20 Things Only Americans Do (And Think It's Normal)
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- Only in America. For this list, we’ll be looking at common beliefs and practices in the United States. Our countdown includes Refer to the U.S.A. as “America”, Vote Before They Can Drink, Use Red Plastic Cups, Casually Own Guns, and more! If there’s something uniquely American that didn’t make our list, “unite” in the comments to “state” your picks!
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Do one for Africans. Ill wait
“Could care less”
Want to make a series on every country or nation?
@@animexliriousz1879 Cant do that. Its racist
U forgot to Mention that Majority of Tax Money goes to Prison
We aren't obsessed with working, we just can't afford to not work.
100% by design....freedom is meaningless with neither time nor money
We're not lazy like the rest of the world
@@wildlifewarrior2670irony .. go with that
@@aidanmargarson8910 ok
cos capitalism sadly
As a Brit I have tipped good service in restaurants or told taxi drivers to keep the change.
But we do have a minimum wage that applies to staff in all jobs so when I do tip it’s for good service not to help a hard working member of staff to be able to eat or keep a roof over their heads.
No Brasil há um mínimo a ser pago a diferentes categorias de trabalhadores, e nunca pode ser menor ao salário mínimo nacional oficial. É o governo quem define o valor porque ele é a base de cálculo das aposentadorias.
As someone who works in a pub in the UK, it’s very rare anyone tips and when they do it’s usually just a few pennies, the tip jar behind the bar usually has less than £20 in by the end of a week in a pub that takes over £30k weekly 😅
They tip in America based on gratitude even though its expected. English ppl are mostly stuck up (even if they try not to act like it)
Many places in the UK have started to add a service fee to the bill and you have to ask for it to be removed. This hasn't made the service any better. Some restaurants in the UK have very good service, but they are few and far between. In general the level of service in the UK is horrendous.
Frankly, I really wish we would get rid of tipping here in the U.S. It's awkward, inconvenient, and confusing. I'm not always sure when I'm expected to tip or not. But I always tip if I know it's expected, b/c I really do feel bad for the underpaid employees. There are other ways to incentivize good service.
My God, the Kardashians give a whole new meaning to the word SHALLOW
And self-mutilation!
@@MichaelKingsfordGray 🤣🤣
I think women who say size doesn't matter are shallow.
@@OhNoNotFrank I think youre shallow for even bringing that up here.
@@pathfinder1273 I think you need to find your path again, then. Still, I am *so so* sorry for offending you. I will naturally consider your tender feelings should I ever be tempted to rudely make a fib ever again. 👍
I guess the price of drugs in this country is so high because we have to pay for all that advertising.🤣
Considering that most drug companies get a lot of free research done by universities that are funded by the US Government, I think it's criminal that our government allows the drug companies to charge outrageous prices on drugs that people NEED to live. So glad that Biden has finally done something about Inhalers and insulin. Now if they would make all preventative medicine free, like breast exams, pap smears, well-baby checkups, prostate exams, etc. It's cheaper to take care of something that is caught in the early stages instead of waiting until the problem is out of hand and then charging so much that people have no choice but to either pay the medical bills, put themselves and their families in debilitating debt, or not seeking treatment and live in pain or die. I think that if the drug companies are going to use the research that the government pays for, then they have to pay the government back all the money that was spent on the research. All education should be free up to getting a doctorate, which includes housing, books, and other supplies.
In NZ, all normal prescribed medicines are free.
@@Rog107 On the avg US salary of $1050/wk based on NZ tax code that's $9,400 on US tax code $4,700...Not to mention the VAT tax in NZ is 15% vs avg sales tax in US is 7%. Majority of Americans dont spend $5,000/yr in drug costs.
Tipping culture is weird to me. Where I live, we can throw a few extra bucks in if the service was extraordinary, but our waiters certainly don’t rely on it in order to make a living.
Most bartenders and waitresses/waiters prefer tipping, they will fight tooth and nail not to have a wage.
@@superiortoall22 Certainly not where I live. But most people in that business where I live are educated within the profession, rather than high schoolers/college students looking to earn some extra cash. If you rely on tips in order to be able to afford your house/apartment and food, you want to know for sure that you make enough to ensure that instead of hoping that your customers aren’t bad tippers a certain month.
@@mncdssctn9110 ah, the accidental elitism of leftists. Never stops being hilarious.
@@mncdssctn9110 ehhhh I don’t think you understand what’s going on here. Bartenders and waiters/waitresses are educated, they understand that wages will be taxed while their tips (especially if cash) are not so they take home more. Most bartenders and waiters/waitresses I know are close or usually clearing 6 figures. I don’t know any country that I’ve been to where that would happen. Like I said most people in the service industry prefer tips rather than wages.
I spent over a decade as a bartender and a server. It all depends on where you work. When I started out in a crappy Tex/Mex in Northern Virginia, my average tips for $8! That was over 4 years. Before I entered management, I was at a Michelin Star and I averaged $50! So it really all depends on where you live and work. Resort towns, big cities, Vegas, yeah those folks are racking in the dough, but Randomville USA, they struggling. There is literally been times where I have a number in mind that I need to make in order to pay a bill, or to buy milk or whatever for my kids. Or even gas to get home. There was one time where I gave this table. Fantastic service and they left me the change which was 19 cents and on a napkin they drew a snowman flipping double middle fingers and wrote "don't eat the yellow snow that's your tip." If you're not going to text then just don't tip. Don't leave crappy little drawings. Lol. That was like 14 years ago and I still remember it like it just happened
It’s insane to me that people pay for a ride on the ambulance 😂
It's insane that people pay for medicine and healthcare. Why not ambulances, too? We are insane. We voted for Trump and followed it with Biden. Case closed.
Same. I didn’t know this until a few weeks after I’d taken an ambulance ride and received an $800 bill in the mail.
It's pure greed. The whole country runs on greed. It's pathetic.
@@andirandolph8830 $800!!! Wooow! I’m from South Africa and we don’t pay for the Ambulance here unless of course you call for a private one from a private hospital but even then, I really don’t think they charge you for the Ambulance. So this just blew my mind.
So who pays for the ride? The company running the service has to pay the crew, the vehicle, the fuel, any supplies used, the list goes on. How should this get funded?
When I was in school in the mid-sixties everyone was saying in 10 years the country would switch to metric. So we were taught about metrics. Now 5 decades later, there is no talk of switching.
Ronald Reagan killed the change to metric. He probably had fiends who sold rulers, yardsticks and scales.
Out of 192 countries in the world, now, only the USA uses Imperial. Except in many areas, the US uses Metric. It has to because anything the US does with the rest of the world has to be in metric. Certainly a lot of science, engineering and high-tech is all metric. It is only consumer facing stuff that is still all imperial.
Muricans are unable to learn anything new.
talk about stubbornness
The US using metric is only a facade.
Manufacturing, especially any export, needs to be metric. Non metric parts are always more expensive. Especially bearings.
The automotive industry is metric.
The space industry is metric. They did compromise for a while but after a couple of expensive f*** ups NASA has gone metric.
7:39 / 22:51 in Australia we don't tip, and waiting staff don't usually expect it, because they are paid a livable and reasonable wage for their Service, and they are not ripped off by employers, without support from State and federal government.
That's Good..
I bet waiters and waitresses make more in the USA than they do in Australia.
@@Jaster832 OK... prove your hypothesis with primary source evidence...!
What is a livable and reasonable wage in Australia? Minimum pay in California is $16.00 and I tip around 20%.
It's pretty impossible to explain to me, a European, that you stick to writing month before date when you call your own national holiday " the fourth of July". But there's more thing I really don't understand lol
Lol we call it that bc it was established back when we actually did say the day first. But I agree, it’s so backwards
Very true😂😂
When a date is spoken, the name of the month usually comes first eg.: May 5, 2023. The numerical method of writing the date is intended to reflect this.
@@heronimousbrapson863 in computers it's yyyymmdd so the number of days can be easily calculated ... I agree with you when written or spoken
i hear it said both ways. Like we are having a July Fourth celebration, or Its the Fourth of July. IDK guess its almost like there are 50 states with like millions of different points of view.
In the '70s, our teachers told us that we were being taught the metric system because by the year 2000 everyone in the world would be using it instead of the imperial system...
I was working at a convenience store when soda companies started making 2-liter bottles. My customers and co-workers complained that the bottles were not "lighter" at all, but maybe even heavier...
That wouldn't happen if you were also taught how to spell it correctly too - it's LITRE 🙂
@@dreadlord5581not everywhere in the world spells words the same, he spells it the correct way
In the '70s, our teachers told us that we were being taught the metric system because by the year 2000 everyone in the world would be using it, and then Ronald Reagan became President and said, "Nix on that!" And life went on and no one cared.
As a non-American do, yeah, I can agree with almost every point on this list. Except for the first one. Even when for all official stuff we will say "Verenigde Staten" or just "VS"(just the literal Dutch translation for United States, in more casual conversations "Amerika" is much, much more common. No one will ever travel to de VS, we all travel to Amerika. During the last World Cup back in 2022, Oranje beat Amerika. And in my experience, it's not that different in most countries I've been.
That won't happen in South America. In Spanish, they are called estadounidenses, or, norteamericanos. They calling themselves Americans and their country America is even perceived as insulting, like, "they believe the whole continent belongs to them." Even the Monroe Doctrine formula "America for the Americans" is understood in that sense.
So, if you come to this side of the world, remember that. Nobody will get openly angry if you say it, depending on the context you will be understood anyway, but, those words will not sound correct. Or polite - depending on the context.
America is right in the name of our country -The United States of AMERICA. So it baffles me that anyone would think Mexico or Brazil or Canada when they hear the word America.
@@jimmyparris9892 Exactly. If you want to refer to a continent, specify North America or South America, or refer to both of them at once as "the Americas". There's no reason to refer to Canada, for example, as "America".
Everyone I met in Japan called the US "America"
@@MariaMartinez-researcher Uruguay is higher on the Democracy Index than USA. They legalized pot and outlawed ads for cigarettes aimed at kids. Big tobacco was suing and NY's billionaire Gov or Mayor chipped in 10 million to defend Uruguay.
I'm Brazilian,
- Here we learn that there are only one big continent called America.
- We also vote before drink: We vote with 16, but can only drink (and drive) with 18.
- We also use shoes inside
- We also small talk with strangers (Too much and too loud, to be honest)
- Don't complain on your sales tax. Its wonderful how simple your tax system are compared with ours
- Healthcare is 100% free for everyone. Ambulances are also free
A gente "pode" votar aos 16, mas não é obrigatório. Ate pq aqui no brasil, difernte do usa, o voto não é facultativo
@@anandasama15 você pode perfeitamente não ir votar, desde que faça a justificativa à Justiça Eleitoral. Agora dá pra fazer no celular, nem precisa mais ir ao cartório.
Estudamos que há o continente americano, mas há uma ênfase nas subdivisões entre América do Sul, Central, Caribe e América do Norte.
I hear gas is way more expensive in Brazil, right?
@@alexisafox For brazilians, indeed it is. We pay around 5-6x more than Americans pay.
But, an American touristing in Brazil will feel that the gas price is more or less the same (since dollar is worth more than our currency).
Nice, this is a great lesson on Interculturalism that I wasn't expecting, but positively adore. There's quirks that we Irish do that would mystify everyone!
Ah sure its a bit of craic! 😅😂
"There's quirks that we Irish do that would mystify everyone!"
Never was there truer words spoken! 😂😂😂
Mojo will have to do this in future. Inquiring minds like mine wanna know!
What are some of those things?
Like?
This tipping can be really confusing for foreigners. When I was in NY 1990, I went to a very nice Chinese restaurant. We were very happy with the food and the service, so we gave $6 for a $74 bill. We were very confused why the waiters looked very unhappy. Only later we found out that it must have looked quite stingy. In Germany (or generally Europe) it would have been considered as quite generous (10% tipp is usually included in the bill).
I don't mind giving good tipps. But the waiters should be paid properly and not have to rely on tipps.
Foreigners are just cheap.
In Australia, charging more than the advertised price, will incur a charge of false advertising, if not fraud. We pay the price on the ticket, no more, no less.
The vendor has to calculate the taxes anyway, so why not calculate the "FULL" price, and display it, on the product?
Because not all states tax at the same rate, and because in some places there is a local, or city, sales tax. So if a chain store, or restaurant advertises a product at a specific price, the product price may be the same nation, or statewide, but the total price may vary in different locales.
In Australia, we also have different prices, in different States, yet we display the TOTAL price, at the 'point of sale'. My point still stands. AT THE POINT OF SALE, the taxes HAVE to be calculated, so DO IT, and display the FULL price.
@@MichaelJohnson-tw7dq
Got caught with my last trip to the US. Found a great book for $9.99 (all the president’s men) in NYC and I had $10 in my pocket…
@@petermcgill1315 Oh no! That's frustrating. Do you mind if I ask where you're from?
I live in Los Angeles, where the combined state and local sales tax is 9.5 percent. If I go shopping at a store in Santa Monica (about a mile away), the sales tax is 10.25 percent. Five U.S. states have no state sales tax at all. It's different everywhere you go. If you don't know the sales tax, just figure 10 percent. That's usually close enough.
I want to go back to the days when pharmacies had lunch counters and soda fountains. Like Mr. Gower's place in It's a Wonderful Life.
Do more places it'd be cool to see the norm around the world
I would love them to do to Mexicans
you mean what the rest of the world think is normal?
I'd like that, too!
@@NJP-Supremacist not every place besides america thinks/acts the same💀💀💀💀💀
@@mileswilliams4356 Did I say that?
I thought someone would’ve mentioned our obsession with celebrities and fast food.
And obesity
Japan definitely has us beat on those.
Tbf, the celebrity obsession is a worldwide thing and not just the US
The celebrity thing is in most western countries, i am pretty sure it comes from roman gods idolatry though
Yeah that being obsessed with celebrities, especially royalties, did not start in the United States. One of the few things that we didn't start. I just don't get the obsession with reality show participants. They are not celebrities. And maybe F list at best.
I'm not 100% sure that fast food started in the united states, but we sure spread it worldwide
Most places have sales taxes; it's just included in the price shown. This is/was a strategy implemented to vilify taxes and to make retailers look better.
it a way the kleptocrats disguise their BS
That's bad news.
Yes in my country there is a goods and services tax (at a fixed rate of 15%) but very few places will ever show a price without it added.
But why, in shops (that's "stores" to American's) do they not just include it in on the price?! It isn't like that shop (read "store") is about to up and move to another city/state and the price will suddenly change! Online, I understand, but not in the bricks and mortar locations. Just plain weird and annoying.
@@richardwhite7093 It's also a scam to vilify the taxes, even though they are necessary for a fully functioning society. Americans are too stupid to see the costs of infrastructure maintenance.
As a random person in the comments, I know it may not matter. I would like to share my opinion on these things, though, as a 23-year-old American who has had it rough growing up. America may seem great to some, and horrible to others. It really depends on the topic. (Forgive me for the length, if you decide to read this.)
1. - As a person who has grown up on the Imperial system, as arbitrary as it can be, I have a very hard time understanding the metric system. They attempt to teach us in school, but it's ultimately pointless as we still are expected to use the Imperial System most of the time. Trying to change that on a nationwide level would have to be based on phasing it out gradually as many people would have a hard time adjusting to such a dramatic change in measurement systems.
2. - Our healthcare system causes a few things: extreme debt we may never see paid off, avoiding treatment because even the smallest thing can incur a large hospital bill, people driving themselves to the hospital/doctor/etc. when they are injured/hurt/sick, the expectancy of people to just try not to get hurt. My friends didn't have Band-Aids at their house because they were just expected to not get injured (we were kids that ran around and got scrapes from playing outside. We needed Band-Aids.) We are forced to ignore our health because the debt may be worse in the long run - at least in our minds.
3. - Months before days makes sense in my head, but I was raised with this system. I truly can't say anything about this.
4. - Seeing ads for prescription drugs is annoying. As person who is on mental health medication, it's also infuriating how wrong advertising companies portray the illnesses of myself and people I know. I feel it also can lend to people self-diagnosing and going to their doctors for things that they do not actually need.
5. - When you're a kid, you just say the Pledge of Allegiance. It's normal. But when I got to high school, I was particularly done with it. Having to pledge your allegiance to your country everyday is creepy and controlling.
6. - I was spoiled growing up in one of the few states that doesn't have sales tax. It is incredibly annoying when going to another state and realizing you don't have enough to pay for something when the initial price tag says you can (It was annoying as a kid going on field trips and only having a small amount of money.) I wish the price tag we saw would be the price of the thing. I find sales tax stupid.
7. - Gun ownership has killed so many people because people are irresponsible and just plain horrible, yet we keep them. As a person who grew up in the time of school shootings, it was honestly horrifying. I know at least 2-3 times we got out of school early due to shooting threats. We had drills a couple times a year called Intruder Alert Drills - closing a classroom door, turning the lights off, and finding a spot where windows can't see you. In my senior year of high school the Parkland Shooting happened. When I was at lunch one day the lights went off and we were in an inner part of the building, so there were no windows. We all were horrified. One of the girls I knew dove under a table. Once the lights went back on, the people overlooking lunch wanted us all to clean up and get ready to go to class. It was almost silent and nobody moved. It took a few minutes to calm down.
8. - I don't have much to say about making small talk to strangers.
9. - The work "grind" makes it hard for me to find a job (on top of ridiculous application and interviewing practices.) My mental health and physical health are not great, and I don't want to be stuck somewhere that I could have a breakdown/anxiety attack. Yes I'm not making money, but I really don't know if I can handle most work. I did when I had my first job, but that was because I enjoyed my job and it was rather easy. Sadly the company I worked for closed at the start of COVID in 2020.
10. - Peanut butter is good. I have no complaints. The biggest problem is for people who have peanut allergies, like one of my older cousins.
11. - Wearing shoes inside depends on whose house you're at. Sometimes they prefer you keep your shoes on, some prefer you to take them off at the entrance. I feel rude sometimes when I'm at a friends house and want to take off my shoes. I just assume it's me getting too comfy or something (I'm also a weirdo that sometimes sits on the floor even though there is couch space because I don't want to intrude.)
12. - Red Solo Cups - I've definitely had countless events/parties where we've used them. There's even a song from 2011 by Toby Keith about them. It's all very silly for something that is just a cup.
13. - I don't care for the military, but I certainly acknowledge what they've done in the past. Some members of my family have been in the military, and I'll certainly give credit to my grandfather for assisting with handling the deceased from the Jonestown Massacre when they made it to the US. Some people use the military as a way to bring order and stability to their life, while some go in because they want a chance to afford school or other stuff. People should not have to join the military to afford schooling.
14. - Tipping should not be expected, but living wages should be. I agree that I should be paying you for doing work instead of paying for the service AND tipping the poor souls who are stuck earning the majority of their money from the generosity of randos.
15. - We are spoiled by the free refills. I have no objections. It's nice.
16. - I have opinions on voting and drinking separately, but I don't have an opinion on being able to vote before drinking. I don't drink and no one in my family does. I do see the danger of not allowing somebody to do something and then them being more likely to go out of their way to get it illegally/against others' permission.
17. - Pharmacies carrying multiple goods can make it easier on a person if they need to pick up medicine or hygiene products without having to go to the grocery store separately. The only downside is the limitation of products offered at pharmacies.
18. - Bathroom stalls are quite uncomfortable, but it does sometimes come in handy to see feet underneath. Not that we shouldn't use occupied signs rather than being able to peak under while someone just tries to go to the bathroom. That would be much nicer.
19. - Gender reveal parties are ridiculous. Baby showers were helpful in expecting mothers getting things they will need/might need for when the baby(ies) arrive. Gender reveal parties should not be that hyped up for saying if your kid is going to be a boy or a girl to a group of people. Just make an announcement online or by texting. Or just wait till the baby arrives and love it regardless of gender.
20. - Americans typically like abbreviations or finding some way to say something easier. I definitely think it's silly since we are part of the American continents, but I really can't say anything since I call us America too (for the most part.)
And this is the list of all your opinions and/or anything that did come to your mind.
You expect that people are reading them. I suggest - that you do the same and do yourself a favor - read ever paragraph. And then ask youself - why you say what you say. Since - what you learn in all your mental health treatments - paid by somebody - week after week. you finance with your visits an entire industry - of Social Helpers, and Psychologists and Psychiatrist, and anybody who has the credentials to pretend to care for such people - they all let you talk. About yourself. Because if they dared to ask you - WHY" - instead of "how does make you feel" you - a person like you - would no longer show up and make them earn a luctractive income.
Have a good day and enjoy talking about yourself instead of askinug yourself why are you are doing things the way you do.
And about interviews -- who is asking for a job? Who expects to be paid by somebody without having the right to ask what ever they want to ask? People like you.
I read the entire comment by the OP and found it most interesting. It was also constructed better than your comment.@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
Are USAians less intelligent than Kenyans?
Metrication in Kenya apparently went like this: On a certain day the district administrator went to the market, explained kilograms, litres and metres, handed out conversion charts, rulers and measuring jugs. By afternoon the markets were running on metric. According to a Kenyan engineer who told me this.
Now OK, back in the day machine tools were American Customary or Metric not both, but now the change is as simple as flipping a switch on the display or an option in the CAD system. And NATO is metric. No excuses.
@@Turnipstalk And all the mechanical processes carried by tools that have been cut empirical - all the spare parts in the warehouses of every American company all the tools that are empirical in retailers inventories oh la la -think digital and flip a switch - lol. Are you joking or simply never have seen a "workshop" yourself?
@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
In 1999 NASA and Lockheed Martin mixed up units for the Mars Climate Orbiter, which led to the loss of a $327 million mission to Mars. NASA was using U.S customary units (inches, feet, nautical miles, pounds, tons, US gallons etc.) but there are significant disadvantages, the most obvious being that the ratios are not uniform or round numbers (e.g. 6076.12 feet in 1 nautical mile) whereas metric of course is based on units of 10...Not surprisingly metric is too complicated for the USA it seems but is simple enough for the other 100+ countries in the world to figure out how to count to 10!
To be fair, since my youth I had opportunities to visit other countries, and cultures, and been fascinated by them. And every country, and even region, it seems to me, has their own quirks. Some that make sense to me, some that don't.
As always thank you so very much for the videos.
Also being a native Californian, with many Latino friends and neighbors, (and a Canadian mother,) I learned early on that "America" goes from Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada to Cape Horn of the Chilean islands.
Yea that’s what they teach at school a ur the real American has McDonald’s directv and we don’t suffer because of summer heats or cold winters we have AC units and whole house heating units that’s only in America or were else can your wife have a Land Rover your daughter a lexus and the husband a 2021 GMC Sierra all while working for the state of California I don’t care what other country people go visit or move to I will not have everything the US has to offer
@@MightymouseB-gw1sw What are you raving on about>>> "AC units and whole house heating units that's only in America"?>>> Where I live in Australia the temp ranges from 0*C to 45*C (That translates in your crude Imperial system as 32F to 115F.) We have REVERSE cycle AC units that both heat and cool, but I like my open wood fireplace as well. My son-in-law drives a 2023 Range Rover, my daughter an Izusu DMax Ute, (They own a transport company and lease their cars.) And me? I bought a $US36,000 2024 Toyota Hybrid Camry TODAY!!!! I retired when I was 57 and I live solely from my retirement Superannuation Fund that EVERY single past EMPLOYER has had to deposit a percentage of my gross wage every pay day by law since I began working (It is now 11.5% of an employee's gross wage/pay)...So I paid cash for my bright red Camry from my Super Fund! It will get delivered just before I go into hospital for my knee replacement, which OF COURSE will cost me ZILCH!
@@eddykate3700 that’s nice I haven’t worked in 9 years I’m a certified cannabis cultivator for the state of California
@@eddykate3700 can you people make money doing that legally FUCK NO only in America CALIFORNIA TO BE EXACT home of da PIMPS THUGS N GANSTAS
I hate it that I never have any idea how much a visit to the doctor is going to cost. I constantly get bills that I have no clue what it's for. I'm never given the opportunity to say no thank you, I'd rather die. And a 15 minute visit to an empty emergency room at 4 am when a doctor talked to me for a few minutes cost $1200 and the last time I went to a clinic outside the country BVI, I was there for 2 hours being treated and even given my meds and it cost me $15.
Have you visited your local FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center)? You may find less expensive medical care there (depending upon your income) and experience higher quality care than other types of primary care provides. FQHC's are local but federally inspected and qualified yearly. If you have no income, your care is free.
Please remember that next time you vote.
You seem to be describing my vet visits with my cat. You people are treated like animals, you should really do something if you value your lives.
I live in Japan. They absolutely call the United States as America here.
Indeed. The Japanese word for the United States is Amerika.
I've always known that the Japanese are smarter than most people.
In Europe, we also call the USA and/or the continents "America". The context makes it clear...
In Canada we have the metric system but due to our proximity to the United States and the fact that people over 60 grew up under the imperial system it hasn't been fully embraced. This is how most Canadian use the systems:
Temperature: metric
Driving speed: metric
Gasoline buying: metric
Driving distance: metric
Measuring short distances: imperial
Grocery shopping portions: metric
Personal height: imperial
Personal weight: imperial
Measuring for building things: both
Baking and cooking: both
What size ratchets do you use when using metric sockets?
John Ralston Saul is one of many Canadians who offer wisdom to your southern neighbors.
The tipping in this country has gotten insanely crazy. And I think that the military obsession is crazy also.
of course, you do
Agreed. Never understood either.
Also crazy 😜 n this country- living off of less than minimum wage!
Agree. There is way too much public military and religious worship
Being proud of our military and our heros who die for us isn't going overboard it shows respect for the women and men defending us and fighting for us.
I'm from Brazil, and honestly, most of these are also true here. Baby showers and gender reveals are annoyingly common, bathroom stalls are insanely large, pharmacies are full of beverages and snacks, we can vote at 16 and drink at 18, many restaurants offer free refil, tipping 10% or more is an automatic reflex, prescription drugs are all over TV
No wonder we're also Americans 😂
Gender reveals??? Bathroom stalls insanely large??? Pharmacies full of beverages??? Refil in restaurants??? Prescription drugs all over TV??? Not in Rio de Janeiro.
We also do tipping in germany. If you gotta pay like 12,40€ you round it up to 15€ or something like that. But as mentioned, if you work as a server you got such a high minimum wage, they dont need it. Its a nice bonus.
You’re Portuguese man.
@@coolbreeze3793 I am? I could swear I was Brazilian 🤔
@@cesarbrasilatorWhen they finally get it right that we don't speak "Brazilian", he doesn't seem to know what the concept of "continent" means
Very informative
A very good video. It's nice to see a video looking at the U.S. while knowing something about the rest of the world. (I'm Canadian.)
I wish there were a lot less errors about the USA in it, though! A lot of the stuff they talk about is not unique and it ignores about 5 million Americans and their cultures. It is too absolute, exclusionary and has elements of prejudice in that it only refers to certain classes and regions of the country. It made me want to throw up because so many people are watching the video and thinking that is what all of the USA is. The video is insulting.
@@KarlCallwoodWildlife I donno what you're talkin about. As an Asian American born and raised in California, I can relate to damn near every one of these things. Especially beer pong and red solo cups. :D
@@brad4058 In our area of the country we are painfully aware that people do not know what we are talking about. Thank you for the confirmation that elitists believe that their experience is the only and absolute experience. Go travel the nation and you will learn that it is very diverse and cannot be stereotyped. Of course you live in a major population center so your horse blinders are fully on. You only confirm the prejudicial attitudes that are again becoming the norm. Allow room for diversity! I am a born citizen of the USA, (with some Asian DNA) born and raised on St. Thomas, the second place that the sun rises in the USA. (It rises first in Guam).
@@KarlCallwoodWildlife I have traveled the nation. It's required of my job to travel to different states from time to time. I've been to Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Georgia. The one thing that allows me to get along with everyone else in the United States is the shared experience of growing up in America. People like to say that Americans have no culture, but on the contrary, I believe that we do have our own culture. You just have to grow up here in America to see it and understand it.
@@brad4058 I grew up, born raised and lived the USA. I don't have a passport so like yeah, I been in the USA all my life and can prove it. I see my jurisdiction is not on your list. Let me know when you get here. And, state which of our many diverse cultures you wish to embed with. 64 state level jurisdictions in the USA. My high-level government work has taken me to ALL of them. So, when your list matches mine, we can have a salient discussion. IMPOSSIBLE that anyone has experienced the hundreds of cultures within. You sound like those people who say "but my best friend is ___ so I cannot be racist". Foolishness. Some people just have prejudice so ingrained in their experience that they cannot see others for what they are. The USA is not a stereotype.
You could include: spending hundreds of dollars on Christmas gifts of which 50%+ are regifted, returned or put into storage
- That applies to many many countries.... far from an American only custom.
The voting age went to 18 because 18 year olds were being sent to Vietnam. The drinking age went back up to 21 because too many kids died in drunk driving accidents.
It was happening so much in the mid 80's that Reaganimmediately enacted the law.
i did not know that miss lise, thank you.
"You're old enough to kill but not for voting"
Eve of destruction
In Vietnam era voting age was 21.
Gotta make sure those kids are safe until they go to war.
When it comes to drunk driving, I understand the immidiate reaction but when you think about it, it's a very US way to solve a problem. First and foremost, they also could've risen the age where you're allowed to drive. I mean, most of the world puts the driving age at 18 because, well, you're giving someone without a fully grown brain basically a wrecking ball with range. There's quite a risk to that. But increasing that age probably would've hurt the automotive industry... Nowadays, here in Europe ad campaigns about having a designated driver has done so much for the public conscience and driven drunk driving down. And I know the same notion is more widespread in the US too (though I don't know how succesfully).
Freedom is when the government fears the people, tyranny is when the people fear the government.
Tyranny is when 6 SCOTUS judges force Drs to deny medical care to a pregnant mom having a miscarriage because the judges think a 4-week-old zygote the size of a poppy seed is life. The tyranny of religion has taken over red states.
Of all these, #8 is the only one I'm envious about. What´s not to love about being able to have a quick chat with a stranger?
That's sweet. Where are you from?
@@joelbechlem9279 🇸🇪
This whole video is making me feel ( as a non American ) like America is another planet
Acording to some residents, USA IS the planet, so.....
Same here.
- a Costeño in "Gringolandia".
as an american, i also like feel like america is another planet (also you did the thing they started this video saying nobody outside america does!)
As an American, it is
That’s America. You don’t even realize how odd you are. You’re next level american.
American schools: " have food fights "
Everywhere else: WTF
you mean gun fights……oh hoopla
@@JohRauh66695 Looks like people are just practicing their 2A rights out on the kids instead of the government lol /s
@@JohRauh66695 only white schools
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We never had food fights
Guns everywhere, under the pillow in the hall, basically they shoot more often than fart.
I'm glad you weren't sarcastic. Hey, you jealous ?
@@LanielPhoto I do not know about the other guy but I do not need guns.
@@urviechalex9963 - My gun stopped a thief coming into my house (held him until police arrive) and brought to an end the string of thefts that had been going on in the area. It also scared off a bear that was trying to enter the house when I was in Newfoundland. So they do serve a purpose.
When a friend asked me how far away we drove to pick them up at the airport, I told him we lived about two hours away. There is no need to convert miles to kilometers. Travel time is a more useful descriptor of distance.
"I hear you live in the New York City area."
"Oh, yes,I live about an hour's drive from 42nd Street."
"Where exactly do you live?"
"43rd Street." 😄
Fun Fact - The rings of the Solo cups actually serve a purpose as they offer measurement lines for different types of drinks and ingredients for mixed drinks.
No they don't. That is a myth.
Nope. Margo Burrage, director of communications for Dart Container Corp., parent company of the Solo Cup Co: "The rolled rim makes it easier to sip your drink, but also prevents a stack of SOLO cups from sticking together," Burrage told PolitiFact. "The indented base makes the cup sturdier and less likely to crack. And those extra lines keep your fingers from slipping while holding the cup. So while the lines weren’t meant for measurement, they were a quite purposeful part of the design."
Solo cups are available in Australia because Australians are compelled to mimic Americans.
@@maxhugenJust because the cups were not designed for a particular purpose does not mean that they cannot be used for that purpose! Cup flipping etc? All of the games people play around cups and kegs? Also, if you are a bartender I am sure you can learn to measure quantities using the rings.
@@javamanV3I wouldn't know... I don't go to pubs, clubs, or bars that serve alcohol in plastic cups.
Pharmacy's in the US, stay away from food if you can. Convenience stores and pharmacys charge insane food prices, especially if no grocery exists in walking distance for most of the area residents.
I would imagine you don't see much camouflage in Europe outside a Sabaton concert
A guy at our golf club is big on wet weather camouflage. My joke “sorry, mate! Didn’t see you there.” is wearing thin.
Also for me, often when I ask someone living in the US about distance, the reply I get is in time units, also assuming they mean in a car. "How far away is the airport?" "30 minutes..."
Isn't that what you're asking? How long does it take to get there? What does "12.25 kilometers" tell you? Jack shit. Rarely do you need to know the actual distance unless you're trying to calculate a firing solution for artillery.
@@Jaster832 You are assuming the mode of transportation. If I want to ask how long it takes to walk/run/drive/fly/bike/etc the distance, I will ask how long. When I want to know the distance I expect to be told the distance. My *observation*, intended to expand upon this video's topic, is that most often Americans answer with time when asked about distance. The way the conversation will go with non Americans is that I ask about distance, and then, if I want to know, I'll follow up with, say, how long does it usually take by car? In Copenhagen for example it is often faster and easier and more popular by bicycle than by car, as there are several car-free zones, so cars will need to make big detours, and maybe park a long distance away, to walk the remainder.
@@Titanek You see, in most places in America, excepting maybe NYC, Chicago, and maybe Boston, it is *NEVER* fastest to walk or ride a bike or take public transportation. And unless you live in the above mentioned cities the cost of living hasn't (quite) yet made it too expensive to own a car. So we do own our cars.
That's why Americans assume you're driving, because you're probably not in a city where bicycling is a thing when you ask, and if you're a tourist you've likely rented a car or are taking a cab of some sort.
You act like we're too dumb to know how far it is in miles, we aren't, we do know, but that doesn't fucking help you that much because unless you're sitting astride a goddamn bicycle when you're asking the question we're going to assume if it's more than a mile you're going to be taking a motored vehicle, because we would, because again, if we don't own a vehicle it's because we've chosen not to own a vehicle, not because we can't afford it.
I'm not implying dumbness. All I am saying is that my observation is the forementioned. I am not implying a mileage dumbness for all americans, alI am saying it that is the aforementioned discrepancy is between distance and time.. Still please don't assume mode of trasnsport
@@Jaster832 It is still my observation. Americans often respond with time when about distance, I don't have the same issue when talking to non EU people. I am just trying to add number 21 to Things Only Americans Do (And Think It's Normal), and I am surprised by the resistance. What volcano? How far away its it from here (expecting distance) and the the next question how long will it take for the volcanish ash to get here
One of the many things I miss about living in Oregon is that there is no sales tax there. Moving and needing to pay 7.25% sales tax now is.... depressing
Delaware also. I used to live very close to the Pennsylvania/Delaware border and many people who did would drive to Delaware to save the sales tax.
That's a good point I think not all non-Americans know: Sales tax isn't everywhere here in the States. There are some places where it doesn't exist. Visitors might think it's annoying how inconsistent it is, but to me I like that things like that are decided locally. Not all things should be decided on a national level.
Some States have income tax some don't. Texas doesn't but we have sales tax. Some have both.
but our income tax is already high. 10%.
@@guydent9046 Hilarious. 10% is high? I pay 40% here in the UK
I'm Aussie, yeah, so imagine my shock when I walked into the CVS in Fishermans Wharf to discover an entire section dedicated to booze.
Walgreens drug stores sell cigarettes! Lots of their earnings from them.
Except on the day of the lord if you're south of Mason Dixie. 😂
@@squarebear619 Yep. just south of the line in MD and it is by county here. Baltimore County sells on Sundays, but only in package stores attached to taverns. Carroll County is wide open and when you get to Western MD you can buy in the gas stations. No consistency. We live in KS and grocery store beer was limited to 3.2% (not sure why).
_fer medicinal purposes_
Alcohol and nicotine ARE drugs.
A fun fact about the imperial (or 'standard' (sic)!) system is that an inch is defined as 25.4 millimeters, i.e. by the metric system...
Peanut butter might be one where USA choses a bit healtier , if the altenative is nutella? ;-).
peanut butter + nutella is dope thou :D ps: peanut butter is not healthier its kinda as bad as nutella
@@bloodbrothers12345 I was young and broke once and I tried to bulk up on peanut butter and eggs. Sadly I could not make any gains...
The alternative is also butter or olive oil, both of them healthier.
@@bloodbrothers12345 Sugar is in both.
It's not real peanut butter (which they call "natural" peanut butter). It's a sugar spread with hydrogenated oil added. It's just candy.
Not only US call USA America, obsessed with military and leave tips. I also noticed that Americans have high mattresses, have fixed showers and have giant washing machines. Also only Americans and Canadians distinguish one from each other
Haha as a Canadian I confirm this....we like to distance ourselves but our cultures are very similar besides from a lot of French here...there's a bunch of crazy stuff that happens here too you're media is our entertainment though
Well there is a difference in the culture of the US and Canada. Brits distinguish themselves from Scots, Welsh, and Irish too.
@@geoffreybaldwin3108 the people aren't terribly different, but our countries' laws are sometimes wildly different.
I've met a lot of Canadians and honestly aside from the accent most people would have a hard time differentiating an American or a Canadian on a first meeting if they didn't mention their country of origin.
I can't stand being mistaken for an American 😂 🇨🇦
@@Kross8761 This. Though, speaking of accents, when I moved to England in 2000, every single person I met thought I was Canadian, and the reason? I didn't have a southern accent. Everyone I met in the UK assumed ALL Americans sound like Texans...lol! I say the UK rather than just England, because I went to other countries as well within the UK, like Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland.
The 40+ hour work week is much less about being workaholics (in fact a significant number of workers don't actually do very much work in a typical week, though admittedly many others work very hard), it is more about that we are expected to and generally unable to afford not to.
In my home, not only we wear slippers inside the apartment, we also take them off before entering the bathroom, which has carpets inside (carpets are like 0.5x1 meter so they're easy to wash once in two weeks)
FYI the Pullman 'stock' image at 7:00 is the 'Blue Pullman' operating on British Railways' old Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and Manchester Central. Ad altiora!
#20 is debatable. Nations in the American continent don’t call the United States “America”, but all the other countries I visited or lived in does. They often say “US”, but when talking about traveling, they often refer to the US as “America”.
That doesn't make it right. Even Nazi Germany wasn't arrogant enough to call itself ALONE "Europe". When Columbus "discovered" American, he landed in the Bahamas, not the Bronx. As a Canadian, I'm every bit as much an American as anyone in New York, Chicago, Des Moines, or San Francisco... and so are Mexicans, Argentinians, Jamaicans, and Cubans. But, ironically enough, NOT Hawaiians.
I think the travelling to Amero a thing is psychological as well as prtjans some verbal verbal laziness- it's true after all that t if youre going to visit th US you are by default going to America, you just haven't specified which part. And most hrmearers make the assumption that the destination is the US, because most times that's also true
mmm, nope, Americans, yes, but probably mostly since we've been so indoctrinated by all those american shows and movies ..
but the country itself , NO graph or so comparing would EVER say 'america' for the USA..
the US is common, even dutch translated : de VS = verenigde staten, that i learned as a child.
so , i'd say pretty spot on, especially mentioning the 'an American' being common,
but there is a lack for a plesant to say alternative.. What would i say otherwise?
a USA citizen? wow that sound so extremely formal!
whereas you can say pleasantly 'a mexican' a canadian, ...
it's the name of the country that gives the problem..
it's more a union name, then a country name,
Hey! that is actually a big common ground! the EU --> European,
while European also stands for several countries NOT in the EU,
as i'm pretty sure the UK still thinks it is european post brexit ;-).
EU is also an abriviation of a naming of a union, :)
Maybe nobody has to worry about the name next year: "USA" --> Trumpistan
I think South Korea, Singapore, and Japan might have the workaholic grind culture problem like the US does.
From what I have heard they work longer hours than the US. Especially, Japan.
And if the leader of the country happens to work from home, does the asinine opposition call it a ‘vacation’? Another weird US thing.
The sales tax vs value added tax comparison is only partially correct.
VAT is added up the different supply-chain steps - but both taxes are charged to the final customer.
BUT main difference between USA and close to all countries in Europe (and not only) is that prices shown for final customers MUST contain all applicable taxes, be it a sales tax or a value added tax (Switzerland for example changed from a sales tax to VAT in 1995, taxes had to be included in sales price before and after). Sales receipts will have details such as what VAT is included in a purchase.
Only sales prices for company to company operations do not have to include sales taxes, are marked as such - excl.VAT or similar
Pharmacy with groceries. We've definitely adopted that here in southeast asia. Some groceries close late nights while some pharmacy run 24 hours 5 to 6 days a week.
In my country (Trinidad & Tobago) it's actually illegal to wear camoflage unless you're a soldier or police officer. It's taken to ridiculous lengths too when even baby clothes are seized by local customs if it's camo. Removing your shoes is also something we do but it's not mandatory, it's simply considered good manners to ask whether the person is okay with shoes on/off (esp where carpet or rugs are involved). But the strangest thing I've seen Americans do is keep their shoes on when hanging out on their beds (or worse, someone elses) I don't know if that's just a movie thing or not because if it's real, it's REALLY gross.
You are in TRINIDAD and talking about something being gross...? Your whole country is gross.... Tobago is MUCH better & way more laid back - but also quite DULL.
Yeah nobody should have Any shoes on the bed. It's disgusting and rude
I live in america and I absolutely hate it when someone walks around in their shoes inside. Shoes on the bed is even worse 😭
Just don't leave your shoes outside in Australia, chances are there could be a deadly spider in your next wear ( Redbacks)
I am an "American" living in South East Asia, when people including government officials ask me where I am from, I respond American. They do not now what The US is, even immigration puts American on my paperwork.
That is ridiculous. American is not a nationality. How can their documents even be valid when they work like that.
@@Octopussyist if you are from Canada, you are Canadian, Australia is Australian, All forms of English refer to US citizens as Americans, a term deriving from the United States of America, the country's official name. The USA is the only country in North or South America to also have the word “America” in its name.
I'm an expat in Sweden and told folks I was Canadian when that clusterfrack of human was appointed to the WH as the 45th POTUS. I said the same thing under W.
In the Philippines, we literally copy America. Like, for example, in 16:20, we actually do have an oath that we recite every Monday, some schools include Friday or the whole week. If you want to look it up it's called "Panunumpa sa watawat ng pilipinas". We also sing the national anthem, city anthem, school anthem, recite the school mission and vision, and the panatang makabayan (patriotic oath).
That's cuz the Philippines were an American territory after the Spanish-American War in the late 1800's until 1946, so a lot of American customs were adopted.
@@Jaster832 i know, our history teacher always talks about it
@@HAhAhAhahAHAhHAhAhHAhAAH I assumed you knew, but you didn't mention it so I thought I'd elaborate for anyone reading through the comments. Cuz I'm a nice guy like that.
@@Jaster832 that makes sense 🤔
It still bugs me that we still can't get some kind of health care without insurance companies and having a medical bill that breaks you leaving you in financial dire.
I know people that work shitty jobs they hate because someone in their family needs the health insurance to stay alive. It's sad we live that way.
In 1979 I was diagnosed with cancer and the total cost to my parents was $0.00 for 6 months of radiation therapy and surgery. According to what I have read if the US would scrap 2 of the super aircraft carriers they could give everyone free healthcare.
All they need to do is to scrap their obscene private "healthcare" system and there would be plenty to pay for universal healthcare free at the point of use. It is the case that US government spending on healthcare per capita already exceeds the spending in most civilised countries.@@cbman4767
They probably don't realise that you need healthy people to fight in wars.@@cbman4767
Some kind of - and if your aunt would have balls she would be your uncle.
In our defense, the UK also uses the imperial system in some cases. I have a few friends from the UK who tell me that street signs still measure speed in mph. But the rest is 100% true! Especially the freaking going bankrupt for medical bills thing. I have decent insurance and I'm still terrified to even go see a doctor because I still have to pay a good amount of money.
Yea, only if you are an old person over 45
Yeah, paying through the nose for insurance, to only get partial cover and then have them decline to cover you for any little reason they can think up. Then having to pay ridiculous out of pocket costs on top. Paying for healthcare through taxes is much cheaper than paying for private insurance and you won't be denied coverage. Also single payer systems have much cheaper medications, like a fraction of the cost. Americans who defend their barbaric health system are either stupid, ideological warriors, think they're never going to die, or just don't do the math. Or all of the above.
AND it should NOT even be a THING!!!!
@@sb6678 As in an ever growing and massive demographic?
In Canada we jump back and forth between metric and imperial. Kind of have to with the States so close. But we get around describing distance by using time instead. How far to grandma's? About half an hour. To school? Five minute drive or a 15 minute walk. Can't tell you the actual distance but I know how long to allow to get there.
In the UK we still use imperial measurements for some things, and those of us of 'a certain age' perhaps think in imperial more than younger people do. Distances are definitely in miles, not kilometres. I buy my fresh milk in pints, not litres, although 'long-life' (UHT) milk is sold in litres. I am just over 6 feet tall, and I weigh over 14 stone (yes, we use stones, not just hundreds of pounds); but the medical profession would now record my weight in kilogrammes, as would (I suspect) younger people. Petrol ('gas' to those of you on the other side of the pond) is now sold in litres, but many of us still want to know the consumption of our cars in terms of miles per gallon. Bottled beer tends to be sold in metric measurements, but if you buy beer in a pub, it will be a pint (or half a pint) if it comes straight from the keg. Wine and spirits, on the other hand, are sold in metric measures. (Some people untruthfully say that, as a result of having left the European Union, we are now able to buy wine in pint bottles: in fact, we could have done that even whilst still in the EU, except that no wine producer is going to be so stupid as to incur the cost of producing different sized bottles for just one small market out of its worldwide market - and no intelligent wine drinker has any issue with buying wine in 75 centilitre bottles, or variations thereof, such as 37.5cl, 50cl, 1 litre, etc.).
Mojo always delivers 😊
As an Usan, I have never once thought, nor would I ever think it impolite if a homeowner asked me to take off my shoes; nor have I met anyone who's thought this way. I almost always ask as a courtesy, but would never think the person picky if I was asked to take my shoes off. Their house, their rules. That one's just false. If you have a problem with that, it's on you, not the culture.
I don't even wear clothes at home.
Awesome! Very good for people who are NOT living in America, to learn about the culture, as we do about all other cultures as well. Thanks Mojo!
„culture“
,,Culture'' lmao
Funny to see that you guys think you're the shit. When it's about you, no one should show it 🤣
Just unite in the comments like they said, instead of my thread if it bothers you so much🤣🤣
Love that the first topic on the list is about usa citizens calling themselves american and you call yourself that right after😂
I've lived in England for 67 years, but can't remember more than 2 or 3 not wearing shoes in the house. Also, what you call sales tax we call VAT and it is normal to be included in the price or said to be £X + VAT
Only in the USA it is different from location to location.
I had the impression that only the Japanese (or perhaps some other Asian countries) had this no-shoes in the home custom. Here in Brazil, no one cares about that either. But personally I believe taking off shoes when coming in is a positive thing and I do it in my home.
In the Netherlands peanut butter is quite popular also. Today I discovered a store that are specialized in peanut butter.
Dutch and Swedes were some of the 1st settlers in 1638 up the Delaware River. New Sweden became Wilmington but was conquered by the Dutch after 50 years, who left them alone with their own sovereignty after a treaty. Finland was part of Sweden at the time and their log cabins were introduced to America.
In the Philippines, we have whats called the “Panatang Makabayan” which is actually way longer than the Pledge of Allegiance even in the revised version that was enacted around the 2010’s, and you raise your right hand instead of putting it on your chest which the latter is only done for the national anthem so many kids’ right arms would hurt after a while after reciting.
Have you read Sam Clemmons' letter to the editor about the Moro massacre that America's Christians committed?
Pharmacies that sell Groceries are also in Canada too, which helps when they are closer than the grocery store
8, talking to strangers,
and the clip shown, is from fight club : someone reading aloud, and the other one turning with a face that shows some interest..
seems like a form of starting a stranger conversation that WOULD work in most countries, a bit an indirect start :), not just instantly starting to talk to the one that happens to sit next to you.
How do people meet, fall in love, and get married, or even have friends if they don't talk to each other. That's the dumbest crap I've ever heard.
Crunchy peanut butter is just awesome. I'm probably a bit special, but I'll make a PB&J sandwich and throw a few potato chips in the sandwich to give it a little extra crunch.
I feel like I've seen this video 10 times already.
Watchmojo routinely retool a video to make it 'new'.
Did you comment all 10 times?
The bathroom doors here in America are so weird. We know what the solution is, yet everyone has just agreed to be uncomfortable.
Blame Elvis. He died on a toilet. Logistics of removal apply.
I don't recall agreeing to that. But I also don't recall being asked...
Why do Americans need to say bathroom instead of toilet?
@@kenchristie9214 It is a euphemism. So is the word "toilet". It is a French loan word that meant "little cloth" that was placed on the shoulders when hairdressing. It later meant the grooming one does in the morning before venturing out. It became a French euphemism for the room where you did your ablutions which includes urination and defecation. Americans opted for "bathroom" since this is where most toilets are located in the US. Some countries opt for separate toilet rooms. In Canada (where I am from), most people say "washroom". Where I live in New Zealand, people say "loo" or "dunny" or "bog". There are euphemisms everywhere.
@@neskire In America, the Hayes Office, aka the U.S. Film Censorship Board ruled the word toilet as offensive.
Amongst other words ruled offensive by the board were bloody, damn and hell.
"But Doctor, I want because I saw happy people playing tennis and sailboating in the sunshine on a TV ad!!" The only value those ads have for me is the hilarious side effects. I actually saw this one time, not sure of the exact wording but pretty similar to this: "May cause liver damage requiring a transplant."
Right. I'd rather just have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
The Imperial measurement system is more useful for some things because of it's ability to be divisible by 3s and 4s. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.
Most Americans are not workaholics, they're forced to work more because the jobs they have don't pay a living wage.
And you have no employment rights, so your boss can fire you if you don't perform. And your healthcare is tied to your job so if you get sick and loss your job, you're screwed. And you have little or no unemployment benefits if you lose your job. I could go on.
@@rusticpartyeditz Wasn't there a man who stole something to go to prison just to have his condition treated?
Edit: i fixed some typos
@@johannsanchocuevas7854 That would not surprise me at all.
That' s all over the world.
Because real American (aka republicans) believe in actually working and not getting anything for nothing 🧐🤕🙀
The thing I found coming from the UK was portion size of meals the USA ..meals are very big and generous...
Big and often cheap for the size. It explains the obesity problem in the US
You're welcome.
@@Grimrapings comida ultraprocessada, que nem é comida
And our people are big and our health care system is not generous.
you're right - a thing missed in the list is that in the US, it's normal for a restaurant to serve a double portion, and for you to take part of it home for later. our converse discovery in the UK was, when after the meal, the server asked if there was room for dessert; there was room.
Like I said before, you've never lived in Europe. 45% of my wages are taxes. When you buy things in Hungary, the sales tax is added when the product enters the country.
Example 1: I bought a $21 dollars Bluetooth keyboard from Amazon. Shipping was $5 dollars. The VAT tax was $20 dollars.
Example 2: In the US you buy a 200 pill bottle of Advil for around $13. In Hungary you pay the equivalent of $13 us dollars for 8 pills. Yes that is 8 as in Eight Advil for $13 dollars.
It is usually the other way around. In the US people have to pay for things like insulin but in the civilised world it is free. Of course we know that, sadly, Hungary has left the civilised world.
But - the grass is always greener at the other side of the fence.
Anybody who lives in Scandinavian countries laughs about teh stupidity of Americans who declare Sweden, Norway, and Denmark the Socialist Paradise.
Russia had made a movie similar to Top Gun a few years ago and my first thought was that is such an obvious propaganda. And then I realised that pretty much all the American movies I have seen are actually telling the same story. Its just that we got used to it.
I'm Namibian, and truth be told the US is really an odd country, from my point of view ofcourse. So confusing and different
We’re weird, but most of us are okay. If you visited here I’d love to show you around, and I’d love for you to do the same if I visited Namibia.
Do not comment about what you do not understand. Just stay where you are.
#17: A few years ago, on a Walgreens trip, I was shocked when I saw ground beef in the fridge.
We have a lot of this in Canada as well, I have to say, having a pharmacy in the grocery store is fantastic.
Another difference in the USA (it may also be true for other countries) is that addresses are written or said as "(Number), then (Street)", and in most countries it goes (Street) then (Number). I think it is easier to memorize when the street is mentioned first. Explaining: USA: 16532, North Avenue. In other countries it would be more usual: North Avenue, 16532. Most local people tend to identify the street name much easily and quickly and not forget it if said in this order, so I think.
In Europe, we have pharmaceutical sections in the stores that sell over-the-counter drugs like aspirin, paracetamol (also known as Tylenol in the USA), diarrhoea and constipation medication, and hayfever medication. Some of the bigger stores have pharmacies inside of them that sell prescription drugs. Your main pharmacy thar your prescriptions go to might end up being inside a really big store if it's the nearest one to the GP you go to, and then you have to enter the store to be able to gain access to the pharmacy entrance, or it might have an entrance from the outside and from within the inner confines of the very large store.
I don't know if it's just my friends specifically, but my Irish friends tend to speak about their military a lot and quite highly. There's, like, war memorials, and tons of war museums there. I get the impression the Irish are also quite military centric, although it could be a false impression that I'm getting. My friends say the Irish military is famed for its neutrality.
I like Americans are stereotyped as both lazy and overworked as if those two things aren't contradictions. Americans have practically perfectly healthy work life balance compared to slaves in third world countries or compared to Japan. It's pretty much only Europe that has reasonable hours.
In the U.S., Walgreens sells customers cigarettes, then lots and lots of medicines to treat the ill effects of smoking cigarettes. CVS stopped selling cigarettes, but Walgreens stays with the longtime racket of creating demand by offering a supply, in this case a deadly supply.
OECD Countries 2021 stat. USA-Average amount of hours worked per year-1791 hours 10th on list-Japan-1607 hours 27th on list.
Lol at pharmacies carrying groceries…. It’s necessary in some places. When I was in college, I lived in a downtown area that only had one grocery store that you could get to on foot. I basically lived on Walgreens food. It was so expensive, but cheaper than the chipotle that closed at 4PM.
Protip: Nice! (Walgreen’s house brand) Macaroni and cheese, although it shouldn’t seem that different from Kraft, is almost entirely inedible. Just go for the brand name.
On #6: The main difference between the US and other countries (except Canada), is that in the US the Sales Tax is not quoted on the price tag/list/quote, but added upon checkout, which means you don't know the real price until you're ready to pay.
Most countries have sales tax, but all of them (except Canada) show the actual price to pay including tax already included in the price tag/list (note that US and Canada do show the actual price for very few things, like gasoline and public transit).
On top of that, the taxes vary from between states, counties and even cities, and they vary between different types of products or services, which means you can never tell for sure what the true price of an item is (if there are different taxes on different items then there is a summary for each type at the bottom of the bill, so you cannot tell the actual price of each item, and often you cannot tell even what tax types apply to each item).
In VAT countries, the tax type and rate are the same all over the country. In Canada the tax rate is the same per province (but most provinces still have the same tax rate), and the only variance is a very specific and consistent tax rate that is applied to a short list of basic products (basic bread), so there are typically only 2 tax rates (well, 3 if you consider some services that have no tax at all, like some types of insurance and government fees).
I think this is very bad practice and it is very much avoidable, because at the point of purchase the vendor knows which taxes apply in their location, so they can quote the actual price. For items with a printed price, like magazines and books, the store can put a scanner next to the shelves to quote the price.
Price lists and price boards can show the full price (or both full and net prices) per item.
At the very least every store should have a scanner and and app to quote the actual price. This way the quote can also show discounts and promotion in effect. The US is pretty good in consumer practices, and quoting the real price will make it even better. It is even easier to do in Canada.
Americans like to deceive, and that's why they quote the price without the tax. Libertarians deny taxes are needed to maintain a functioning society, as they seek the old Feudal Lord model because they have what they need and hate paying for the roads that helped them make their own fortune.
Those red cups are really popular in Canada too, all my beerpong games were made with that.
Who else yelled “F**K YEAH!” In the first clip?😂
Edit: I think it’s hilarious that I am an American, and when the peanut butter thing came up? I actually have a jar of extra chunky Skippy natural Superchunk right next to me… AND I eat it with a spoon! 😂
Dang, no, sorry ... dayang
murica because fuck yeah....
I eat Vegemite the same way.
Well, here in Italy we used to have something like the "Pledge of allegiance" for schools and some other public environments. It was during our fascist dictatorship.
I got in trouble in elementary school in the third grade because I refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance even has a little kid it just seemed weird to me like some kind of indoctrination even though I didn't know that word at the time😂
It definitely is an indoctrination, but of course the US doesn't see that. Indoctrination only happens elsewhere
It is indoctrination. Everyone else thinks it's weird and cult-like.
I felt that way about religion and getting on your knees, putting your hands together in a certain way and chanting prayers. Wings and halos, now that just creeped me out. Catholic is like a power or something.
I'm Canadian, so the Pledge of Allegiance wasn't a thing, but I used to just move my mouth a bit when we had to say the Lord's Prayer. Of course, that was many years ago. I'm pretty sure only kids in separate religious schools have to say the Lord's Prayer any more.
Love it!
Yep here in the US healthcare isn't a basic human right, its a profit margin. And if you can't pay it they will tank your credit and garnish your wages.
{ asking for future reference , in case I make it rich & travel to America 🇺🇸 } Are there any charities in America 🇺🇸 that fund healthcare bills for disadvantaged families ? ♑️✍️🇸🇯🇦🇺
Perhaps. Be be prepared to jump through hoops for more than 7 months before anything happens.
@joshuawertman8711 it shouldn't be thr responsibility of me to pay for your Healthcare if you can't afford insurance that is a YOU problem I shouldn't have to pay more to cover your laziness
@@drakependragon8439 I work forty hours a week, the health care takes money from my check before I ever see it and I still get stuck with a bill from the doctor. If I get in a major accident; after the ambulance, the doctor, the treatment, any antibiotics or drugs they give me, and the cost of the hospital bed; it is actually cheaper to lay there and die because the funeral will cost less than the health care. It's not me being lazy, I'm doing what I'm supposed to. It's the AMA being greedy. Having a medical emergency should not cripple you for years financially.
@@joshuawertman8711That is because your insurance doesn't cover 100% it has co-pays and premiums. Of course you still have a bill, Actually laying there and dying wouldn't be cheaper because all your bills would get passed on. So your idea would be selfish and ruin the lives of your family. Yes it is you being lazy and trying to pass the buck onto others rather than accepting your bill and paying it like an adult. No the AMA is trying to get paid for doing a job. If you fail to prepare financially for emergencies that is a YOU problem and shouldn't cost others to pay for your laziness.
The voting age used to be 21, and the drinking age used to be 18.
The UK has never officially adopted the metric system .... the two systems co-exist . It is illegal for grocery items to be sold in purely imperial units but it is perfectly okay to list the price per oz/lb along side .... however clothes are sold in inches exclusively
Thank you sir, see my comment above.
Material is sole in inches and metric, for instance 3 yards of cloth, width 1 metre. Very confusing :)
When you use metric sockets, you still have to use 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" drive ratchets.
The thumbnail is how you know this company is Canadian
Bro😂I hadn’t seen the thumbnail because I clicked on the video as soon as it popped up then I went into the notifications and saw the thumbnail😂
No it isn't.
@@K-dawg26 Yeah, WatchMojo is indeed based in Canada, they are a private company that also happens to publish youtube videos. their HQ is in Montreal
I loved the question about sending people to space as a scientist that has spoken to people in the US those poor guys have to do everything in international because of scientific community, then convert to imperial, to send the blueprint of whatever to the factory, which leads to all kinds of changes and mistakes.
When I watched the moon walks on TV growing up in the U.S., I’d hear the astronauts describe the distance they would walk to get to a certain crater or rock as so many meters. I’d think, everyone in the world watching knows how far that is, except the people who sent them there!
I have lived and worked in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore. These countries all have a formal flag salute at school in the morning. (I taught school in Indonesia and Vietnam.)
You got 1 right. In the US, you have to work for a company over 10-15 years before you get 4 weeks off vacation. My first day working in Europe, I got 32 days vacation. 2 more because I have 1 child, so I have 34.
But then you had to mess it up by saying 40 hours a week. The majority of European countries all work 40 hour work weeks. The only law they do have is, you are required to have at least 12 hours off between shifts.
Very few companies have long lunch periods in Europe. My work only has 30 minutes for lunch. They do have a law that you need to have at least 6 breaks of 10 minutes long a 8 hour work day. So technically I guess you could say that makes it a longer lunch.
@user-bl3zv7lr5h At my last two jobs, I had to work for half a year and then had four weeks of vacation time. After 10 years at both, I would have had six weeks of vacation. At the most recent of those two, after fifteen years I would have had eight weeks. That's all vacation time--not counting medical leave, personal days, or bereavement leave. In my current job, I had four weeks of vacation available my first day. My son-in-law's employer doesn't even allocate leave days at all: Employees just take what they need/want. They have a job to do and they're either doing it or they aren't.
My crew and I flew to Portugal, had an amazing dinner and left a tip. The matradee chased us down the street (he was the only one working that was fluent in English) "Sir. Common in the US but not here. It is considered an INSULT. You have essentially told my staff the food and service was so poor that you cannot pay your bills or feed your family" I had never heard such a response. He returned the tip
That honestly doesn't make any damn sense
And then the whole street clapped. Do you mean to tell us that the hostess chased you down the street to give you back money that you willingly gave? Bruh, stop...
@@georgeflorin4225 Male not a hostess the Matradee. And yes. So now you can stop
@@drakusodrakus304 It happened what can I say? Tipping in some countries is seen as an insult. Hardly a heartbreak. I'll double-check on the bill I believe it was $125 for 9 of us in USD.
I’ve worked in 44 countries and several restaurants and taxi drivers have refused to take a tip. PS Maître d' (Not matradee) is French and the full title is maître d'hotel = head waiter.
I'm impressed. This video is much better than the old ones (the ones everyone and their dog is reacting to...) about this topic.
In the sciences (healthcare, etc) we DO use the metric system. We're not that insane. And wearing camo is also associated with hunting as much as the military. If not more so in rural areas.
Solo cups are used for more then just drinking. In the us we grow our plants in them also
My friend is a sergeant in the army and said 98% of people just go cos they didn't know what they wanted to do.
They spend a lot on the military but it sure isn't on paying their people I remember when I was in the C A F as a private I made more than an American Sargent
@@larrynelson4909 A steady, good, solid job that gives education and a strong sense of self confidence.
@@larrynelson4909what about sergeants?
@@billthecat129 as a private I can remember being on manures with the American army and I made more money than an American Sargent and I was only a TQ4 Private in the CAF
@@larrynelson4909 You were on manure?? Standing in it or lying down?
So many things on this list are why whenever I visit Europe, they always look at me with the biggest pity. Some even say "I feel so sorry for you." Mainly because of how guns make the country so dangerous.
Not having universal healthcare really sucks too. As an Australian, I feel sad for Americans because of that and also that you don't have guarenteed annual leave and if you do get leave it's only 2 weeks (we get 4 weeks aswell as Sick Leave and sometimes other types of leave. I worked for one of our major banks and we got leave to do charity work! It was only 2 days a year and you had to volunteer at one of the charities they were affiliated with but it was a great way to have a day off work and do something different).
@@legoqueen2445that all sounds good and cool but as most of us Americans, we don’t care about charities. Only ourselves. Most of us don’t really like or even respect each other. That’s 1 of the biggest reasons/problems that we have in USA. Racism 😢
@MR DR xAMAZINGx Sounds as if you live in a he'll hole. I would relocate to another state, town, or city. Where I live (Humboldt County, CA), people are very friendly and are quite generous. US citizens in general are very generous and friendly people.
yeah. we don't miss them in our country. if you have a minor disagreement with a neighbour there is a good chance you could be shot rather than punched!
They are just stupid then we have guns to protect us from a tyrannical government.if they want be holocaust victims again go for it. In America at least we will fight them first