The "North Americans Can't Have Nice Things" Rant

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @uiron5755
    @uiron5755 Рік тому +740

    "Don"t build bars that you have to drive to" is an amazing take

    • @Nthsey
      @Nthsey Рік тому +31

      Let alone drive-thru margarita stops

    • @erfaniom9576
      @erfaniom9576 Рік тому

      isnt that literally a backwards take? you want bars that are hard to get to, to discourage alcohol consumption

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 Рік тому +233

      ​@@erfaniom9576No? The point is to reduce drunk driving. If a bar is hard to get to and you need a car, there's gonna be a fuck ton of people drunk driving home

    • @Szanth
      @Szanth Рік тому +92

      @@erfaniom9576 how old are you

    • @JACpotatos
      @JACpotatos Рік тому +23

      ​@@Szanthsadly, his account is nearly a decade old... So chances are he's at least in his 20s.

  • @Felix-Orion
    @Felix-Orion Рік тому +442

    "We're not going down this road today"
    Immediately goes down that road

    • @minoxiothethird
      @minoxiothethird Рік тому +14

      Turn left onto Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. In 6.5 miles, turn right onto Trinidad and Tribogo street.

    • @nife_f5
      @nife_f5 Рік тому +5

      I was just commenting on stew cooking…

  • @invention64
    @invention64 Рік тому +169

    We had closed bathrooms during covid, we let one person use it during that period and they shit on the floor.

  • @nife_f5
    @nife_f5 Рік тому +358

    My favorite part of NL streams is that an offhand comment can trigger a 40 minute stun lock

  • @ThePoltergust5000
    @ThePoltergust5000 Рік тому +93

    "...it's a gatekeeping puzzle for people who are too drunk or too high? ...You know what? That fits into my worldview."

  • @Cooperink
    @Cooperink Рік тому +237

    It wasn't until I went abroad and started learning about how car-dependent North America and other countries are that I realized access to public transport and drunk driving related incidents go hand in hand. Like reducing drunk driving through harsh fines, revocation of your drivers license, and jail time is cool but also it would make as much of an impact if not greater if you made it so people didn't have to drive to a place to get drunk.

    • @SmackDabCola
      @SmackDabCola Рік тому +27

      one tow or carjacking can ruin many americans life its unreal

  • @Szanth
    @Szanth Рік тому +88

    Something hypnotic about the way he kept saying anal porn at the end there

    • @marcelinebalkhy1421
      @marcelinebalkhy1421 Місяць тому

      You got 69 likes brother

    • @Szanth
      @Szanth Місяць тому +5

      @marcelinebalkhy1421 Sometimes you get nonsense notifications that don't matter or improve your life.
      This was not one of those.
      Thank you for telling me this.

  • @Shabadaba1216
    @Shabadaba1216 Рік тому +179

    men: 🥒
    women: 🍔

  • @k-nun
    @k-nun Рік тому +132

    The alcohol take at the end plus his 90's maxing restaurant take just reminds me of my study abroad in a small German town where my classmates and I would walk around to find places to eat and day drink in the park on weekends. NL is onto something that was a top tier summer for me.

    • @TSiAWD
      @TSiAWD Рік тому +22

      Daydrinking in a small German town is now on my bucket list

    • @JACpotatos
      @JACpotatos Рік тому +21

      When I was studying in Germany they convinced me to ditch class one day and we all got ice cream, went to this amazing half indoor/outdoor pool/beach thing and just drank the day away.
      IDK if it's possible to recreate that experience anywhere else

  • @101SpottedRats
    @101SpottedRats Рік тому +126

    European here. I always hear people talking down on restaurant pasta. Serving sizes being too little, it being an easy to pull off home cooking dish, not special enough for dining out

    • @Fruggie
      @Fruggie Рік тому +8

      I've recently gotten into ordering pasta as my takeout of choice and people really do look down on it here, it's odd. But tasty.

    • @Patrick-lg3hx
      @Patrick-lg3hx Рік тому +28

      this is so funny to me cos while listening to that whole bit all i was thinking was ‘i agree on principle but i would still never order pasta from a restaurant’

    • @JACpotatos
      @JACpotatos Рік тому +10

      Just depends. Some pasta is totally worth ordering at a restaurant.... But I'd also agree most isn't

    • @dasWombat01
      @dasWombat01 Рік тому +25

      I don't know man. I probably wouldn't get like spaghetti with tomato sauce, but if you're an Italian restaurant and you serve fresh, handmade gnocchi della nonna, you bet your ass I'm gonna order them.

    • @Finn-wc8nq
      @Finn-wc8nq 17 днів тому +1

      Id only order pasta from an Italian restaurant

  • @G33KST4R
    @G33KST4R Рік тому +19

    okay this is actually blight town

  • @HarryAyA
    @HarryAyA Рік тому +19

    Time to resume the 7 hour peloton video.

  • @daybrake2
    @daybrake2 7 місяців тому +7

    0:00 rick in that one episode

  • @RedzeeTV
    @RedzeeTV Рік тому +56

    Its the way they raise the children that Japan has such a clean/responsible public. Mfers have to clean their own classrooms and hallways in middleschool

    • @ilikeshiba
      @ilikeshiba Рік тому +50

      Yeah, that’s true but it’s hard to make a meaningful comparison and come away with “oh if we just add X or remove Y, we will get a benefit we see in Japan without other consequences”.
      For example, to a certain extent Japanese culture runs on shame and a strict hierarchy that Americans would never accept. American culture is a fundamentally international culture; when you look at a lot of the mannerisms of Americans, many come from the fact that we’ve always been very diverse and don’t always understand each other. Americans have big smiles and exaggerated expressions, speak loudly, and generally communicate in a more direct and clear way. Whereas Japanese subtlety (linguistically, body language, socially) is built for a culture where everyone knows their place and clearly understands each other. This is also why uniforms are so common in Japan, Japanese culture values stereotypes and easily identifying who you are in relation to them.
      Anyway, my point is just that America will never be Japan and Japan will never be America. Culture and behavior are deeply connected and hard to untangle. The closest thing I’m personally aware of to an American-Japanese hybrid culture is Taiwan but that has a ton of historical Chinese and indigenous influence all its own.

    • @Finn-wc8nq
      @Finn-wc8nq 17 днів тому +1

      Idk about that everyone in japan is required to have the shutter sound on their phones on at all times because voyeurism (especially against young women and teen girls) and sexual harassment are so prevalent on public transportation, every culture has flaws and japan has a very dated view on sexual abuse in law and Public opinion.

    • @jacksonmills961
      @jacksonmills961 14 днів тому

      Japan also has a homogenous society with singular cutures, ways of life, expectations, (dare i say races of people/ethnic groups) etc.
      Whereas north america is ine big cultural and ethnic melting pot where you can have hundreds of differenf cultures and ways of life being taught to the next generations based on a premise of hyper individualism

  • @Slater6977
    @Slater6977 Рік тому +14

    Amazing opening and closing lines. You’re a legend mr librarian

  • @impossiblefix1134
    @impossiblefix1134 Рік тому +17

    that nuke parry is so sick

    • @TheLibraryofLetourneau
      @TheLibraryofLetourneau  Рік тому +17

      the dev tweeting videos of the game make it look absolutely insane. at the very least its amazing marketing for a game without even a demo

    • @komare5344
      @komare5344 Рік тому +2

      Play ultrakill, you can parry all sorts of things there as well (not a nuke tho i think)

  • @shawnross9110
    @shawnross9110 Рік тому +5

    best cut at the end library...I literally laughed out loud

  • @takatino7556
    @takatino7556 Рік тому +71

    Librarian, you JUST put out the 7hour long peloton video... Please get some sleep 😭😭😭
    Thank you tho

  • @redditshorts4u679
    @redditshorts4u679 9 місяців тому +9

    you never have to buy anything to get a bathroom key just say that im about to shit myself right here and now and they will probably give the key if not shit right there and then

    • @SomeFreakingCactus
      @SomeFreakingCactus 6 місяців тому +1

      Nah people get arrested for shitting in places. Some places won’t bother but others will send law enforcement the cctv camera footage of you performing public indecency.

  • @AngelJimenez-cs4yq
    @AngelJimenez-cs4yq Рік тому +52

    Currently in Australia from NA this winter(for my body)/summer(for Aus). I felt this rant with my soul seeing how nice the trains are here. My North American brain just wants to pick it apart for all the wrong reasons, like it’s too quiet and they don’t let you hop the turnstiles 😂

    • @nonpondo_
      @nonpondo_ Рік тому +3

      I'm Australia, they don't let you hop the turnstile, they don't have the band turnstile, honestly how many L's can one country take

  • @sacredtitan5484
    @sacredtitan5484 7 місяців тому +4

    you always know when NL says we arent going down that road today he really wants to go down that road and is going to

  • @kekchanbiggestfan
    @kekchanbiggestfan Рік тому +8

    I just want to point out that someone in chat spelled “slide” as “clide”

  • @ThisAlbino
    @ThisAlbino Рік тому +8

    The restaurant take is one of his best.

  • @grilledcheesewmilk
    @grilledcheesewmilk Місяць тому +1

    8:27 “I don’t think you should have to buy something at a store to use their restaurant”
    He called the restroom a restaurant. Freudian slip revealed that he’s eating overtank oats again.

  • @wyattwilson9996
    @wyattwilson9996 7 місяців тому +2

    Certain size store in Vancouver you need to have a bathroom or else you get like a 5k fine. We don’t have that in Toronto

  • @marrychrismas5993
    @marrychrismas5993 Рік тому +44

    the dude who brought up the an*l p*rn link is the biggest self report I have ever seen

    • @blahthebiste7924
      @blahthebiste7924 Рік тому +29

      Censoring your own youtube comment???

    • @drflaggstaff9008
      @drflaggstaff9008 Рік тому +50

      He doesn't wanna get demonetized

    • @sunchips18
      @sunchips18 Рік тому +2

      Not all that crazy to see a link and wonder where it takes you, imo. You get curious sometimes.

  • @sts-31
    @sts-31 Рік тому +4

    Great banter

  • @vortex_master
    @vortex_master Рік тому

    You can drink in downtown Bowling Green, KY as long as you get a specific cup which costs a dollar.

  • @Purplestufff
    @Purplestufff Рік тому +3

    Based revolutionary arc LETSGO

  • @robertovillagran5364
    @robertovillagran5364 Рік тому +6

    I have to give credit where credit is due, his reaction to save himself at 8:22 was insane

  • @Smackmate
    @Smackmate 11 днів тому

    Now I have to quit my job and apprentice under Jiro Hoagie-san to be the best chef I could be

  • @MrMegaChilli
    @MrMegaChilli Рік тому +11

    NL and Twitch chat are not ready for the reasons these differences exist.

  • @sterm_
    @sterm_ Рік тому +3

    Not too long ago I ordered a burger and got carrots and celery sticks as my side, they told me ranch would be extra 😔

  • @alexzephyris1455
    @alexzephyris1455 5 місяців тому +1

    16:17 I can't say why NA can't have nice things, it's against TOS

  • @PacificEgg
    @PacificEgg Рік тому +26

    The Pacific Northwest is so fucked. If I try and smoke a joint at the park the cops get called, but a family is having a BBQ with a keg right next to me.

    • @fedweezy4976
      @fedweezy4976 Рік тому +7

      That's crazy because everyone smokes here too. Idk why someone would call the cops

    • @minoxiothethird
      @minoxiothethird Рік тому +3

      Gangstalkers man

    • @BigStinker_14
      @BigStinker_14 Рік тому

      A lot of laws are arbitrary nonsense made up by ignorant old men. The system has been fucked since day one.

    • @williammitchell6254
      @williammitchell6254 Рік тому +20

      for the love of god don't smoke in public that shit smells so nasty.

    • @sogen7967
      @sogen7967 Рік тому

      ​@@williammitchell6254ratio

  • @ProgShell
    @ProgShell 7 місяців тому

    NLs description of Pioneer Square after dark is entirely accurate

  • @brotherbootlegger1777
    @brotherbootlegger1777 9 місяців тому +1

    Hes so close to getting it

  • @Mindofthequill
    @Mindofthequill Рік тому +6

    I feel like my late shift people at the Wawa near me know me by now. I have a bad habit of losing control of a normal sleeping pattern to where I wake up at like 6 pm after going to sleep at 10 pm the night before. So then I'm like well time to stay up for a long ass time until I can sleep again. So I'll go to Wawa at like 2-3 am to get some caffeine in my system

    • @SomeFreakingCactus
      @SomeFreakingCactus 6 місяців тому +1

      That, my friend, is the most cooked thing I’ve heard all week.

  • @Tinkering902
    @Tinkering902 Рік тому +5

    To be fair every time someone shows pictures of their groceries on Reddit there's some high end stuff in there.

  • @ScarletVecna
    @ScarletVecna Рік тому +3

    hello lore masters Prayge. I wish to know why is chat saying "drake". what doth this mean?

    • @jaxter6037
      @jaxter6037 Рік тому +2

      My understanding is clapping the streamer for something good they said

    • @ScarletVecna
      @ScarletVecna Рік тому +2

      @@jaxter6037 i gathered that much. I was just wondering as to why?

    • @jaxter6037
      @jaxter6037 Рік тому +2

      Drake probably went overboard reacting to something just ok

    • @frederz6
      @frederz6 Рік тому +16

      It's a common twitch emote of Drake getting up out of his seat to give someone a standing ovation

    • @PixelCrabs
      @PixelCrabs Рік тому +15

      ​@@ScarletVecnalook up drake clapping gif

  • @thyred3167
    @thyred3167 Рік тому +2

    Did he switch to str already or is that a dex weapon lol

    • @kitt5208
      @kitt5208 4 місяці тому

      You can customize how the weapon scales, so it's hard to say without seeing the weapons stats but the weapon's hand by default is str

  • @LedriTheThane
    @LedriTheThane 8 днів тому

    His argument but apply it to food stamps and social security

  • @jacethomas5562
    @jacethomas5562 16 днів тому +2

    I mean you totally can walk around and drink alcohol in public in north america, you just dont brag about it. Kind of like how you can have a gay bar in korea 😂😂😂

  • @Reichstaubenminister
    @Reichstaubenminister Місяць тому

    What game is he playing? Unimaginative Prince of Persia remake #54239?

  • @nicholasjacobson3712
    @nicholasjacobson3712 17 днів тому +1

    What kind of DS clone is this game. It looks identical, crazy how they got away with this

  • @drinkwater3453
    @drinkwater3453 Рік тому +1

    moon2SECRETEMOTE

  • @Shnarfbird
    @Shnarfbird Рік тому +1

    Which bloodborne dlc is this

  • @atomknight8361
    @atomknight8361 Рік тому +1

    Aint no way there are mcdonalds with pumps for sweet n sour sauce. The franchises order boxes of the dipping sauce cups you can't get it in pump form. Unless they were talking non- US mcdonalds

  • @mharp6166
    @mharp6166 Рік тому +6

    Americans do deserve nice things.... But half of society doesn't give a daym about anything but themselves, and will leave things for the next person to clean up

  • @tmchannel8483
    @tmchannel8483 2 місяці тому

    I agree with NL in principle but I have never seen a post complaining about the grocery bill where there were actual groceries pictured. It's always just soda and chips. Maybe that's what Americans eat for dinner though I won't judge.

  • @BilliamTorpedo
    @BilliamTorpedo 7 місяців тому

    Its cuz we broke

  • @AdroitTheory
    @AdroitTheory Рік тому +2

    +2

  • @powerlifting1012
    @powerlifting1012 7 місяців тому +2

    I live in the middle of nowhere. With towns of 2000 or 5000 people. People that live in the country need to go to a bar. Do you expect them to walk 10 miles?

    • @Sad-is-dick
      @Sad-is-dick 6 місяців тому

      use a bike

    • @UseZapCannon
      @UseZapCannon 3 місяці тому +10

      I mean no one NEEDS to go to a bar. you act as if drunk driving is a necessary evil when liquor stores exist

    • @teagancombest6049
      @teagancombest6049 2 місяці тому +4

      Do you feel that you don't deserve accessible public transit options too?

    • @anth10499
      @anth10499 23 дні тому

      Are they fucking driving back home after drinking?
      Yeah, fucking walk. Deal with it lol. Arent you tough country types? Cant handle a little walk? I used to walk back to my apartment from downtown after going to the bar. I survived. You can do it too.

  • @FunkyJeff22
    @FunkyJeff22 Рік тому +5

    so the people who complain about those abusing nice things are to blame, not the people who actually abuse them?? makes sense.

    • @jimdandy6408
      @jimdandy6408 Рік тому +31

      Well, they're certainly louder and more numerous. I'd say that for every one person who actually just grabs half a stack of napkins and puts it in their purse/pants (which is hoarder/scarcity behavior, not necessarily anti-social behavior), there are usually a hundred people whining about what MIGHT happen if the default way to treat humans is like they're human beings.

    • @gooblop
      @gooblop Рік тому +6

      In reality there often aren't that many people that would abuse them. It's not the abusers that make it impossible to have it, it's the complainers blocking it from existing at all.