This is also why individually we should not please other people, because we become a pet or a zoo animal like that. Be with whom you rejoice effortlessly🪷
but we need fences to not fire up with fans of opponent (I do not consider roudies, hooligans and so as sports fans, I know some. Their primary reason to go to watch match is to fight and get drunk - in whatever order)
Two more points from a Dutch guy: status and fake friendliness. I visited a zoo there and everywhere you looked were signs like: this fence is sponsored by X, this plant was donated by Y, this pavement tile was paid for by Z. People seem to love getting their name slapped on something public. And they act like you're the best friend they ever met in their life after exchanging two sentences, but then don't contact you again until they need something from you. (That last part seems universal nowadays, but people outside the USA don't pretend nearly as much that you're important to them.)
Those are actually sponsored by a community or a company because the Zoo had no money thanks to our goverment spendings and other crazy stuff like Covid. The sponsors get also a percentage % of the profit made by the Zoo in the upcoming year. Exactly the same how amateur and pro soccer hockey clubs do and so on do to fill the holes in the balance. It is just a normal contract sponsor deal. We even do that for maintenance for roundabouts. Maintain it and you can use also a promotion for your company. The second part is on you, that has nothing to do how Dutch people are. We Dutch are very nice, open smart DIRECT We can drink beer and party like crazy end we produce the best DJ's! With "prentend" 😂 You mean we are self-opinionated, cocky or something? A good tip for you, take that face-mask off, maybe you brain can recover from a lack of oxygen.
Here in London if your a tourist you can ask directions from any police man . My friend visited San Francisco and asked a police man the way to where he wanted to go , The reply was a very loud and abrasive he said do I look like a god damm map . 3 out of 10
That US officer was probably overwhelmed by the thought that for a proper answer he would have to think very, very, very hard and long what the difference between left and right is
That's gross generalization. I visited New York, lost my way, and asked an officer. He was super helpful and actually walked a bit with me. He asked where I was from, and said goodbye with a warm "welcome to NY". On the other hand, as a french citizen, I once asked a cop directions and he straight up ignored me, with a disgusting smile, talking to his collegue about how "tourists are dumb". I wouldn't generalize from both of these experiences though, because an anecdote is just irrelevant statistic wise. Be careful of confirmation bias my friend.
the fact that trump was president in the first place, then there was an attempted insurrection and he nearly went to prison, and now he's gonna be elected *again* from the outside, that's just absolutely crazy and incomprehensible, which is i guess what those that just said "trump" wanted to convey
Did you looked at the people who are diehard voters of him? They don't care for those things, it is all fabricated and lies for them. Whole world turned against Trump and he is savior. When I saw video of him getting to the hospital after recent shooting, the people reaction were crazy for me, nearly like worship which is not really common in Europe.
So you oppose democracy. Then you claim that it's an insurrection when (after years of bloody leftist riots which caused billions in damage and destroyed countless businesses, lives) there's one small protest in one location in that whole huge country, unarmed, with no plan, the one you claim was 'the leader' told everyone to follow the law (as he always does) and then drove home to watch TV, then when people make it into the building with doors opened by law enforcement they don't do anything but look around and then on their own decided to go home...you think that's a coup attempt? You think it doesn't take capture of many government buildings, the main medias, major transportation hubs, taking control of most military garrisons...an actual plan, a leader(s), etc.? You uneducated people with very limited IQ and no qualms about lying are hilarious. Funny how you think that Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel and Michelle Bachelet shouldn't have been elected.
Yeah its this is even going on. But Trump was convicted being absolutely innocent, that is the unfair part. And this is coming from a neutral party. I dont support either party. He should have never been convicted and he got an absolutley unfair trial.
I know of just one: Crystal Palace football club in Southern London (Croydon/Selhurst?). The cheerleaders have a tiktok, facebook and instagram page and all. There might be a few others across the UK though.
Imitations are done inspired by American movies. I think the issue many Europeans have with it is that the highest achievement of a high school girl is to be pretty and shake her ass as a side dish to a main event that is male.
One consideration about "segregation": for us Europeans, it's unbelievable that in US you consider so much "ethnicity" in every aspect of your life, that you must put it in forms, modules, questionnaires. This is considered SO SO SO racist if it were required here in Europe! I know that with this you try to be aware and protect minorities, but I think that this will just end up to bring more segregation (meaning: separation) between social groups. You should try to see you just as "Americans" and not "African-Americans", "White Americans", "American with latin origin"... and so on.
@@Streunekater Similar people tend to flock together, hence Irish/Italian/Jamaican/Jewish neighborhoods etc. Large Scandinavian presence in Seattle of all places
I am Dutch. 20 years ago I was going to the west coast. I loved it. San Fransisco was fantastic. Great nature like the Grand Canyon and much more. Last year i was going to the same place and i hate it. Americans, what are you doing?
@@willythebluebear Pretty much everything was wrong with that sentence lol. (No, I`m not a native English speaker, yes that sentence almost gave me a stroke)
I'm a Brit and my late wife was an American living in Tucson, Arizona. There are so many things I love about Americans and America, but I also recognise the problems of living there. I have visited Netherlands on several occasions and the people there are wonderful. Their connection to America from WW2 is something very special that I don't think we have in the UK. I visited the American War Cemetery in Margraten - many Dutch families have adopted the graves of the GIs and take care of those graves.
I don't agree about the Dutch and the UK. I have visited several times, the first time as an RAF Cadet (ATC) for a World War II memorial service. The gratitude of the Dutch, especially the older generation, for their liberation from Nazi tyranny in 1944 was manifest and the younger generation loved UK music and fashion. 🙂
That's a really lovely thing to do. I often feel sad thinking about how most of the "greatest generation" are gone and who will remember and continue the traditions etc but your comment made me smile and gives me hope .
I'm Dutch, love most Americans, and the American dream of starting your own businesses and stuff. But you can do that in the Netherlands pretty easy aswell.
I been to the US twice, in 2004 we went to Florida and in 2019 we went to the Southwest visiting California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. It;s so strange to see the tent camps on overpasses in big cities and the big differences between poor and rich in cities like LA and Las Vegas. When we in Europe think of things like that we think of third world countires or the Favela's in Brazil, not about the US. We also saw a lot of people with serious mental problems roaming the streets , especialy in San Fransisco: that would never happen in Europe. But the national parks are beautifull. About the sports fans: that is basicly just football/soccer, in all other sports that's not a problem. And we don't have competetive high school and college sports in Europe, there are sports classes in schools, but just for fun and exercise.
The biggest issue to me is the US government itself. Mostly rich old guys having all the power for 4-8 years. They are funded by companies for their campagnes, so they have to do favours to those companies. The other scary part is only having two parties who can compete. It is crazy to me, that a judge is linked to political party in the supreme court, who are placed there by a president. A judge is supposed to be impartial, neutral. In short, the US government is controlled by the rich and nepotism. I would prefer the trias politica, where there are 3 powers that create a more balanced government in my opinion. At last, the president being untouchable and able to grant a pardon is alien like, no one deserves that much power.
So, which country are you a citizen of where some magical 'neutral being' appoints judges? If you're in Holland then you don't know how your own judges are appointed because they are also appointed by politicians...just like everywhere in Europe. EU's judges too. I think the worst thing about Europe is the absolute propaganda people have been educated (anti-educated) and lived under their whole lives, then their narcissism when they think they are superior to others based on their North Korea-like picture of the world.
Being French, that's not shocking to me. Our President have even more power than the American President... well still problematic, I think we should make a new constitution, and this idea is becoming more and more popular in France.
About the "Trump" section: The interviewer asks what comes to mind when he says "America". So I think that's a pretty acceptable answer for such an extreme president. Even years after hist term, if you ask me.
me as a dane, living in denmark, we speak danish btw, not dutch lol😂😂 one of my favorite parts about america is definitely watching the political stuff.. its like a one big reality show. i always feel like grabbing some popcorn when there's a debate between a president and candidate.. but i'll find it a bit odd that its never really so much about the politics. its more about attacking the personal stuff. the person. instead of focusing on the people its more about throwing mudd against each other. very bizarre lol. the divided states of america! 😂😂 one big clownshow😂
Meanwhile you're so under control you don't have debates, opposing views aren't allowed to be presented, the media for sure runs cover for the ruling elites, and opposing parties are going to be banned or otherwise destroyed (when some finally show up after decades). You don't even know who your actual rulers are.
2016-2020 I felt more in common with even Russia... Thought: Putin was not friendly, but at least he takes sane decisions from his viewpoint... and then "Ukraine part 2" happened 😞
I'm Italian. You are one of the American person (if not the most one) that are more aware of what is going on outside the US, and the most interested in Europe and culture from other countries. Your channel is very interesting, and also your comments and point of views and insights are intelligent and educated.
The main difference to me as a european, is difficulty making actual friends in the US. Here in european countries, people are neutral to you if they don't know you. Polite but a bit distant. You can form a friendship with a bit of time, and that friendship will last. In the US, people are extremly sympathetic to you as a stranger. Like they actually like you and are interested in you. But that doesn't mean they want to be friends with you. It feels like a facade somehow. From a US perspective, europeans are rude to not be instantly extra friendly, but from my perspective, we're just honest. I don't have to greet you like a family member, I don't know you. Maybe if we find ourselves liking each others, we will bond. Otherwise we stay civil but we dislike hypocrisy.
There are cheerleaders in Germany. But they are not tied to clubs here. Most of them are independent dance clubs. I was part of one for several years. We even had a coach come from America. With American football in Germany, there are normal cheerleaders.
Seeing The USA nowadays from a European perspective is seeing a family member that you really loved growing up in the 80's and 90's having a lasting psychotic episode in this century. Sort yourselves out USA. Take your medicine and get back to being, as you would say, awesome. Not by isolating yourself. But by leading by example again.
I watched Idiocracy many years before I visited the US and when I finally did, It reminded me of that movie in every way possible everywhere. The ads, the president, the ads, the stuff that’s in your food, the ads, the politics, the ads.
Well... I'll try not to get political, but those 4 years of Trump had a loooot of us over here in Europe go "Okay, what has he said or done now?" every morning when you open the paper or check a news site. There was a feeling of "if he makes a false step - and he's a bit of a bull in a china shop - this could all blow up" again and again, and I had last felt that way in 1986, when I was 8 years old and a 10 year-old told me about the cold war and how close we were to a nuclear war sometimes. I, personally, am not exactly looking forward to anything about the coming election. Chaos seems inevitable. Either we'll have that one guy for another chaotic ride, or he again won't accept the election results. :/
I’m never looking forward to elections here, I understand that point of view you mention also.. our current president was seen as unfit for court and basically senile, yet fit to run a huge country.. so an equally stupid situation. They all suck to me, but the government and citizens dynamic here is shaky at best, people aren’t fond of either party anymore, don’t trust any politicians anymore. This country feels truly lost for the first time in my lifetime.
However, it seems Biden is surrounded by sensible advisors and hasn’t said or done any of the crazy things that Trump came out with. It seems a very different vibe with Biden in charge and people don’t fear he will do something terrible at any moment like try to make abortion illegal in the whole USA! Not to mention Trump not accepting the election result and what happened in the Congress building! You say there have been other bad presidents but who else has done that?
Yes, your state-owned and controlled corrupt leftist media kept telling you lies like they have for your whole life. They made up all those stories as just one small part of their propaganda to keep you nice and docile, harmless, and to keep voting their leftist parties that can then enrich themselves. It's particularly easy when they also had a chance to 'educate' you in their leftist indoctrination schools, and after keeping you from seeing what Trump actually said, instead telling you what he said and what you should think about it. They showed you no balanced reporting: absolutely no counterpoints. They lied to you about "Russiagate", "Fine people on both sides", Hunter Biden's laptop, "Horse dewormer", "He called war heroes names", "Muslim ban", etc, etc, etc. and you should know that by now but you don't even though definitive proof has been presented widely in public (just not on the leftist fraud-media you watch and read), you don't care about having been lied to, you're already programmed and you can't be deprogrammed...at least when you still keep listening to the same liars.
Meanwhile your state-controlled media doesn't criticize your leaders, doesn't even mention who your top civil servants are to keep them anonymous and out of any possible criticism, and only works as a PR-apparatus for your rulers...who you have no power over, who you get no real info, investigations, anything on which they don't want you to know. Because you have no real media, only PR-firms in their control. And you have absolutely no idea who the people backing and controlling your political (and civil service) leaders are. They just tell you to concentrate on work and paying for your super-expensive house (for the few who have one...others their expensive rent) and paying your expensive bills...so they can keep amassing ever more control over you and so they can illegally import more employees for their companies...(who you pay for too, so they don't have to!)
The idea of going to an country where everyone can have an gun is kinda scary for some when not used to that, and you just don't know how that is in practice. But here we do still have plenty of people that carry knives depending on location, or in some cases illegal guns. It happens everywhere to some degree. Knives are still very effective for robbery
In Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia pretty much any normal person can get the necessary paperwork to conceal carry a firearm. Getting it is usually less difficult than getting a driver's license. It is just rare for people to even consider keeping a firearm at home, let alone carrying it daily. For citizens of these countries conceal carry makes as much sense as carrying a fire extinguisher on you all the time in case of a fire. And don't get me wrong, I am not against it. Here in Poland with the paperwork I have I can legally walk like Neo from the Matrix with 6 loaded firearms under my coat. However just because you legally can carry a foldable short-barrel 7.62x39 AKM with a loaded 100-round drum, plus one in the chamber, binary trigger and a suppressor doesn't mean you would or should. The countries along the eastern border of EU are a very safe place to be and you don't have to constantly keep checking your surroundings for threats. You can let your guard down, walk in the middle of the night alone and nobody will bother you.
Wtf! the video you’re reacting to was filmed in my town :P so funny! One thing that I don’t really understand is the thing about freedom and doing what you wanna do. We do that too, right? Or is that very different? I guess I don’t understand the difference between ‘American freedom’ and my personal situation as a Dutchie.
I mean Trump has been a very present figure in politics for the past few years. And ever since we knew Trump 2024 would be a thing it became even more intense. The state in which he left the Dems the White House also can't be understated: The division he's caused, the debt he's accumulated ... it's still relevant.
So. As a German, I love your channel. Therefore: Let's get a bit more serious. I highly recommend this video from the UA-cam channel 'Nalf': 'I Really Respect Germany For This'. Nalf is an American who came to Germany as a professional American football player. Additionally, he is a professional filmmaker. In his videos, he talks about his experiences as an American in Germany. It is absolutely worth watching!
Trump might have been in office when this video dropped. In which case, yes, he was despised and ridiculed throughout the free world way beyond any other president.
I live in Finland and according to what I've learned, the reason why so many Americans aren't aware of what's going on in other countries is because of the school system. It's pretty awful compared to many other countries. And the other reason is the rhetoric of America being the best country in the world. When you hear that repeated over and over your whole life, you start to believe it. I'm sure there are many other additional reasons and points to be considered, but my personal experience is these are the two main ones that create a lot of ignorance and a feeling of superiority.
Oh yeah, they only learn American history, know American sports, even their quizzes tend to be all about them. I mean, they call their baseball championship World series although there are no teams outside US. Not using metric system, Celsius for temperature, DMY date format, etc. also keeps them unrelatable to rest of the world
I was married to an American until she passed away a couple of years ago and can honestly say I would not want to live there. My wife was never allowed a passport because she had huge debts caused by health issues and I found it amusing everytime I flew into the US that the border control where very on edge when I explained the purpose of my visit and very relieved when I said I would not be moving there. That was until my last visit when I was advised I could get a green card ( I had been married 5 years by then) and he seemed to be actively encouraging me to do so. To be honest though, I would need a small fortune to move to the US and now I am in poor health, I don't want to be stressed by the ridiculous prices of health care and the annual property tax but I will hopefully someday get back over to see the many friends I have made during my marriage
Im dutch and everything about the US just feels like its one giant parody movie. I guess bread and circus is the best term for what I think about US. And its also becoming like that over here.
For the Netherlands traditionally the Democrats are to our right and the Republicans are off the scale, especially the conservative Christian part but also the sheer economic income and opportunity inequality right. Trump has been getting a worse press here than het gets at home from MSNBC. But lots of people knew the name Trump even before the Apprentice. Lots of people take an interest in 'Americana' like that just like they do in many other things. It's not lack of curiosity. The Dutch also have a low bar for segregatiion. Things like black and white neighbourhoods are a bit daunting and the Netherlands has probably more mixed race marriages than the far bigger USA. We know a lot has changed for the better the past decades but it has been a stain on "the leader of the free world" for very long here, the whole 2nd half of the 20th century.
this is why the world is beautiful place no matter wars or deaths, the world is colorful wherever u look u see something different something interesting and fascinating and its great and the people are bonus
dude i watch ur stuff for a while and u maybee don't reconise it but u changed a lot by the time u open urself a lot ! we see that to learn about europe change ur thinking ❤
It's not because of your geography. It's an attitude thing. When a country considers themselves the center of the universe, they probably don't really give a shit about the outer fringes. If trump kept his mouth shut, since his presidency, his rhetoric wouldn't fuel the nutters as much. This from a Kiwi.
To be fair, I don't think that the US people alone are to blame for being obese. Based on all the stories that people have told here on UA-cam, there must be something wrong with the US food. Europeans who visit the USA often gain weight and lose it again quickly when returning home, and US Americans often automatically lose weight when staying a few weeks in Europe. Of course we also walk around more here in Europe and have smaller portion sizes, but it seems to me that the food quality in the USA isn't very good. A couple of positive points about the USA that comes to mind: very beautiful nature in many places, and many top scientists and high level scientific research.
About the food, I feel like the amount of sugar in different foods and the cultural normalization of the consumption of sugary beverages etc... have a lot to do with that. Plus the compared prices of heavily processed food (and I don't only mean frozen but kind of balanced meals but also and especially snacks) vs. fresh produce and the fact that due to long hours working, people don't have much time or energy to cook.
Love your reactions, you seem like a great guy! Its not easy for anyone hearing bad things about their country even tho most of it is true. No country is perfect, but the only way to improve is to understand there is a problem. Keep up the good work! Like your car content too Good to hear american say football too and not soccer😅
I've been in the US a couple of times. I have family living in Soutern California and Texas. Been to Memphis, TN and visited NYC (that was on my bucket list). I love to visit the US for holidays. I've always been interested in their movies, music artists, culture as well as their history. So if you are interested in a country and their citizen, at least learn more about them before you go and then see for yourself. You may have an opion, but every country and nation has their own good and bad things. But if you never been there it's not really fair to judge.
Oh yes, I'm of an age where I can remember going to the US for a vacation (or work) back in the 1970s/80s/90s was seen as a fun/good thing. And I did both several times. But this has definitely changed.
As someone who in the tourism industry in Amsterdam, I can tell you that Americans are one of the nicest people on earth. Not sure if the Americans traveling to Amsterdam, really represent the USA as a whole though. But if I compare to the Dutch people, or other Europeans. I’d rather have American, or even British tourists.
I always wanted to go to US/Canada. And I still do, but the places where I want to go now differ. It used to be the cities, you know ... the iconic sights. But now I would just be happy to avoid the cities and just enjoy the amazing nature. You have all the national parks and just the general wastness of the country going for it. I'd just want to rent a car and drive around for 3 months. Sadly.... the car rental prices are crazy. A week of car rental costs the same as plane ticket from Europe. I was amazed. If I rented a car for 3 months, I would have paid a third of it's value when bought new.
The only sports that have cheerleaders over here in Belgium (and the rest of Europe) are the “typical” American sports, basketball, American football (yes, we have teams all over Europe😉). So it is more like we feel cheerleaders belong in that package but we don’t have them in our other sports.
Russia is as big, if not larger, than the US. They travel all over the world, well, they did. They are also knowledgeable about the rest of the world. Slava Ukraini 🔱🇺🇦🔱. One love from Scotland. 💙
Very nice response! I was in the US a long time ago near New York where my uncle lived. It didn't start well on JFK where 400 people from the plane were checked by only one official so it took more than 6 hours before I got through it. Mainly because not all passengers could speak perfect English and if that official could not understand you, you could join the back of the queue... That made me feel like I wasn't so welcome. But that was not the case with ‘ordinary’ people! People were very welcoming and nice. Many people invited me to visit them and once at their home you were more than welcome. The landscape was fantastic, much more space than in the Netherlands. The Netherlands was less prudish than America at the time I think, decades ago the ladies were here topless sunbathing on the beach where they were still old-fashioned swimsuits…😂😊
I'd argue they need to start caring about politics enough to inform themselves and not just take demagogue rants at face value. Some of the stuff I've heard republicans say in official hearings was so stupid or at times so obviously and demonstrably false that I wonder how anyone who can utter these words isn't immediately disqualified from holding any position of authority. And yeah, they need to get out more to finally air out that american exceptionalism delusion. I reckon there'd be a lot more impulse in behind making changes for the better in the MANY aspects of life where the US is behing most other countries if Average Joe wasn't indoctrinated to think the US is already the best at everything.
@@Aotearas True. They need to study politics, instead of treating it like a fanatic cultist society where you "belong" to some ideological political policy -among which only two are accepted. Care about politics, but stay sober about the topic. Just because the opposition is "wrong" doesn't by default make the other side "right". Nuance is the key.
as a Dutchie I would say the biggest cultural difference between the US and the Netherlands is patriotism. Of course most of us here love our country, but we're not as in-your-face with it as people in the US. You will rarely see our national flag here, unless it's King's day or memorial day. I would've loved to visit the US, but honestly the availability of firearms and the current political climate made me reconsider. You should visit the Netherlands some day though and drink a nice Belgian beer 😏
9:47 - Yes your sodas are that big. Especially the big gulp type of cups (granted I don't think I've seen people actually get those in person). In general though, the medium cups you get in US fast food places are 500ml, which is the largest size you can get in Europe.
Minute 15:45 - Your sububrs are pretty much houses. You can't go anywhere without a car. In our suburbs you're sure to have 3-4 schools, some restaurants, half a dozen of cafe, a couple of sport centers, all at walk distance. You could look at this video to see the differences between American and European suburbs: ua-cam.com/video/mV6ZENGko1I/v-deo.html
You can be patriotic without thinking you're best than others. Simply love your country and fight to make it a great country looking at other countries that are better than you Admitting that there are countries are better than US doesn't mean you don't love US and you're not patriotic
Segregation in the USA is not only about race, but also about wealth. The suburbs are a form of segregation that leads millions of people to live in a bubble, outside of reality. Here in Europe we are more mixed, much more.
Hello Ian, i am Dutch living in Spain i wacht a lot of your videos to lurn more about the world keep up the good work👍. I wonder if us people know how they became USA and what they know about native people of there ground please make some content about that
8:30 If a Dutch dude says Americans are loud. It means you are HELLA loud !! 😂 Because compared to many other Europeans the Dutch are allready loud....lol
What I do fear is that America does have a ripple effect over the world. And with all the negativity that comes out of it now, especically regarding the political, economical and cultural climate, that it causes similar tensions in the rest of the world and devides people.
I’m Canadian and had very good friends in Ann Arbor Michigan who I would visit often. I noticed that US news coverage was almost entirely about US unless something serious was happening somewhere else on the planet. Canadian news is about 50/50. The other thing I think about people from US is that they believe that the US way of doing something is THE ONLY way to do it.
Here's an Idea for you Ian,we recently just had the all Ireland hurling final here in croke park in Dublin, maybe a video on countries national sports?
I think the average person in Europe that follows the news, knows more about American politics, than the average American. For example, I'm shocked to hear that Kamala Harris is more or less unknown in the US, being vice president. And yeah, Trump is a big topic here. Barely anyone likes him. I at least have never spoken to someone, who has anything nice to say about the guy.
The only thing that gets to me a little is Americans questioning how we use English as if we've made a mistake. The church on the corner of my road dates back to the 12th century way before Mirriam Webster decided to alter our language. But other than that we're good!
6:10 When I grew up in the 19780's USA was THE .. I want to go there.. And very populair as a vacation destination, but last ten years or so Germany and France have been swapping pole position in Europe for most populair vacation destination.
Dutch here. People talk a lot about politics and negative stuff what they see on media. I have visited the USA multiple times and interact with Americans very often. Nothing but good experiences. I love the USA! Southwest and Pacific Northwest are amazing. I’m aware of good and bad people and stuff but that’s everywhere. Keep up the good work.🇺🇸
There are two USA's: the one from the East and WestCoast and the other from the middle of the country, I lived 7 yrs in the US and it's amazing what the differences are with respect to the "world"
I mean if you say its impressive that people in europe know alot about other countries like the US you have to understand that the US is not just another country for the rest of the world US Imperialism is a thing. there is no other country with such a cultural and especially political influence over the world. Most movies are from the US, Most music is from the US, most brands are from the US and basically every war is fought with US weapons or by the US So if your countries market and goverment is highly influenced by US interests and you live next to an US military base america becomes a bit more than just another country and something like Trump becoming a president may impact you a lot thats the reason why people know alot about the US. Pretty sure they cant name the president of indonesia
I am Polish and I have travelled to many countries but the only place where I ever experienced xenophobia against me was the Netherlands. So a guy talking about racism in US is baffling.
17:21 Biggest problem is 'size'. If it's a same sort of system but then BY State, it could have a better chance to succeed then doing it Federal in the US (if done that way you could end up with a budget the size of the military or even bigger what also does NOT drive competition for drug prices). Very complicated !!!!!
It’s a little different in the UK and our attitude towards America and Americans. We’ve been brothers in arms for so long now that we are like a family that argues a lot. You are our loud, brash,much younger brother to our grown up,sensible older brother. Overall,I like Americans,I’ve worked with many of them,but the overriding sense is that they are very insular compared to the more worldly Europeans.
A big thing for me is the celeb culture you guys got over there. People seem to freak out when they see someone even remotely famous. Meanwhile, here in Vienna you meet people like Christoph Waltz or Arnold Schwarzenegger just hanging out at a cafe and no one gets more excited than "hey, look, it´s that guy from the Django movie"
12:00 They do there vacation with bicycles. I don't know if they go to France by bike. This is not so easy to compare with the USA. The Netherlands is only separated from France by Belgium. If they go by bike it is at least 50 miles. Which is doable. The bike paths in the Netherlands and Belgium are really great and you don't have to ride on big roads. But I think it is more likely that they just take there bikes on a car with them to do bike trips within France.
Lost in the subtitles is that they say they went to the Pyrenees in France. So they went to the southern part of France. That is about 600 miles from the Netherlands. I think that is too far to go by bike. So they probably took bikes with them by car or rented bikes in France.
Trump has a major hold on the republican party, he officially doesn't hold any seat in congress but he tells those who are elected to do what he says - I'm from the IK
Trump is the pinnacle of us arrogance. (No offense) About knowledge about politic stuff. Always, when i try to speak to us americans about political stuff and i am just 1% off from their opinion, they say to me: "You aren't us american, you can't talk with us. Shut up, you don't have any clue." Honestly, alot of europeans know what is going on in the states. I mean, we need to have the world police (a funny meant name atleast germans call us americans sometimes) in check. Keep an eye on them. Because even for alot america is not that important, it has a important stance in the world. Sadly kinda. So i never got how alot us american can be so delussional... why we should not know about your stuff then? XD Btw. You are an awesome dude. Keep up the good work and keep doing your videos. Greetings from Germany. 😊
In Sweden we have a saying: "Everybody knows the ape. The ape knows no one"
same rime in finland too
I know you.
@@pistonburner6448 You know noone 😏
@@pistonburner6448 no you don't.
This is also why individually we should not please other people, because we become a pet or a zoo animal like that.
Be with whom you rejoice effortlessly🪷
We European sports fans, of whatever kind and whatever club, are so passionate that we don't need cheerleaders to fire us up!
Cheerleaders are the only interesting in US sports!
but we need fences to not fire up with fans of opponent (I do not consider roudies, hooligans and so as sports fans, I know some. Their primary reason to go to watch match is to fight and get drunk - in whatever order)
@@stanislavbandur7355 That’s only in football/soccer!!
Two more points from a Dutch guy: status and fake friendliness. I visited a zoo there and everywhere you looked were signs like: this fence is sponsored by X, this plant was donated by Y, this pavement tile was paid for by Z. People seem to love getting their name slapped on something public. And they act like you're the best friend they ever met in their life after exchanging two sentences, but then don't contact you again until they need something from you. (That last part seems universal nowadays, but people outside the USA don't pretend nearly as much that you're important to them.)
Those are valid points
Those are actually sponsored by a community or a company because the Zoo had no money thanks to our goverment spendings and other crazy stuff like Covid. The sponsors get also a percentage % of the profit made by the Zoo in the upcoming year.
Exactly the same how amateur and pro soccer hockey clubs do and so on do to fill the holes in the balance. It is just a normal contract sponsor deal. We even do that for maintenance for roundabouts. Maintain it and you can use also a promotion for your company.
The second part is on you, that has nothing to do how Dutch people are. We Dutch are very nice, open smart DIRECT We can drink beer and party like crazy end we produce the best DJ's!
With "prentend" 😂 You mean we are self-opinionated, cocky or something?
A good tip for you, take that face-mask off, maybe you brain can recover from a lack of oxygen.
Here in London if your a tourist you can ask directions from any police man . My friend visited San Francisco and asked a police man the way to where he wanted to go , The reply was a very loud and abrasive he said do I look like a god damm map . 3 out of 10
That US officer was probably overwhelmed by the thought that for a proper answer he would have to think very, very, very hard and long what the difference between left and right is
"Would not recommend" 😂
Your friend visiting San Francisco was probably asking one of the Village People, not a real cop.
No a doughnut eating real live cop
That's gross generalization. I visited New York, lost my way, and asked an officer. He was super helpful and actually walked a bit with me. He asked where I was from, and said goodbye with a warm "welcome to NY". On the other hand, as a french citizen, I once asked a cop directions and he straight up ignored me, with a disgusting smile, talking to his collegue about how "tourists are dumb".
I wouldn't generalize from both of these experiences though, because an anecdote is just irrelevant statistic wise.
Be careful of confirmation bias my friend.
the fact that trump was president in the first place, then there was an attempted insurrection and he nearly went to prison, and now he's gonna be elected *again*
from the outside, that's just absolutely crazy and incomprehensible, which is i guess what those that just said "trump" wanted to convey
Yeah, that's how I understood what they were saying.
Americans aren't great at reading between the lines, and subtlety is often lost on them.
Did you looked at the people who are diehard voters of him? They don't care for those things, it is all fabricated and lies for them. Whole world turned against Trump and he is savior.
When I saw video of him getting to the hospital after recent shooting, the people reaction were crazy for me, nearly like worship which is not really common in Europe.
So you oppose democracy.
Then you claim that it's an insurrection when (after years of bloody leftist riots which caused billions in damage and destroyed countless businesses, lives) there's one small protest in one location in that whole huge country, unarmed, with no plan, the one you claim was 'the leader' told everyone to follow the law (as he always does) and then drove home to watch TV, then when people make it into the building with doors opened by law enforcement they don't do anything but look around and then on their own decided to go home...you think that's a coup attempt?
You think it doesn't take capture of many government buildings, the main medias, major transportation hubs, taking control of most military garrisons...an actual plan, a leader(s), etc.? You uneducated people with very limited IQ and no qualms about lying are hilarious.
Funny how you think that Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel and Michelle Bachelet shouldn't have been elected.
Nope under Biden we think Americans are way dumber 💪🏽
Yeah its this is even going on. But Trump was convicted being absolutely innocent, that is the unfair part. And this is coming from a neutral party. I dont support either party. He should have never been convicted and he got an absolutley unfair trial.
I think cheerleaders are more or less an unknown phenomenon, here in Europe.
ye we dont have that at all.
@@JohnSmith-pn2vl Except for American football leagues. ;)
Finnish hockey teams have cheerleaders, for whatever reason.
I know of just one: Crystal Palace football club in Southern London (Croydon/Selhurst?). The cheerleaders have a tiktok, facebook and instagram page and all. There might be a few others across the UK though.
Imitations are done inspired by American movies. I think the issue many Europeans have with it is that the highest achievement of a high school girl is to be pretty and shake her ass as a side dish to a main event that is male.
One consideration about "segregation": for us Europeans, it's unbelievable that in US you consider so much "ethnicity" in every aspect of your life, that you must put it in forms, modules, questionnaires. This is considered SO SO SO racist if it were required here in Europe! I know that with this you try to be aware and protect minorities, but I think that this will just end up to bring more segregation (meaning: separation) between social groups. You should try to see you just as "Americans" and not "African-Americans", "White Americans", "American with latin origin"... and so on.
Funny combining a few of their takes: "The US is segregated.... Hey hey, this is bar is not permitted for away fans - go away!" 😆
The same happens in the UK, if you go to get a library card, you have to fill a form stating your ethnicity. And there are lots of categories as well.
@@NunoLeitaonunogrl really? This is sad. I'm Italian and here, for the moment, noting of this BS.
Also, there are still "black/latino neighborhoods", "black churches", "white schools" etc. in the US. Not everywhere, maybe.
@@Streunekater Similar people tend to flock together, hence Irish/Italian/Jamaican/Jewish neighborhoods etc. Large Scandinavian presence in Seattle of all places
I just like it that you're open to different opinions, even if you don't understand something, it's good to learn something new from someone who does.
I am Dutch. 20 years ago I was going to the west coast. I loved it. San Fransisco was fantastic. Great nature like the Grand Canyon and much more. Last year i was going to the same place and i hate it. Americans, what are you doing?
You definitely wouldn't like San Francisco anymore 😂
more of less the same thing we are doing in Europe since 20 years.
Yea the USA was great 20 years ago.. it’s severely gone wrong here
@@willythebluebear
Pretty much everything was wrong with that sentence lol.
(No, I`m not a native English speaker, yes that sentence almost gave me a stroke)
@@afrog2666 yet, not yes. At least he's not using Google Translate or AI. As an English teacher I prefer people to write in their own style.
I can tell you, what's said behind closed doors about americans is far rawer lol (but i think that goes for other countries etc as well)
my mum is 87, dont let her start!
I'm a Brit and my late wife was an American living in Tucson, Arizona. There are so many things I love about Americans and America, but I also recognise the problems of living there. I have visited Netherlands on several occasions and the people there are wonderful. Their connection to America from WW2 is something very special that I don't think we have in the UK. I visited the American War Cemetery in Margraten - many Dutch families have adopted the graves of the GIs and take care of those graves.
I don't agree about the Dutch and the UK. I have visited several times, the first time as an RAF Cadet (ATC) for a World War II memorial service. The gratitude of the Dutch, especially the older generation, for their liberation from Nazi tyranny in 1944 was manifest and the younger generation loved UK music and fashion. 🙂
@@andypandy9013 Yes, I don't think we disagree at all.
That's a really lovely thing to do. I often feel sad thinking about how most of the "greatest generation" are gone and who will remember and continue the traditions etc but your comment made me smile and gives me hope .
I'm Dutch, love most Americans, and the American dream of starting your own businesses and stuff. But you can do that in the Netherlands pretty easy aswell.
We don't need cheerleaders or music in a stadium in Europe sports 😂 crowds are here for that 😉
Yes, you Borats sit in the rain and eat your cold potato with serious face, to comply with your 'serious leaders'
And girls with ambition do real sports themselves
@@christopheb.6121 You can't afford stuff like that. The path of East Germany etc... No "frivolities of decadence", only poverty and grey misery.
@@pistonburner6448 Dude, Europe in the last 60 years improved a lot and became way more wealthy... you should revisit your image you have of Europe!
@@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele First of all it's the mindset, second of all Europeans are poor compared to Americans.
I been to the US twice, in 2004 we went to Florida and in 2019 we went to the Southwest visiting California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. It;s so strange to see the tent camps on overpasses in big cities and the big differences between poor and rich in cities like LA and Las Vegas. When we in Europe think of things like that we think of third world countires or the Favela's in Brazil, not about the US. We also saw a lot of people with serious mental problems roaming the streets , especialy in San Fransisco: that would never happen in Europe. But the national parks are beautifull. About the sports fans: that is basicly just football/soccer, in all other sports that's not a problem. And we don't have competetive high school and college sports in Europe, there are sports classes in schools, but just for fun and exercise.
The biggest issue to me is the US government itself. Mostly rich old guys having all the power for 4-8 years. They are funded by companies for their campagnes, so they have to do favours to those companies. The other scary part is only having two parties who can compete. It is crazy to me, that a judge is linked to political party in the supreme court, who are placed there by a president. A judge is supposed to be impartial, neutral. In short, the US government is controlled by the rich and nepotism. I would prefer the trias politica, where there are 3 powers that create a more balanced government in my opinion.
At last, the president being untouchable and able to grant a pardon is alien like, no one deserves that much power.
So, which country are you a citizen of where some magical 'neutral being' appoints judges? If you're in Holland then you don't know how your own judges are appointed because they are also appointed by politicians...just like everywhere in Europe. EU's judges too.
I think the worst thing about Europe is the absolute propaganda people have been educated (anti-educated) and lived under their whole lives, then their narcissism when they think they are superior to others based on their North Korea-like picture of the world.
Being French, that's not shocking to me. Our President have even more power than the American President... well still problematic, I think we should make a new constitution, and this idea is becoming more and more popular in France.
Haha, my comment pointing out you have no clue how your own country is run was censored.
@@pistonburner6448 explain.
@@noefillon1749 explain what powers your president has more than the American one please
About the "Trump" section: The interviewer asks what comes to mind when he says "America". So I think that's a pretty acceptable answer for such an extreme president. Even years after hist term, if you ask me.
That’s fair
me as a dane, living in denmark, we speak danish btw, not dutch lol😂😂 one of my favorite parts about america is definitely watching the political stuff.. its like a one big reality show. i always feel like grabbing some popcorn when there's a debate between a president and candidate.. but i'll find it a bit odd that its never really so much about the politics. its more about attacking the personal stuff. the person. instead of focusing on the people its more about throwing mudd against each other. very bizarre lol. the divided states of america! 😂😂 one big clownshow😂
This is accurate 😂🎉
Meanwhile you're so under control you don't have debates, opposing views aren't allowed to be presented, the media for sure runs cover for the ruling elites, and opposing parties are going to be banned or otherwise destroyed (when some finally show up after decades).
You don't even know who your actual rulers are.
As a European, I feel more in common with South America in a lot of ways.
2016-2020 I felt more in common with even Russia...
Thought: Putin was not friendly, but at least he takes sane decisions from his viewpoint... and then "Ukraine part 2" happened 😞
When Trump was president USA was at war with 4 countries
Yemen Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria
@ThorDyrden U.S army is for invading others, USA was 0 Minutes in defence in their history
I'm Italian. You are one of the American person (if not the most one) that are more aware of what is going on outside the US, and the most interested in Europe and culture from other countries.
Your channel is very interesting, and also your comments and point of views and insights are intelligent and educated.
The main difference to me as a european, is difficulty making actual friends in the US.
Here in european countries, people are neutral to you if they don't know you. Polite but a bit distant. You can form a friendship with a bit of time, and that friendship will last.
In the US, people are extremly sympathetic to you as a stranger. Like they actually like you and are interested in you. But that doesn't mean they want to be friends with you. It feels like a facade somehow.
From a US perspective, europeans are rude to not be instantly extra friendly, but from my perspective, we're just honest.
I don't have to greet you like a family member, I don't know you. Maybe if we find ourselves liking each others, we will bond. Otherwise we stay civil but we dislike hypocrisy.
There are cheerleaders in Germany. But they are not tied to clubs here. Most of them are independent dance clubs. I was part of one for several years. We even had a coach come from America.
With American football in Germany, there are normal cheerleaders.
Seeing The USA nowadays from a European perspective is seeing a family member that you really loved growing up in the 80's and 90's having a lasting psychotic episode in this century. Sort yourselves out USA. Take your medicine and get back to being, as you would say, awesome. Not by isolating yourself. But by leading by example again.
leading by example is something the US lost around Y2K it seems.
Ehm, “again”?
Do you happen to be familiar with the history of the United States?
I watched Idiocracy many years before I visited the US and when I finally did, It reminded me of that movie in every way possible everywhere. The ads, the president, the ads, the stuff that’s in your food, the ads, the politics, the ads.
The only thing this movie got wrong is the year. It will be way sooner than 2505.
America is a great country, live frugally, save the money and then get out of there!!
Nope. Stay there with your problems rather then bring them with you here
Ik betaal, liever voor een glas water of de WC. Dan geen zorgverzekering.
Van de WC.
Uit de Wc.
Op de WC.😂😂
@daluzsoares Als je echt moet! Heb ik er wel €5,- voor over. En €20,- voor schone handen.
Well... I'll try not to get political, but those 4 years of Trump had a loooot of us over here in Europe go "Okay, what has he said or done now?" every morning when you open the paper or check a news site. There was a feeling of "if he makes a false step - and he's a bit of a bull in a china shop - this could all blow up" again and again, and I had last felt that way in 1986, when I was 8 years old and a 10 year-old told me about the cold war and how close we were to a nuclear war sometimes. I, personally, am not exactly looking forward to anything about the coming election. Chaos seems inevitable. Either we'll have that one guy for another chaotic ride, or he again won't accept the election results. :/
I just noticed I put the wrong year. Didn't want to make myself younger, but it was in 1982, actually. (I remember that I was eight.)
I’m never looking forward to elections here, I understand that point of view you mention also.. our current president was seen as unfit for court and basically senile, yet fit to run a huge country.. so an equally stupid situation. They all suck to me, but the government and citizens dynamic here is shaky at best, people aren’t fond of either party anymore, don’t trust any politicians anymore. This country feels truly lost for the first time in my lifetime.
However, it seems Biden is surrounded by sensible advisors and hasn’t said or done any of the crazy things that Trump came out with. It seems a very different vibe with Biden in charge and people don’t fear he will do something terrible at any moment like try to make abortion illegal in the whole USA! Not to mention Trump not accepting the election result and what happened in the Congress building! You say there have been other bad presidents but who else has done that?
Yes, your state-owned and controlled corrupt leftist media kept telling you lies like they have for your whole life. They made up all those stories as just one small part of their propaganda to keep you nice and docile, harmless, and to keep voting their leftist parties that can then enrich themselves.
It's particularly easy when they also had a chance to 'educate' you in their leftist indoctrination schools, and after keeping you from seeing what Trump actually said, instead telling you what he said and what you should think about it. They showed you no balanced reporting: absolutely no counterpoints.
They lied to you about "Russiagate", "Fine people on both sides", Hunter Biden's laptop, "Horse dewormer", "He called war heroes names", "Muslim ban", etc, etc, etc. and you should know that by now but you don't even though definitive proof has been presented widely in public (just not on the leftist fraud-media you watch and read), you don't care about having been lied to, you're already programmed and you can't be deprogrammed...at least when you still keep listening to the same liars.
Meanwhile your state-controlled media doesn't criticize your leaders, doesn't even mention who your top civil servants are to keep them anonymous and out of any possible criticism, and only works as a PR-apparatus for your rulers...who you have no power over, who you get no real info, investigations, anything on which they don't want you to know. Because you have no real media, only PR-firms in their control. And you have absolutely no idea who the people backing and controlling your political (and civil service) leaders are. They just tell you to concentrate on work and paying for your super-expensive house (for the few who have one...others their expensive rent) and paying your expensive bills...so they can keep amassing ever more control over you and so they can illegally import more employees for their companies...(who you pay for too, so they don't have to!)
The idea of going to an country where everyone can have an gun is kinda scary for some when not used to that, and you just don't know how that is in practice. But here we do still have plenty of people that carry knives depending on location, or in some cases illegal guns. It happens everywhere to some degree. Knives are still very effective for robbery
Yeah but a knife is a handy tool that's also a weapon. A gun is a weapon, nothing else.
In Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia pretty much any normal person can get the necessary paperwork to conceal carry a firearm. Getting it is usually less difficult than getting a driver's license. It is just rare for people to even consider keeping a firearm at home, let alone carrying it daily. For citizens of these countries conceal carry makes as much sense as carrying a fire extinguisher on you all the time in case of a fire.
And don't get me wrong, I am not against it. Here in Poland with the paperwork I have I can legally walk like Neo from the Matrix with 6 loaded firearms under my coat. However just because you legally can carry a foldable short-barrel 7.62x39 AKM with a loaded 100-round drum, plus one in the chamber, binary trigger and a suppressor doesn't mean you would or should. The countries along the eastern border of EU are a very safe place to be and you don't have to constantly keep checking your surroundings for threats. You can let your guard down, walk in the middle of the night alone and nobody will bother you.
Wtf! the video you’re reacting to was filmed in my town :P so funny! One thing that I don’t really understand is the thing about freedom and doing what you wanna do. We do that too, right? Or is that very different? I guess I don’t understand the difference between ‘American freedom’ and my personal situation as a Dutchie.
Yes, clearly you don't understand.
@@pistonburner6448 How are the kids sir? Still alive? No? Ok, bummer.
@@RaduRadonys Little c u next Tuesday social bum from Borat-land
@@RaduRadonys Wassup, Borat? Are the Dutch good daddies for you?
@@pistonburner6448 Sure. Better than Trump for you.
I mean Trump has been a very present figure in politics for the past few years. And ever since we knew Trump 2024 would be a thing it became even more intense. The state in which he left the Dems the White House also can't be understated: The division he's caused, the debt he's accumulated ... it's still relevant.
So. As a German, I love your channel. Therefore: Let's get a bit more serious. I highly recommend this video from the UA-cam channel 'Nalf': 'I Really Respect Germany For This'. Nalf is an American who came to Germany as a professional American football player. Additionally, he is a professional filmmaker. In his videos, he talks about his experiences as an American in Germany. It is absolutely worth watching!
Trump might have been in office when this video dropped. In which case, yes, he was despised and ridiculed throughout the free world way beyond any other president.
Just because of medias, people don't know what he did or did not.
@@clem_chret Smart people ignore editorial content and opinions. They read what he wrote, and listened to him speak.
and the same people that despised him and ridiculed him thing creepy joe is the best president ever. Why? Because the media tells them that.
@clem_chret Nope, it's because Trump would be laughed out of town if he even attempted to enter politics in a civilised country
I am German and I think Trump is the best US President since the 80s. By FAR
I live in Finland and according to what I've learned, the reason why so many Americans aren't aware of what's going on in other countries is because of the school system. It's pretty awful compared to many other countries. And the other reason is the rhetoric of America being the best country in the world. When you hear that repeated over and over your whole life, you start to believe it. I'm sure there are many other additional reasons and points to be considered, but my personal experience is these are the two main ones that create a lot of ignorance and a feeling of superiority.
Oh yeah, they only learn American history, know American sports, even their quizzes tend to be all about them. I mean, they call their baseball championship World series although there are no teams outside US. Not using metric system, Celsius for temperature, DMY date format, etc. also keeps them unrelatable to rest of the world
I was married to an American until she passed away a couple of years ago and can honestly say I would not want to live there. My wife was never allowed a passport because she had huge debts caused by health issues and I found it amusing everytime I flew into the US that the border control where very on edge when I explained the purpose of my visit and very relieved when I said I would not be moving there. That was until my last visit when I was advised I could get a green card ( I had been married 5 years by then) and he seemed to be actively encouraging me to do so. To be honest though, I would need a small fortune to move to the US and now I am in poor health, I don't want to be stressed by the ridiculous prices of health care and the annual property tax but I will hopefully someday get back over to see the many friends I have made during my marriage
I do like many Americans and would like to visit, but I'd never stay. I'm good over here in Scotland :-)
holy hell scotland is amazing! you people are just amazing, such a big heart
You should. I just came back from 2 weeks Scotland, it's amazing there🙂
Im dutch and everything about the US just feels like its one giant parody movie. I guess bread and circus is the best term for what I think about US. And its also becoming like that over here.
For the Netherlands traditionally the Democrats are to our right and the Republicans are off the scale, especially the conservative Christian part but also the sheer economic income and opportunity inequality right. Trump has been getting a worse press here than het gets at home from MSNBC. But lots of people knew the name Trump even before the Apprentice. Lots of people take an interest in 'Americana' like that just like they do in many other things. It's not lack of curiosity.
The Dutch also have a low bar for segregatiion. Things like black and white neighbourhoods are a bit daunting and the Netherlands has probably more mixed race marriages than the far bigger USA. We know a lot has changed for the better the past decades but it has been a stain on "the leader of the free world" for very long here, the whole 2nd half of the 20th century.
there are indeed no cheerleaders in european sports.
There is in basketball
Many volleyball clubs have cheerleader section, and they training almost everyday, like a volleyballers
They tried it in England at the football, but gave up when the boys started singing "get you tits out for the lads" 😂😂
@@HenryTheAimboat In ice hockey as well. Plus I think cheerleading is a fitness hobby like any other that people do just for the fun of it.
We have " Boxen-Luder".😂
this is why the world is beautiful place no matter wars or deaths, the world is colorful wherever u look u see something different something interesting and fascinating and its great and the people are bonus
dude i watch ur stuff for a while and u maybee don't reconise it but u changed a lot by the time u open urself a lot ! we see that to learn about europe change ur thinking ❤
I remember a video where you had the beer ready, and you thought let the criticism come!!but now you have thicker skin😂😂😂
It's not because of your geography. It's an attitude thing. When a country considers themselves the center of the universe, they probably don't really give a shit about the outer fringes. If trump kept his mouth shut, since his presidency, his rhetoric wouldn't fuel the nutters as much. This from a Kiwi.
9:30 You see, Santa is Dutch !!
To be fair, I don't think that the US people alone are to blame for being obese. Based on all the stories that people have told here on UA-cam, there must be something wrong with the US food. Europeans who visit the USA often gain weight and lose it again quickly when returning home, and US Americans often automatically lose weight when staying a few weeks in Europe. Of course we also walk around more here in Europe and have smaller portion sizes, but it seems to me that the food quality in the USA isn't very good.
A couple of positive points about the USA that comes to mind: very beautiful nature in many places, and many top scientists and high level scientific research.
About the food, I feel like the amount of sugar in different foods and the cultural normalization of the consumption of sugary beverages etc... have a lot to do with that.
Plus the compared prices of heavily processed food (and I don't only mean frozen but kind of balanced meals but also and especially snacks) vs. fresh produce and the fact that due to long hours working, people don't have much time or energy to cook.
American food is trash. No one makes you eat so much so if you see you're putting on weights eat less.
Not difficult.
Love your reactions, you seem like a great guy! Its not easy for anyone hearing bad things about their country even tho most of it is true. No country is perfect, but the only way to improve is to understand there is a problem. Keep up the good work! Like your car content too
Good to hear american say football too and not soccer😅
I've been in the US a couple of times. I have family living in Soutern California and Texas. Been to Memphis, TN and visited NYC (that was on my bucket list). I love to visit the US for holidays. I've always been interested in their movies, music artists, culture as well as their history. So if you are interested in a country and their citizen, at least learn more about them before you go and then see for yourself. You may have an opion, but every country and nation has their own good and bad things. But if you never been there it's not really fair to judge.
I've been there. Vacationed there. Been there for business. I''ve married one. Divorced one. Won't go back. Hate the politics and the stupid voters.
Wow bro you really had a worse experience than I did with the US 😂
Oh yes, I'm of an age where I can remember going to the US for a vacation (or work) back in the 1970s/80s/90s was seen as a fun/good thing. And I did both several times. But this has definitely changed.
As someone who in the tourism industry in Amsterdam, I can tell you that Americans are one of the nicest people on earth. Not sure if the Americans traveling to Amsterdam, really represent the USA as a whole though. But if I compare to the Dutch people, or other Europeans. I’d rather have American, or even British tourists.
Its like it is in every country , the press is not neutral. they show what they want ; allowed
to show
Dear IWrocker, do you believe that your country is a democracy, with all the money and lobbying in US politics?
No. It’s supposed to be, it is failing in front of our eyes
In rich countries it's called lobby, in poor countries it's called corruption. Same sh*t like expat versus immigrant really.
For USA to become a democracy lobbying would have to become illegal.
I always wanted to go to US/Canada. And I still do, but the places where I want to go now differ. It used to be the cities, you know ... the iconic sights. But now I would just be happy to avoid the cities and just enjoy the amazing nature. You have all the national parks and just the general wastness of the country going for it. I'd just want to rent a car and drive around for 3 months. Sadly.... the car rental prices are crazy. A week of car rental costs the same as plane ticket from Europe. I was amazed. If I rented a car for 3 months, I would have paid a third of it's value when bought new.
The only sports that have cheerleaders over here in Belgium (and the rest of Europe) are the “typical” American sports, basketball, American football (yes, we have teams all over Europe😉). So it is more like we feel cheerleaders belong in that package but we don’t have them in our other sports.
Russia is as big, if not larger, than the US. They travel all over the world, well, they did. They are also knowledgeable about the rest of the world. Slava Ukraini 🔱🇺🇦🔱. One love from Scotland. 💙
no russians are not at all, the younger gen yes but the most, no, not at all.
Russia is MUCH bigger than the USA, and Canada is also bigger than US.
@sandersson2813 Thanks my friend. I wasn't sure, I'm a history fan rather than geography and didn't want to shout out wrong facts.
@@stewrmo I'm surprised you didn't know that. I thought it was common knowledge that Russia is almost twice as big as the next biggest country.
Very nice response! I was in the US a long time ago near New York where my uncle lived. It didn't start well on JFK where 400 people from the plane were checked by only one official so it took more than 6 hours before I got through it. Mainly because not all passengers could speak perfect English and if that official could not understand you, you could join the back of the queue... That made me feel like I wasn't so welcome. But that was not the case with ‘ordinary’ people! People were very welcoming and nice. Many people invited me to visit them and once at their home you were more than welcome. The landscape was fantastic, much more space than in the Netherlands. The Netherlands was less prudish than America at the time I think, decades ago the ladies were here topless sunbathing on the beach where they were still old-fashioned swimsuits…😂😊
Americans just need to get out more & stop caring about bloody politics. 🤣😂
I'd argue they need to start caring about politics enough to inform themselves and not just take demagogue rants at face value. Some of the stuff I've heard republicans say in official hearings was so stupid or at times so obviously and demonstrably false that I wonder how anyone who can utter these words isn't immediately disqualified from holding any position of authority.
And yeah, they need to get out more to finally air out that american exceptionalism delusion. I reckon there'd be a lot more impulse in behind making changes for the better in the MANY aspects of life where the US is behing most other countries if Average Joe wasn't indoctrinated to think the US is already the best at everything.
@@Aotearas True. They need to study politics, instead of treating it like a fanatic cultist society where you "belong" to some ideological political policy -among which only two are accepted.
Care about politics, but stay sober about the topic. Just because the opposition is "wrong" doesn't by default make the other side "right". Nuance is the key.
europe has no choise but to hear about america, its all over the internet and the news
as a Dutchie I would say the biggest cultural difference between the US and the Netherlands is patriotism. Of course most of us here love our country, but we're not as in-your-face with it as people in the US. You will rarely see our national flag here, unless it's King's day or memorial day.
I would've loved to visit the US, but honestly the availability of firearms and the current political climate made me reconsider. You should visit the Netherlands some day though and drink a nice Belgian beer 😏
It's not that. You don't see the flags because Dutch people in the Netherlands by now are just a minority.
9:47 - Yes your sodas are that big. Especially the big gulp type of cups (granted I don't think I've seen people actually get those in person). In general though, the medium cups you get in US fast food places are 500ml, which is the largest size you can get in Europe.
Minute 15:45 - Your sububrs are pretty much houses. You can't go anywhere without a car. In our suburbs you're sure to have 3-4 schools, some restaurants, half a dozen of cafe, a couple of sport centers, all at walk distance. You could look at this video to see the differences between American and European suburbs: ua-cam.com/video/mV6ZENGko1I/v-deo.html
0:18 - Dutch Europeans? As opposed to what? Dutch Americans, Dutch Asians, Dutch Africans? 🤣
You know yanks like to call themselves Italians or Irish etc when they have no idea about the country.
You can be patriotic without thinking you're best than others. Simply love your country and fight to make it a great country looking at other countries that are better than you
Admitting that there are countries are better than US doesn't mean you don't love US and you're not patriotic
The best thing about the USA is definitely the nature. Sadly even that is being ruined by the governments and big companies.
I live in Italy, and every summer there are a ton of middle aged people coming all the way from Holland by bike.
USA is so large and multi cultural and should have more than just 2 parties.
14:42 Cheerleeding is pretty new thing here at europe, some places have adopted it like halloween.
Segregation in the USA is not only about race, but also about wealth. The suburbs are a form of segregation that leads millions of people to live in a bubble, outside of reality. Here in Europe we are more mixed, much more.
Down to earth..... mate, even further down than that. As in below sea level.
And thriving. That's why New Orleans needed help from the Dutch when it flooded.
I wanted to warn you because I thought I saw some smoke, but then I realised: you are roasted 😂
Hello Ian, i am Dutch living in Spain i wacht a lot of your videos to lurn more about the world keep up the good work👍. I wonder if us people know how they became USA and what they know about native people of there ground please make some content about that
No creature understands water as little as a fish! (Heard recently)
8:30 If a Dutch dude says Americans are loud. It means you are HELLA loud !! 😂
Because compared to many other Europeans the Dutch are allready loud....lol
What I do fear is that America does have a ripple effect over the world. And with all the negativity that comes out of it now, especically regarding the political, economical and cultural climate, that it causes similar tensions in the rest of the world and devides people.
That guy looked like father x mas 😂😂😂
you can choose your own path in america, if you can pay for it lol
I’m Canadian and had very good friends in Ann Arbor Michigan who I would visit often. I noticed that US news coverage was almost entirely about US unless something serious was happening somewhere else on the planet. Canadian news is about 50/50. The other thing I think about people from US is that they believe that the US way of doing something is THE ONLY way to do it.
Here's an Idea for you Ian,we recently just had the all Ireland hurling final here in croke park in Dublin, maybe a video on countries national sports?
I think the average person in Europe that follows the news, knows more about American politics, than the average American.
For example, I'm shocked to hear that Kamala Harris is more or less unknown in the US, being vice president.
And yeah, Trump is a big topic here. Barely anyone likes him. I at least have never spoken to someone, who has anything nice to say about the guy.
Some contrarian teenagers with no friends like Trump. Trump is the hero for the most insignificant, insecure types.
Same here in Sweden!
All people here hate Trump and that’s the case also when i travelled through Europe as a whole
The only thing that gets to me a little is Americans questioning how we use English as if we've made a mistake. The church on the corner of my road dates back to the 12th century way before Mirriam Webster decided to alter our language. But other than that we're good!
Ian , please have a look at the “ human freedom index “ . Then move to Australia to have more freedom . You and your family deserve better .
Love the fact that the guy who said 'unhealthy lifestyle' is smoking a cigarette
Fan separation is a football thing. Rugby fans get to mix in the stands. Unfortunately football has a history that makes this a thing.
We know how to cheer.
I don't like Sitcoms, I hate it, when someone tries to tell me, when I have to laugh
some nice things: USA got plenty of nice nature, cool tornadoes, camping life, texas bbq. Cheers from sweden 😊
Canadian here. We’re the same distance as the US from other countries so no, that excuse doesn’t work, sorry
6:10 When I grew up in the 19780's USA was THE .. I want to go there.. And very populair as a vacation destination, but last ten years or so Germany and France have been swapping pole position in Europe for most populair vacation destination.
Dutch here. People talk a lot about politics and negative stuff what they see on media. I have visited the USA multiple times and interact with Americans very often. Nothing but good experiences. I love the USA! Southwest and Pacific Northwest are amazing. I’m aware of good and bad people and stuff but that’s everywhere. Keep up the good work.🇺🇸
Please drop the ‘USA USA’! chant.
There are two USA's: the one from the East and WestCoast and the other from the middle of the country, I lived 7 yrs in the US and it's amazing what the differences are with respect to the "world"
I mean if you say its impressive that people in europe know alot about other countries like the US you have to understand that the US is not just another country for the rest of the world
US Imperialism is a thing.
there is no other country with such a cultural and especially political influence over the world. Most movies are from the US, Most music is from the US, most brands are from the US and basically every war is fought with US weapons or by the US
So if your countries market and goverment is highly influenced by US interests and you live next to an US military base america becomes a bit more than just another country and something like Trump becoming a president may impact you a lot
thats the reason why people know alot about the US. Pretty sure they cant name the president of indonesia
I am Polish and I have travelled to many countries but the only place where I ever experienced xenophobia against me was the Netherlands. So a guy talking about racism in US is baffling.
17:21 Biggest problem is 'size'.
If it's a same sort of system but then BY State, it could have a better chance to succeed then doing it Federal in the US (if done that way you could end up with a budget the size of the military or even bigger what also does NOT drive competition for drug prices).
Very complicated !!!!!
I find it funny that Europeans complain that Americans are oblivious to the rest of the world, yet they are oblivious to what America is really like.
It’s a little different in the UK and our attitude towards America and Americans.
We’ve been brothers in arms for so long now that we are like a family that argues a lot.
You are our loud, brash,much younger brother to our grown up,sensible older brother.
Overall,I like Americans,I’ve worked with many of them,but the overriding sense is that they are very insular compared to the more worldly Europeans.
A big thing for me is the celeb culture you guys got over there. People seem to freak out when they see someone even remotely famous. Meanwhile, here in Vienna you meet people like Christoph Waltz or Arnold Schwarzenegger just hanging out at a cafe and no one gets more excited than "hey, look, it´s that guy from the Django movie"
12:00 They do there vacation with bicycles. I don't know if they go to France by bike. This is not so easy to compare with the USA. The Netherlands is only separated from France by Belgium. If they go by bike it is at least 50 miles. Which is doable. The bike paths in the Netherlands and Belgium are really great and you don't have to ride on big roads. But I think it is more likely that they just take there bikes on a car with them to do bike trips within France.
Lost in the subtitles is that they say they went to the Pyrenees in France. So they went to the southern part of France. That is about 600 miles from the Netherlands. I think that is too far to go by bike. So they probably took bikes with them by car or rented bikes in France.
Groeten aan de buurt! 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇩🇪👋
Trump has a major hold on the republican party, he officially doesn't hold any seat in congress but he tells those who are elected to do what he says - I'm from the IK
Trump is the pinnacle of us arrogance. (No offense)
About knowledge about politic stuff. Always, when i try to speak to us americans about political stuff and i am just 1% off from their opinion, they say to me: "You aren't us american, you can't talk with us. Shut up, you don't have any clue."
Honestly, alot of europeans know what is going on in the states. I mean, we need to have the world police (a funny meant name atleast germans call us americans sometimes) in check. Keep an eye on them. Because even for alot america is not that important, it has a important stance in the world. Sadly kinda. So i never got how alot us american can be so delussional... why we should not know about your stuff then? XD Btw. You are an awesome dude. Keep up the good work and keep doing your videos. Greetings from Germany. 😊
I spent a month hiking through California and Nevada and was surprised how many people are NOT your typical American.
Just the fact that they get called “America” is why this happens hahaha