social quagmire of cliques and elitism, and the lessons are often bland and monotonous because public education is abysmally funded.
And, yes, there's also the constant fear of violence and gun nuttery.
I love that hating high school has just become a common American theme
"Is it cheap to fix teeth in America?" You made me spit out my snack dude, healthcare and cheap don't go in the same sentence together
Mm, at least it’s good though (in terms of actual available services and options) like I think Australia has like 60% of the medicines and drugs the United States has available
Edit: also in other countries, it’s probably expensive too, unless it’s actually a problem why fix it for free?
@@39doritoz maxing out their credit card is just what a dipshit does, no actually decently smart person does that people seem to “need” their precious iPhone and will spend anything for it
Visaline is affordable and sent to ur home
@@crazywyvern4704 nope in Germany it’s paid from the government if you’re homeless and don’t have enough money to afford it on your own.
The amount of money you have to pay for health expenses is measured with your monthly income and therefore everyone can afford it. I was quite shocked, when I found out how awful the healthcare system in the USA is.
Americans just take care of their teeth.
I love watching these types of videos. Hearing other people opinions on certain things is so amusing to me
it’s the willingness to learn that leads to education. great job!
The way you describe high school seems to be like we treat college/university.
I've read they view high school in the same way we view college/university so that sounds just about right to me.
This is very true
I think it's because of the whole dormitory situation in the US.
Japan doesn't have that, so when you go to college you either live with your parents or rent an apartment alone or with roomates.
@@elimalinsky7069 could you explain more
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Big, straight white teeth are a sign of youth, health, and beauty in America. It's a weird obsession. You do NOT need braces; you have lovely teeth!
I AGREE!!!!
Yea the fang that's above in my gums about 3inches says others wise and so does my overbite
@@Xerolyst You mean your canine tooth? We don't have fangs, lol. Anyway, if you have a tooth in your gums above the rest of your teeth, you don't necessarily use braces to fix that. They do a small surgery to attach a gold chain to it and use rubber bands to apply pressure to pull it down. They'll use braces with a spacer to create space for the tooth If they need to.
@@brandongonzales3785 thks for clarifying that now I know how they're supposed to do it I got it checked out by a orthodontist but they deemed it wasn't anything severe even tho sometines when I sleep or move my mouth wrong it cuts the inside of my lip
@@brandongonzales3785 the tooth feels so weird and out of place I kinda wanna feel the pain and be in agony cause thn I know it's working is it weird that I like pain sometimes
People do steal packages in America, but, in places where I've lived anyway, it's pretty rare. I have had many, many packages left on my front porch and I don't recall ever having one stolen. I only recall once that a company even worried about the possibility of a package being stolen, and that was when it was an item that cost $5,000. For that they required the delivery service to hand deliver it and get a signature from me.
I think the reason why Japanese restaurant serve bento boxes in America is because you can't get them anywhere else. Bento boxes are an iconic thing that many Americans want to try but we don't have convenient stores that sell them or parents that make them for us, so we get them at Japanese restaurants.
Love them, hard to come by and we feel so cool we know what it is !
American: Japan is weird.
Japanese: America is weird.
Rest of the world: Why are those two crazy people arguing?
XD
Why would they have to be arguing about it? That was dumb
Lmao
All of the different countries cultures are weird at first to people from other places. That’s just how it is. Doesn’t mean they have to be arguing about it and also literally every country would be saying it to every other country.
i dont think japan really cares, and a lot of Americans wish they lived in japan
SHUNchan: “how do Americans have such good teeth?”
Americans: Checkmate.... Britain
Damn some of y’all uk people are mad mad
Right?
Oi Oi Oi as a Briton I can proudly say I have great teeth 😤
*cries in britishness*
@@whydoIneedaname-df4uj That’s a myth, British people have some of the best dental care etc in the world
Yeah some of us came from Britain also because we were plastic covering for our teeth well some do anyways
As a conservative American in the south-east, culture here here is way different than where you were.
Can we both imagine if I said free my chest where you are , don’t worry I won’t and I know better . And I’m not interested, but I’m point out we both know what would happen.
I really enjoyed this video. I love getting a different perspective. Thanksgiving turkey is pretty weird now that you mention it lol
"Is it cheap in America?"
*laughs in not upper middle class*
Some dentist offices have good prices and payment plans
it aint cheap anywhere :/ unless you have general healthcare and even then it aint that cheap
@Katsud0n yes
*laughs in barely lower middle class* 90% of my time is spent at work.
I like how respectful this guy was while talking about america,he was super polite and funny
I really liked how he talked about good things to most people just like to shit on America
i would be fine if he was rude about it but he respectful.
except the celery with peanut butter even tho i 100% agree with him lmao
I WILL DESTROY THE HUMAN RACE (=
guys you need too subscribe to him now so his dream will come true it will be nice and he will be happy
As an American, this is hilarious! Thank you, this is really helpful perspective for me, and also top-notch delivery.
Love this video! Thanks for sharing your point of view; I got a good kick out of it!
One thing I don't understand in USA is their tipping culture. Restaurants should pay their employees properly. Tipping should always be optional.
The thing with this is, it promotes more business. Besides, the federal law states that you HAVE to meet minimum wage pay with combined cash and tip. So, if you don't get paid what would otherwise meet minimum wage, the restaurant pays you the difference. Some states even require that restaurants pay more than federal minimum wage to make up the difference.
Secondly, a college student will probably pick to be a waiter in the states because they can make a solid $100-$300 (depending on where) a night. If there was no tipping, then a few things would happen. Food would become more expensive due to increased costs of employees. I lived in Germany for 3 years and been all over the north/western EU, restaurants there compared to the US were more expensive for less food. And/or you would see less waiting staff. And/or some restaurants would go out of business.
As a person who worked as a waiter in the 90s while going to college. I much prefer this method because I was making way more money for way less time spent just because I gave good service. The only people really complaining are the ones who pretend to care about the worker when they're usually getting paid more than minimum wage; all because they don't want to tip when it isn't financially possible for the business to pay their employees the $15 that they should be making.
Edit: Taken directly from the Fair Labor Standards Act. (FLSA)
"Employers electing to use the tip credit provision must be able to show that tipped employees receive at
least the minimum wage when direct (or cash) wages and the tip credit amount are combined. If an
employee's tips combined with the employer's direct (or cash) wages of at least $2.13 per hour do not
equal the minimum hourly wage of $7.25 per hour, the employer must make up the difference."
I can't reply to everyone.
Yeah, tipping is basically bs the restaurant business has pulled to pay their workers below minimum wage. Like if I'm already paying to eat at the restaurant, why do I also have to pay the workers' salary? The frustrating thing is that as long as the system exist, you kind of have to give tips, because otherwise servers can't really make money.
minimum wage in norway is 10 dollars a hour. Almost nobody has minimum wage
Tipping is a way to show appreciation for their hard work. It's a sign, saying they did an excellent job
@@tinydeku5557 yes and it should be optional. What if they did a horrible job? Still gotta tip.
I was a waitress and never thought it was rude when a customer raised their hand. Must be dependent on what state you are in.
Sometimes the Japanese take a rather harsh tone when they do it, though...as though you should run at top speed to go get it and should be very ashamed of yourself that the item is not there (even if it isn't supposed to be).
@@lechsiz1642 so you're saying Americans don't?
@@sledgetable172 not quite as harsh, but case by case. America is filled with more types than Japan. We have more economic backgrounds/differences, races, ethnicities, and a larger geographical area each area having a slightly different culture/mindset. I like to date Japanese men, but I feel no hesitation to criticize Americans. Japanese, or any other group- because all groups and individuals have strengths and weaknesses. If you wanna get butt-hurt by that, that is your choice. I don't control YOUR emotions/thoughts and you don't control my thoughts/actions.
Yeah I'm in Canada, mid-west, and I don't think anyone would bat an eye if you raised your hand. I mean I don't see anyone do it, but everyone would understand WHY you raised your hand.
I raise my hand. I’m never rude. I’m not going to wait 20 minutes till she feels like passing back by my table. I never thought it was rude.
you have a lovely personality! peanut butter and celery is one of my favorite snacks (if you add raisins it’s AMAZING) and your opinion about it made me laugh so hard lol.
the food part ones a really good one haha loved it. Great Video (:
"I've never seen a single person in America with bad teeth."
My scissor over-bite with impending wisdom teeth: "Allow me to introduce myself."
I'm just wondering how he managed to avoid meeting anyone with a serious case of meth mouth. They're everywhere around these parts.
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo I have a sensory processing disorder that makes me _unbelievably_ picky. A diet change just wouldn't work out. Plus, although I do like some fried foods, about 90% of what I eat is peanut butter sandwiches and cereal.
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo If anything, my sensory processing disorder has gotten stronger. And how would I even alter my biochemistry to my benefit? Wouldn't I need medication for that?
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo Well there's not much social bonding and love, because I'm also _very_ introverted, and I have another mental condition that causes me to be unable to express as much emotion.
As for adrenaline and noradrenaline, I am generally very calm. I just don't like most food because of a sort of strengthened nocebo effect.
Like no offense but do you mean Hollywood when you say states because that is not rlly true lol
In high school here in america, we lack structure and respect for one another so it is hectic beyond belief. It leads to many issues not being resolved such as bullying or many teachers not really caring about students. So many things as a result suffer. It is overall, a terrible experience.
High school is a 6 year training program to get you used to working 8 hours a day and to stop asking why. Apart from socialization , Complete Waste Of Time. I only knew a few people who cared about the material and how they were going to apply this knowledge for the future. The rest of us are still figuring it out. How do schools exist with UA-cam.?
@@shimmerstack8506 schools provide certification and learning structure. its difficult to learn anything properly on the internet because you don't know what resources are bad and good and if its worth your time to even try out.
@@shimmerstack8506 you had 6 years of highschool? 😂
@@kristynspon8070 all of what you said is idealistic and nonuniversally applicable
@@DragoX7 some areas have a grade 13
I love the youtube plaque loool really authentic saw all you vids cant stop laughing good vibes really relaxing specially here in Kyoto
Excellent, fair as well as humorous critique.
I'm American and I've never heard someone say calling a waitress like that is rude. I've been a waitress many times and I actually prefer this over some random person walking up to me and scaring me
I have been a waitress and I was never offended by someone politely raising their hand for help. Not tipping is super rude if the service has been good.
Agreed... i worked in restaurants for many years and would not have been offending by this
That was a weird one.
Yeah, your friends don't know what they're talking about. Raising your hand to get a waitress' attention is perfectly acceptable.
Tipping is expected because waitresses aren't paid a living wage.
Oh my gosh, my mom would be so embarrassed if I called a waiter over or even raised my hand to get their attention! The most I feel you can do without being rude is eye contact 😆.
"You guys eat cookie dough!" ...I lost it, that was too funny, and honestly so true.
Well the stuff they put in ice cream these days isn't technically cookie dough anymore, so there's that
@@Ytinasniiable Doesn't have to be. The relevance, is that Americans even want/like the idea and flavor. (And to be technical, eat actual raw cookie dough went baking commonly). Yet have issues with other none native foods that aren't that odd sounding on paper.
This man exploded like a volcano
@@jesshavok1015 cookie dough is good
It might kill me if I eat it to much,
But good
@@Pingoz lol it does taste good.
I live in california, USA and i love high school i love learning and i am going to be a senior in high school this year. (Last year)
Hey, just happened across this video. I always enjoy hearing how people from other places experienced American culture! I am very glad to hear that your experience was a positive one overall, and I don't blame you for having some moments of confusion...I've lived in the US my whole life, and even I have those moments. Anyways, thank you for making this video relating some of your more confusing experiences. Hopefully, someday I'll be able to visit Japan and experience everything your culture has to offer. 🙂
Before I forget, I have to say that your English is very good. Very easy to understand, even with your accent. I know it's a difficult language to learn, and you've clearly put a lot of time and effort into doing so. Keep up the good work!
Don’t get us wrong: most people get very nostalgic for their high school years, but that’s because they miss being a teenager. Our culture still regards our teen years as being one of the best times of our lives, we just hate high school itself. Our grade schools are way different from Japanese schools. Perhaps we wouldn’t hate it as much of ours was designed differently, but our grade school system has a lot of issues. But our teen lives are way more than just high school, so we miss those years in general.
My teen life wasn’t special at all tbh. I miss the lack of responsibility but it honestly isn’t something I regard as being amazing. It was underwhelming. I hate how society places such an emphasis on youth because it makes me feel like I missed my chance to have fun
Maybe because Japanese students have less free time outside of school so they associate most of their teen memories with school life.
OLD I feel the exact same way. Luckily, my 20s have been far more eventful.
What? People treat being a teenager like being a prisoner, I think the part of life considered good is maybe late college into your twenties
Teenage-hood is idolized a lot in the U.S. media (since the 1950s). However, if your teen years sucked, there is almost no market for that. Every crime documentary you see is about unhappy teenagers with mental health problems. I think being a teenager is overrated, and now, we are seeing how unhappy teenagers are with more technology, social media, and more. If you cannot conform or transcend, you lose; if you cannot be ultra popular and sustain that, you lose. The winners are afraid to lose face; the losers can never win. Not a great recipe for happiness. Shallow to the core.
I don’t think raising your hand is rude for the waitress
It's complicated, basically the waiter/waitress is suppose to be so attentive to your needs that you should not need to raise your hand, if your sitting their with your hand up for longer then 7 seconds, your kinda indicating your getting bad service to everyone else coming in the building.
@Lawnmower They generally come by every 10 minutes or so and ask how you're doing and if we need anything, it's also why Tips are pretty much mandatory, the idea is everyone in the states pays for extra attention because we all have the extra money to spare.
It's literally not rude to raise your hand for a waitress and say excuse me. As long as your tone isn't rude, it's completely fine.
TIPS are a scam to justify paying wait staff incredibly low amounts of money and putting the expectation on the customer to make up for it but it's so ingrained at this point it's hard to get rid of.
Yeah, as someone from the service industry I wholeheartedly agree. But man, if someone snaps and or whistles at me like I'm some sort of dog or something... I end up going into autopilot just to help it roll off my back and not let it affect my mindset, in which if it does my work competency depletes.
@Lawnmower Again, it's complicated. The Tip is directly related to the service you get, the way the waiter gets the biggest tips is if they kinda predict what you want before you want it, and you never need to wave them over for anything because they are right there before you even realized you needed them. That's of course the most exceptional service.
Normally however you just sort of wave them over, in the states most waiters have a sort of 2ed sense and will see you out of the corner of their eye.
Personally if I need something immediately because I forgot to ask when they showed up with the food, I will just get up walk over and ask the waiter directly.
The only thing is that if you keep your hand up until the waiter arrives for like a minute or something. You're basically saying the waiters are all terrible at their jobs and everyone should avoid that restaurant right now because the waiters aren't paying any attention.
Just waving your hand in the air for like 3 seconds should be all that's needed.
I have to say, as an American:
• I have never heard of flagging down a waiter/waitress being considered rude. That might be a local thing where you were or your friends were wrong.
• braces are not cheap at all, it’s just the culture that we get braces when we’re in like middle school if we could use them.
• as for the mail, I think the bigger problems is the common place of theft as opposed to leaving a delivery to be honest.
• you’re not wrong about cookie dough or stuffing (though some people avoid cookie dough and people are not doing stuffing as much any more because it doesnt get hot enough to get cooked inside sometimes.
• as for highschool, I think you also have to take into consideration the average job satisfaction between Japan and America. Job satisfaction in America is much higher than Japan so a lot of people are eager to leave high school and get on with their lives, whereas from my perspective it may be possible highschool in Japan is more enjoyable than university/work.
(Also from what I have heard, Japanese highschoolers are given a lot of responsibility and the high school environment is aimed towards community building, whereas in America it’s kind of just a place you have to go from 9 am until 3 PM.)
Your food comments were hilarious!!!
Protip: Never give teeth whitening strips as a gift. That says something lol
Right? I’m already insecure about my lack of braces but I do NOT need to be self conscious about my teeth coloring >_>
Lol
Nailed it!😆
Whitening strips can strip the teeth of enamel
I mean,, For Americans sure, everyone here feels self-conscious about their looks (for some reason lol), but I'm sure in Japan, like he said, it'd probably be culturally acceptable~ 😌❤️
Who tf is out there saying Japanese food is bad? y’all’s snack game is on point. Food is great too.
@Sarah : lol, I see what you did there.
I love Japanese food. Totally agree.
I laughed so hard when he pointed out the raw cookie dough, the stuffing the turkey butt and peanut butter on celery sticks. 🤣🤣
Facts I’ll fuck it all the way up! No napkin needed. 😋
Love Japanese good but raw fish and sushi taste really plain to me, not worth the potential food poisoning or the extremely high price, if its grilled I'm cool with it
5:15 I literally burst out laughing lol
P.S. all that raw japanese food is AMAZING
I'm in my last year of highschool and for me it was ultimately a really good experience. Though I do go to a private school, so I guess it depends of where you are and if its private or public.
I went to a public school in the US (granted it actually is apparently a rather well graded school, for American standards), and my experience was overall kind of a mixed bag, with 12th grade being actually amazing.
As an American, here are my answers to your questions to the best of my ability.
1) It isn’t actually considered rude to raise your hand for restaurant staff, or politely asking “excuse me” to get there attention. It is rude to yell and snap fingers in order to get staff’s attention. They may be doing something already so it’s good to be patient.
2) People sexualize boobs, even in regards to normal functions like breast feeding. Dudes look at moms breast feeding like someone’s giving oral. I mean, infant be hungry. Nothing wrong with breastfeeding.
3) People are obsessed with having good teeth. We actually have a lot of body image issues due to companies trying to sell us stuff we don’t need, or from all the models glittered around media and stuff. It’s kinda bad actually. I remember my mum suggesting I get braces cuz two of my teeth came in interestingly. Nobody thought it was particularly weird, even a few peeps I remember as a kid thought they were cool, I looked like a vampire, so I don’t know why I would’ve needed braces.
4) It’s all about speed of delivery, and how Americans don’t really like interacting with people at their doorstep unless they personally know them.
5) I love sashimi personally. But because of my ASD, a lot of combination of foods I find gross. I don’t dip bread into anything for example, as I don’t want crumbs getting in the dip. And I don’t like celery. Can’t speak for everyone though.
6) High school was terrible. Everyone was an asshole, and if you enjoyed your experience, chances are you’re the asshole. I actually liked my teachers luckily, but peers destroyed my experience. Interestingly enough, I’m the only person I know who prefers middle school to high school. My reasoning is while I can brush of middle school shit with “well we just didn’t know any better”, because face it middle schoolers are dumb, those in high school were actively malicious.
7) For the last one, answer is actually kinda simple. We don’t eat bento regularly, so we treat it like some once in awhile cuisine. I’d also always prefer the bento to sushi rolls any day.
In my first year of high school, I was quiet and shy so there's literally no way I could've been the asshole and I genuinely think my school was one of the nicest. Nobody ever really did anything and there's obviously the occasional drama but not much else, even the "cool kids" were in good terms with the "nerds"
all of the above, I concur. Except I had a wonderful high school experience. but I was an outgoing, ambitious student who had their hands in many pots. Honors student in top 10% of the class, at least 3 clubs and 7 performing arts groups, and was an exchange student to France for part of my junior year. I was a loud and proud nerd who, despite being bullied at times, turned the other cheek and made the most out of high school, bc I had the "Make lifetime memories/live your best life" attitude. I do understand that I am an exception to the general rule.
@@likethecheeze321 Yeah, and then the varsity students like you then turn around and make fun of autistic, weird, not popular, and poc kids when no one is looking. But sure, "you go queen"
I agree with everything here, except for the high school experience. I really believe it all depends on the high school you attend.What people don’t understand are the cultural differences in every state, of the United States. For instance, high school cultural norms in Hawaii, are way different than high school cultural norms in New York, or Utah. I went to high school in Utah and Arizona, big difference!
@@likethecheeze321 can you please tell us more about your accomplishments as a teenager? We're all rapt with attention.
I remember whenever I went to Japan for Christmas, I saw a shop trying to embrace Christianity. They had Santa on a cross. I love this earth so much.
I need this in my life. No reason. But I need it.
love it
The worst thing about Christmas in Japan is "Last Christmas" by Wham! on a loop in every other store for weeks.
@@wormfood868 that sounds terrible
@@raynhylance3546 It's truly awful.
Peanut buter on celery is awesome! hahaha thanks for the video I had some good laughs.
Lol 😆 that was wonderful. Thank You 😊
That explains why anime and manga romanticise school so much...
I like high sexology actually
Yeah, I never understood why so many animes are about or take place in school until I watched this video. High school in America is so hated because of how bad the education and the students are.
@@IceInTheSoda
Maybe because high school is the Golden age for Japanese people
An analysis I saw somewhere else is that the Japanese culture is a bit obssessed with it's youth in part because it's an aging country, with roughly a third of the population being over 60.
Also adult work-life is so demanding and all consuming that high-school age is the only brief period of life in which people have any semblance of freedom, so it only makes sense that any interesting stories going on with which people can relate to happen to 16 yrlds.
It explains a lot.
The whole free the nipple thing is because in America, boobs are constantly sexualized and overused to sell stuff. But whenever it comes to give them their actual use and purpose that's breastfeeding, everyone gets scandalized as if it was something disgusting and sexual. It's not like they want to go with their breasts showing but to not be called out for breastfeeding in public or be stared at or be told to go to the bathroom to breastfeed...like you wouldn't take your lunch to the public bathroom, would you?
RIGHT
A few towns away from me had a huge scandal where a lady was breastfeeding at a pool and was kicked out for it. Guess the staff regretted that decision when a few days later, a crowd of women protested by breastfeeding there
That’s not a very strong argument.
If something is considered indecent, it doesn’t mean it necessarily wrong, just that is polite to do it in private rather than public.
For example, nature equipped men to be able to pee anywhere they want with ease, but society has deemed this indecent to do in public, so we don’t. Same thing with breastfeeding. At least cover up.
@@bluesdealer Also peeing is gross to be doing it on the streets...
@@bluesdealer breastmilk isn't the same as pee ??
I loved high school it was enjoyable. I had tons of friends that I still keep in touch with and I loved my swim team and chorus classes. Not all people hate high school, it's just that some people have a rough time because of bullies and other things that make it stressful
Hi there, I’ve been to Japan twice- I’m totally in love with your country. When I was in London, at a Japanese restaurant, I did choose a bento meal... it was still fun to eat, even though I knew that it’s not the right way of doing it, but it made me think of my rides on the Shinkansen :-)
The teeth issue is more of a “acceptance” thing. People want to feel accepted socially and America places a lot of weight on appearance. Many people are quick to fix it despite it still being expensive, due to societal pressure.
It can also sometimes be easier to clean straighter teeth, depending. But definitely, it is highly valued, and straighting them earlier is seen as preferable to later.
Well, America places a lot of weight on good teeth. It's become a country of yoga/sweat pants with tee shirt wearers so the expectations are specific. You will find people who live in trailers on fixed incomes who have perfect teeth, that's how obsessed Americans/Canadians are with good teeth.
And a lot of parents feel they ought to provide orthodontic care for their children. To the point where those who have crooked teeth as young adults might end up being the odd ones out.
I guess I'm in the minority. Never had braces, and my teeth are nowhere near straight and not even very white. But they are healthy, so I don't really care what people think about my teeth. :)
I have naturally straight teeth, not when I was little but when I grew because my teeth properly fit my jaw
When he compared high school in America to High school Musical, I started laughing..
7 years old: “So that’s how High School will be.”
Me a senior: “My childhood was a lie...”
Lol here from outside USA we think your high school is High school musical, party and drugs
@@amandajakob6565 got the party and drugs part mostly down...
well, i was very antisocial so no parties or drugs for me.
Ok the video didn’t start yet but your comment made me laugh
Lets be honest, no kid expected highschool to suck.
Lol I come from New Zealand and I'm pretty shocked by most of the things you mention here too. Love your channel by the way.
Very interesting observations about America. Maybe these days, everyone hates high school, wasn't always that way. Sure, there are a lot of bad things about the high school experience, but also a lot of good things. I have lots of great memories from the high school days, and a number of great friendships from that time. Your comment about having bento in American restaurants makes a lot of sense. I guess the difference is that bento isn't quite as ubiquitous in the US as it is in Japan, and since it's a uniquely Japanese type of food, getting it at a Japanese restaurant makes some kind of sense from getting the "full Japanese experience", even though in Japan you wouldn't eat bento in a restaurant. And tipping at restaurants -- I don't much like it either. I'd rather it be a more voluntary kind of thing for exceptional service, but the way the system is set up in the US, the wait staff don't get paid enough without having tip income.
Eh, it's more a regional and personal thing. I went to highschool between 2014 and 2018, and while I hated it then (due to waking up at 6:30 AM every morning and the like, not to mention homework), I do look back fondly at those years.
america is like a box of chocolates on valentines day, I don't get it
R/woooooooosh
oooo self burn. those are rare
@@chris-jc1np it isn’t even a woooosh
😂😂😂
@@danamartin5249 ikr
I’ve never thought raising your hand to get a waitresses attention was rude.
Yeah, that's more something I've seen/heard from British people. I've never heard anyone in the US (at least where I have lived) say that is rude to do. How else are you going to get your servers attention? Just yell across the restaurant? Now THAT would be pretty rude. heh
That being rude sounds like a northern thing
Yeah I never considered it a rude thing. I actually would prefer people raising their hands instead of people raising their voice. Also in a restaurant environment where it at times can be loud, seeing a customer with a raised hand is a lot easier to spot then making out "excuse me" in a sea of voices.
Depends where you are. America is huge. Japan is a small largely homogenous island, America is half a continent where one part can be having foot of snow, while another is in the high 70°F
@@kinggerr7093 I’m in of the northiest states, we all be raising our hands.
"you guys eat freaking cookie dough!!" I died that was so funny. But also cookie dough is good af and I always get the bento box at Japanese restaurants rip. I had no idea what a bento box was in Japan. Super interesting tho I enjoyed this!
In Japan, moms do that for the children and husbands when they go to school or work. It is almost an art.
And cookie dough is especially good in ice cream !
That food roast part 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 had me dying 😂
"why is everyone's teeth so good in america... is it cheap or what" me: OH GOD NO
Actually it is compared to other countries
Everyone’s teeth are so good here because society won’t accept you unless you have straight white teeth
@@dinobro6851 ???, maybe in LA but not anywhere else
@@0326Vet Not even true in LA. Most people just don't care. They'll do it themselves, but they don't care if others do it, at least in my experience.
I wish it is but its usually because if your teeth arent good you feel like your gonna get hate crimed lmfaoaoa but you actually wont and people don't care lmaoaooa
When Americans say we hate high school, we're mostly referring to the classes, (most) Americans do enjoy making friends and memories, extracurriculars, etc.
I wonder if people in Japan actually enjoy their classes.
Nah I it wasn’t just the classes that I disliked about high school. Spirit week was always fun, though I couldn’t give two shits about the actual homecoming game. My best memories from high school are the things I did with my track/cross country team. So nothing to do with the regular school day itself. And I wasn’t sad to graduate at all.
wel while most people where to make memory's at school having an everyday live i was hating my school life because of no friends, bully's and the fact that racisem (from my mother) was a thing what ended for me like a 20 year old shut in with no friends bad connection with my family and wanted to end up dead or in a situation like the sao
accident
Eh. High school sucked overall. The people and the classes. A few teachers made it worth some days, but it definitely was a terrible experience for me.
I think it *really* depends on the social environment of your school and what kind of person you were at the time. I was pretty nerdy and went to a few of different High Schools. One of them was really nice and had a culture of valuing people for a variety of reasons, but the other High Schools were really toxic and tended to only be positive experiences if you were good at (the important) sports or your family was well-off. Also, I think there's a strange cultural assumption in America that if you had a good time in High School, its all downhill from there, and vice versa if you had a bad time, which makes people say that High School sucked, even if it wasn't that bad for them. Obviously that idea is ridiculous, but I still had college friends who would describe people as having "peaked in high school" as an insult.
Great video. Thanks for sharing
The bento point is cool! Never thought about it like that.
Lmao if you bought someone white strips in America they’d lowkey be ready to fight 🤣
I know i would be ready to throw hands. it's like telling me my teeth look bad. That hits hard on a personal level.
@@Buckle-Bucky exactly, i might cry from embarrassment.
Deadasss 💀
Lol
@@ninifofini But why is your society like that do you think?
I'm British so... obviously y'all take the piss out of our teeth standards here... but my dad, we have relatives in the states, so he felt compelled to get his teeth whitened, and he just looked foolish - to us, here in the UK... nobody looks like that. It looked freakish and unnatural.
Honestly, the rest of the world does not have this practice, we are not so vain when it comes to this... 'bone white' is not - bright white... Why do you think you do that yourselves? Mentally I mean?
It's crazy vain pressure for no reason. I've never had fillings or a tooth out... but my teeth are yellow-ish.. through smoking etc... just how life goes.
"how about shoving vegetables into turkey's butt and roasting it?!" lol my thanksgiving is gonna be so much better with this phrase.
Definitely the best comment in the video 😂
Saves time: doing 2 things at once. Also, some of the spices get steamed into the turkey.
Same🤣🤣 @Dubious Prime
@Max lol don't care Thanksgiving dinner food is the best
Its generally shoved into the neck hole, but whatever. XD
Re "before you click the dislike button": Aw, I think learning about other cultures and hearing about what people from other cultures think about mine is fun! If we all had exactly the same customs and tastes and so on, that would be boring.
Domo thank you for your perspective on the video. I found it enjoying. I myself have lived in several countries thus far. Very hilarious with the celery and peanut butter. Countries have cultural diversity which is why I love to travel the world. I myself don't understand why someone would eat octopus or squid flavor potato chips ? Loved the video.
Just imagine going to Japan and eating at an ' American ' restaurant and your food being served in a Flintstone lunchbox or a Starwars lunchbox
I'd be down with that no lie
I actually ate an an "American" pizzeria while I was in Beijing (China and Japan are incredibly different obviously) but it was a very interesting experience. My friend had a pizza that had literal french fries as a topping. My pizza had no bread crust and the crust was just cheese. A Pizza Hut that I also went to in Beijing was a full-on Italian restaurant with fettucine alfredo, spaghetti, and of course pizza.
I'd love to know what specifically an American restaurant in Japan would serve.
@@mythik4840 well if you go to an American restaurant they will serve you the same thing as America when I say restaurant I mean the shitty fast food like McDonalds, tacobell, etc. A&W was probably the best I had there. The portions tho are half the size of the ones here in America but their quality of food is prestiege and also the service. I mean America is not really well known for their huge viarity of cuisine either so dont expect much. Pizza is not even American and they completely messed up the itilian dish to be honest so your stardards of a real pizza is probably much lower of what the real dish really is. Anyway dont expect much abput American food in other countries.
That sounds like a great idea actually. I'd love to move to Japan and open up a NY style diner that serves all the diner classics and has a retro 50's vibe. I wonder how it would do though, once the nostalgia of it wears off on the people.
you do know someone is going to make that a "thing" now.
The first time I went to Japan, one of the women who was taking me sight seeing was so nervous about me eating Japanese food, she tried to talk me out of it several times. I assured her, I LOVE Japanese food. Every restaurant we went to she was so shocked I liked things like mackerel and Burdock root. She used to live in the US and I guess some of her American friends had trashed Japanese food, it was really sad. I hope I set a better example!
We literally have half of their food in the US, some definitely are weird to look at the first time tho
It's like the first time I had calamari I think that's how it's spelled eating squid was at a best friends like 11 th birthday party and the calamari made by his aunt was amazing philapino food is amazing adobo is really good as well I just really like food but what do you expect I'm a American male
I mean people like different things, I don't see what's wrong with that.
i did an exchange program in japan sophomore year and my friends brought me to mcdonald’s when i told them i was home sick and wanted something that reminded me of home...all i wanted was this fancy salad my mom makes 💀
Had a similar experience when I tried natto while an exchange student in Japan. Decided to stop at a small family-owned restaurant near the dorm and the entree I ordered had natto on the side. Deciding I should try it at least once, I ordered it explicitly knowing it was there. The owners came out, wanted to make sure I knew that the natto was there, and asked if as a foreigner I might prefer something else. I said I was interested in trying it, and so they brought it out and proceeded to watch as I took a bite of it. I really didn't notice much of a flavor good or bad right away as I was chewing on the first bite, but they panicked so much from my "processing..." response that they apologized and took it away before I could try a second bite to confirm the first.
you hit everything pretty spot on... especially the turkey butt segment that was all true on your part.
ay except your teeth bro, as an american i can say you have pretty good teeth and i wouldn't waste money to change it. i had people make fun of my gap teeth but the ladies like it when u start getting older :O
Aww man, I wish you had more things to say. The raw cookie dough totally made sense and your point with Thanksgiving :D