American reacts to What Australians Think of Americans
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US politics over the last 8 years has done a lot of damage to the Australian perception of Americans.
We should self hate too then using that logic.
@@Catherine-pz8gp We tend to be judgemental about Americans while ignoring our own shortcomings. The same happened during the Iraq War and the 'Coalition of the Willing' which included Australia.
@@Catherine-pz8gp I do hate both cheeks of the same arse we have for politics in this country. (Aus) I hate them with a well deserved passion.
Straya lost it’s own sovereignty when it (government of course) allowed the Yanks to establish spy and military bases here. Ffs they should get the f out.
@@Catherine-pz8gpWe don’t go around indoctrinating everyone that they “live in the greatest country on earth”. I think most of us recognise that we are far from perfect.
I heard an American politician recently say USA was the "envy of the world". Ummm.. No.
Boy, was he ever wrong. The rest of the world is FAR from envious of the U.S.A.😂😂😂😂
No country with free health care that isn't full of guns envies the USA. I can say I envy the USA's geography and national parks. They're beautiful. The shootings and the drugs are appalling. And they're not going to improve in a hurry.
@@nolasyeila6261 spot on!
No, usa is the joke of the world, we majority of people talk about the United States its in jokes
@nolasyeila6261 So I guess the USA is just the worst... Perhaps 20 million illegals might disagree with you. You'll sound like racists to me, a blind hate for people you don't know. So who do you envy, China, Russia North Korea perhaps?
It’s not hate it’s astonishment at the way most Americans think and the way they think the US is the leader of the world and that they mostly know little of the rest of the world
Correct
yeah the old "leader of the free world" when referring to their president always irked me. having some influence in trade and economics doesnt make him our leader or anyone elses.
Agree, and it’s frustrating to me that they, ‘Not all’, think there way is the only way to do things…
The world is a big place with lots of people and lots of different opinions, just look outside your box now and then!!!
The US is the most powerful country in the world and the US is the most influential country in the world. Not for much longer though.
My pet hate is them announcing their president as the leader of the free world. Well that would depend on who is president. Obama was a statesman trump was a disaster
We owe America a massive gratitude. They are an example to the world of how not to run a country.
well said :)
Yeah well that too lol
Meanwhile you wear American Jeans, use American phones, and American computers, American technology when your sick. The shit you rely on everyday was brough to life in a land where entrepreneur dreams can be reality. Talk about having a double standard. P.S I'm Australian.
We got are federation ideas from America 😅
@danw3735 I use a Korean phone made in China from parts sourced from China & Taiwan. TV made in Japan from a Japanese company and picked it up driving a Japanese made car from a Japanese company using technology originally from Europe.
I wear jeans made from denim, a French created fabric and they was made in China like 90% shit these days. Most of these entrepreneurs moved to America from other places. You give America far too much credit, just because they get quite a lot of things right they make some critical mistakes. Can we start thanking them for dragging us into a 20yr war based off of lies to secure them oil even though they failed to get it.
I once saw a guy on an Australian subreddit wonder if he, an African American, would face discrimination when visiting Australia. The most popular answer was he'd get more shit for being American than he would being black.
“Yeah! We don’t like Yanks much. What? Black? So what?”
@@RayramAureanBlue that’s bullsh!t.
@@judithstrachan9399 you’re full of it. Most Aussies don’t have a problem at all with Americans.
@@donna6592 As individuals, I tend to agree, but pretty much everyone I’ve met has to get over a split second of anti-yank prejudice first. As in everything, there are extremes & a very wide spectrum of reactions.
@@donna6592 We give Yanks shit all the time dude.
We don't hate USA.. If for nothing else, you are entertaining.
Watching two old presidents trying to string a coherent sentence together is always good for a giggle 😂
only if you are far enough away from the warzone, not so much funny, if you live in Europee
@@ritabecker5625not so much fun anywhere anymore these days so no matter where you are
Not going to be much of a giggle if one of the old presidents wins and bring in his form of communism. The rest of the world will have to stand up to Russia, China and the US conglomerate.
Well, reading the American news comment section makes my brain rot. So now I just block all the American news platforms that have their comment section on. 🥴
@@ritabecker5625 Thank god we don't live in Europe then, we don't have to care
I'll be honest and say I love my American friends, but waking up and finding myself actually living in America would be a nightmare scenario for me. I look at my friends in the US and I see good, kind and decent people. I look at America as a country overall, and I see greed, selfishness, division, hatred, and arrogance.
I couldn't agree more. The USA had over 10 times as many people as we do so there's a bloody good chance that there are going to be over ten times as many annoying, rude or just generally nasty people as we have here. And we do have them, don't we. I've been to the USA several times and I've never met any of the stereotypes that people complain about.
Not all Aussies are under 35. They never interview Aussies over 40.
to be fair, i think youd find the attitude worse with older generations. TV has made australians more accepting of americans. I think he also did interviews in places where you're likely to find people who are anti-establishment.
I came over for a month & all were OK the people I met. It just depends on where you are I suppose.
@@kayenash5481 It absolutely does. Your social group and the area in which you grew up, are what makes you use certain slang words, certain ways of speaking the Australian accent - despite most Americans thinking we all sound like Paul Hogan or Steve Irwin. There’s also Hugh Jackman, Geoffrey Rush, John Noble, Nicole Kidman, Jackie Weaver, Rose Byrne, Anna Torv and Cate Blanchett who are just some of the Australians living and working in the film industry in the US.
@@Hudpower I don't know. I'm 39 and I remember thinking America was the best thing ever growing up and I wanted to go there for a holiday at the least. Nowadays couldn't pay me to visit, which is a shame because some of America looks stunning.
@@Hudpoweryes, I think because older generations know how good they had it and losing more & more freedoms everyday and they can see no one else cares, can’t go fishing without a fishing license anymore, need permission to do stuff they were allowed to do for free without permits and licenses etc,
Choosing ignorance is not strictly American it’s just that Americans are better at it
World champions.
I don’t know. Aussies still think Uluṟu is the biggest rock in Australia, airbus albo apparently flew a lot (yet scomo holds the record) and the majority voted for labor after the gfc where Australia litetally pulled through as one of the only countries not to go into recession, yet instead of looking at facts, aussies tend to repeat stuff they hear rather than spending time looking at facts. Some would say just as brainwashed as some of the Americans you speak of.
I went to the States for the first time as an adult a year ago (I'm 41) (from Melbourne Australia). During my first experience dining out when I got the bill I was a bit unsure on how to tip. I leaned over and asked a guy who was at a big family lunch "hey, how am I meant to tip here?" I knew I had to tip, but wasn't sure exactly, how card/cash?, he said just pay on card and leave some cash. When I then went to pay 5 minutes later the waiter said "nah your good, the people behind you have covered your bill". I turned around and thanked them and had a great chat. It was parents of four children who now live all over the states, but all brought back together for lunch and a football game. On leaving and thanking them again the matriarch responded saying "see we're not all that bad". Sure I only saw a tiny sliver of the U.S. but everyone I meet was awesome. But that matriarch's comments make me realise how devided certain parts are, and how much others in different regions are. Good people and bad people and a lot in between. Same same anywhere you go in the world.
Well said
It’s not the American people, most are lovely, but it’s actions of their government that people dislike. Right now the USA is supporting the genocide in Gaza by sending weapons to Israel.
Yes there are lovely people and awful people everywhere. Especially here in Australia. There are plenty of awful people here in Australia.
Yep! I met a really friendly bell boy who gave me a bunch of advice and would not accept a tip! I don’t mind tipping. Especially if it avoids the shit customer service we get in Australia which consists of “not sure” “most likely” instead of “I don’t know, but let me find out from someone who might”. We have lazy people here. It’s also a rip off, and when u pay high prices for tradies, they will rock up 45 minutes late, back up your toilet, leave a mess and charge you an arm and a leg. That’s the good ones. The bad ones, I don’t have enough time to list
@@johnm84
I couldn't agree more. The USA had over 10 times as many people as we do so there's a bloody good chance that there are going to be over ten times as many annoying, rude or just generally nasty people as we have here. And we do have them, don't we. I've been to the USA several times and I've never met any of the stereotypes that people complain about. I got a cab in New York once and the driver very politely asked if I had any Australian coins on me that I could spare as his kids collected coins from around the world. I gave him a $1 and $2 coin and he was so happy that he didn't want a USD tip :)
I met a guy who worked in a beautiful 5 star hotel in Sydney. An American screamed at him on the front desk insisting the light was broken. He assisted the man, walked into the room with him, flicked on the lights...
The man was disgusted that the lights weren't automatic. He complained that he had to lift a finger lol.
We don’t run into too many Americans because they don’t travel “this far”! 😂😂
Yea, and if we do, they complain about how long it took to get here 😂
It's usually the undesirables that tend to not travel abroad generally.
Many years ago I worked in the rooms department of a harbourside Sydney hotel . My job was to oversee diverse guest requests . I have never forgotten the very loud American woman whose room hairdryer was not working. I quickly brought her a new one and when she offered me a tip (in US dollars) I politely explained that I received a fair income and there was no need to give me a tip. She became very annoyed with me and explained that as I only worked as a lowly hotel employee I should be grateful for the tip. To avoid an argument, I accepted the tip, but I did point out to her that I was working there on a 2 month break from my university studies and that her money would be forwarded to a worthy community group. She stayed in that hotel for a week and in that time appeared to want everything to be as it was "back home". We were glad when she returned home. That woman personified the "ugly American" that some of us have met. However, I have some wonderful American friends who are nothing like that sad woman.
@@veddyveddygood So you're telling me that the obnoxious american tourists that we see here in Australia are the best America has to offer? Jesus...
@@veddyveddygood Good point.
The people of the USA have been dumbed down the last 25 years . All this baby daddy and baby mama's is so cringworthy.
And the seemingly corruption of the justice system over in the USA is embarrassing and difficult to watch. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Yes, dumbed down! I like to play word games. My spelling is pretty accurate, but American spelling is almost phonetic. Children learn phonetically, but by eight or nine, they're expected to expand their skills.
Where you have a "z=ZED", we use the letter "S", ie; utilis/ze.
PLOW, floored me for a while, but by playing around with the letters, it eventually fell into place. We spell it PLOUGH. Reading posts on you tube, the majority of
Americans confuse THEN, and THAN, WOMAN, and WOMEN.
Then there's there, they're, and their.
What about "he paid his dues", where you you're likely to find "doos". .
My daughter had an American exchange student living with her for six months. The poor girl was horrified, when she got little more than passes, when she'd been used to high scores at college.
My daughter said that when she went home, her scores would be Americanised.
I agree baby daddy stuff is cringe ... makes me a little sick every time I hear it ...
@@carmenbyrne6521 Yes there spelling is atrocious ...
And yes, I spelt it wrong on purpose ...
No different than here in Australia. People here in Australia have been dumbed down too.
Few individuals feel very strongly one way or the other about US people. We prefer Canadians, but that is more of a cultural thing. Basically, we just don't understand things such as no universal healthcare, the whole gun thing, the interminable political campaigns, and lack of global awareness. If anything, we pity you more than we dislike you. You're the global bogans, mate. 😅
Canadians who are they?
I don't hate Americans, but I do hate the USA as a country/government.
The problem with people from the USA can be summed up with their comedy compared to other English speaking countries.
Most countries comedy involves self ridicule while American comedy needs a target to ridicule.
100%. I feel sorry for people from the USA.
Also for Australians now, as we are becoming almost as stupid.
Global bogans 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that is so accurate
America! #36 in education world wide but don't worry, you're #1 in confidence
That confidence is bluff and bluster, how people could elect then reelect MTG, Ted Cruz, Lindy Graham, Lauren Boebert, to name a few. How they can support the wars that they support and allow people to live in such poverty as a nation, how they can’t get a government to sort out their medical treatment for ordinary people, how they are unable to exercise some safety features for gun control. These are all things that make the world unable to take the country seriously.
Sorry Ryan, but I lived in Florida for a year and most of the locals where I worked didn’t know where Australia is. I was often asked what state it was in, and one guy confused me a lot when he said, it’s all mountains isn’t it? Lots of snow? He meant Austria of course, so it was not as stupid as all the others I guess.The few who did have a faint clue asked about Steve Irwin or Paul Hogan. I was told several times that I spoke quite good English, after I had toned my accent down so they understood me at all.
Had to leave to get decent healthcare because I was pregnant, and we found out just after my green card arrived, so of course it was a bloody pre-existing condition! Some lovely people, but really a very stupid country. Sorry, but true.
OMG, that ignorance would irritate the hell out of me! Sorry you experienced that.
@@donna6592 it’s okay, they were actually intending to be nice. And it was over 20 years ago, and I’m white so imagine how confused they would have been if I was a First Nations Aussie? Thanks Donna, you’re sweet.
The funniest part of that is that Americans don't even know their own country well enough to correct you even if you said you were from another state in the US. 😃
My friend in Austria has a T shirt that says "There are no kangaroos in Austria". He visited OZ a few yrs back and was spun out by how flat our country is.
@@partymanau yes, but our alpine region, gets more snow per year, than the Swiss alps, that is a fact.
Yes I know Austria and Switzerland are two separate countries 😊 but they do border one another.
Plus I think the kangaroos are smart enough to live in the warmer Areas of Oz.
Actually let me add something. Aussies don't like "tall poppies" aka people that think they are better than other people. we hear some Americans constantly say how they have the best country, the best system, the best freedom etc. I think it's specifically those attitudes that people bristle at but even so even if you are a bit of a dik we will still be friendly to anyone that is friendly to us
Exactly this. It's why we hate all our billionaires over here instead of aspire to be one.
Yep. I was going to say roughly the same thing.
I'm a 60yo Aussie who was married to an American and lived in Columbus Ohio for 16 years.
Day to day life isn't all that different, living in the suburbs. The people aren't that different either. Extroverts & Introverts in every crowd.
The key differences that were apparent was most Americans believe their own propaganda, they are ignorant of the world beyond their borders and shores and are extreme and uncompromising in their opinions.
ie: politics is a Red Team Vs Blue Team sport.
Only Love or Hate is recognised (Ryan jumped to the extreme of Hate several times in this video)
Often they ask a question out of genuine curiosity, then answer it incorrectly while talking over you, and continue to believe their own answer.
I agree completely, Might have been more relevant if the interviewees were adults and not stoned, uni students and kids.
That said, plenty of jerks in Aus. (Canberra is full of them!)
Brain washed and indoctrinated.
Plenty of Aussies fall for propaganda! Lots of sheep here!
@@pricklyprospector1208Canberra, like all cities in Aus, have many different people living there. I lived in Canberra for many years and I met so many wonderful people, many of who are still friends to this day!
Those Aussies are horrible!
I've visited the US several times. They can be loud, opinionated and self-assured but overall, I have found them to be very friendly and courteous.
🇦🇺 Aussie here … I think the American arrogance is pretty well know globally. They always think they’re right. But hey, you’re good value!
I think a lot of Australians resent the hold America has on us. eg: Pine Gap.
Like In WW2- The Battle Of Brisbane
@@eridinus2110that was on both sides. American soldiers were better dressed, better spoken and made more money than the Ozzie troops. Our chicks noticed this. Our troops noticed our chicks noticing this. Filling in the blanks from here is kinda easy lol 😂
@@adambradley618 I've worked with US troops, they get paid pretty shit in comparison to be honest!!!
@@bluedog1052These days they do.
Really depends on if you view Pine Gap as an American hold or a mutually valuable asset.
Mate, as an Aussie I can say I don't hate YOU, and certain other US citizens.... but the majority of US citizens who have visited Australia or what we are now seeing in the past 8 years (at least) of the US political system, their obsession with guns, with money, with not paying a living wage, free access to healthcare etc.... makes us REALLY dislike the USA as a whole..... especially when most US citizens are ignorant of the world... make out that the US is the only free country in the world.... and that somehow being a US citizen makes them superior to others who are not. Thanks to the internet, the whole WORLD is starting to understand how pathetic the USA is. Their only power is their armaments. Which is pretty sad.
But, mate, you're Not free. Not while you're part of the commonwealth of England. Time for Australians to have their own Revolution. Break the chains with England. Then you can say you are FREE. You're not the lucky country anymore, you are the SAD & feral country. Sad and oppressed.
@@SweetThing You obviously don't understand how the Commonwealth works, we are not tied to it, we choose to be part of it. We make our own decisions and laws and aren't dictated to by anyone. Go to a library or check out real info online, you might be very surprised.
Choosing to be ignorant and uninformed about the world is not exclusively an American trait. We've all got 'em.😅
They just have a LOT more.
But Americans just do the whole stupid thing SO well.
Just remember them mob created the film called Idiocracy.
@@rdalybread If Trump wins, they'll be living it.
half the opinions expressed by the people in this video and in the comments section are ignorant and uninformed.
I don't think Australian when they are saying 'boisterous and loud' are just talking about being loud volume wise. It's this attitude of US citizens thinking they are superior and that they should get their way, be more important etc. that people should be grateful they are there. Aussies really don't like that attitude. We'll even take down our celebritries or wannabe celebrities who want to try to make themselves superior. In Australia that is bullshit and you'll be told to fuck off..... we even do that to our Prime Minister etc. if they try to flex their position.....
Frankly i have traveled abroad and i find that with both Americans and Australians I have seen both be loud and disruptive overseas. I have also met some very rude Germans as well. I have met others that were polite and respectful of the country they were in. Americans in general seem to treat other countries as though they were still in America and often end up in trouble because of this. Thankfully the rest of the world is not like America.
The "I'm not a foreigner , you're a foreigner" when in any other country Americans!
Reminds me look up people from US territories being detained because people keep assuming they’re foreigners in their own country.
You only need to look at Aussies getting banned from Oktoberfest events a while back and you realise that the "Ugly Australian" tourist thing is real too.
Yeah, Florida people = Queenslanders.
@@scottd8108ain't that offensive to ' the Queenslanders ' ?
Right off the bat we have a cultural difference which we, quite frankly, don’t understand, and find petty, and in the end divisive. Therefore, we add it to the list of things we don’t like about Americans. Within not even 30 seconds you state there are two types of Americans: Southerners and Northerners. I mean… who does that to their own country? Their fellow countrymen?
Australia is the same size an the USA, and we don’t divide ourselves internally by north and south. “I am, you are, we are Australian”. You even state the division so nonchalantly, with 100% acceptance, and without even questioning it for a second. It’s just what you believe. It’s just what you accept.
It’s the same as you divide yourself by political alliance. In Australia, I honestly couldn’t tell you the political ideology of a single person I know. We don’t judge people on who they vote for, and what’s more we absolutely don’t care. Who an Australian votes for does not make them a good or bad person. We just don’t divide ourselves down the middle like that.
Then there’s being “African American”, or Irish American, or Italian American, or Asian American. We would never stand for that. It’s divisive for he sake of being divisive. It’s based on “I’m better than you, and I need you to be in a different category of American than I am to feel superior”. There’s no such term as African Australian, or Greek Australian , Italian Australian. We are just “Australian”. Sure we have the term “First Nations people”, but that’s a mark of respect simply acknowledging their existence here before Europeans arrived.
As outsiders, we look in, and wonder where the “United” is in this United States of yours. You are the most fractured and divided western country on the face of the earth, and you do it down every line you can think of, and you simply can’t see it in yourselves.
You are constantly bickering amongst yourselves, along such a ridiculous, pointless lines. Religion, political, affiliation, ethnicity, race, socio-economic status, whether you were born in America, or whether you are a “dirty immigrant”. it’s embarrassing for you as a country, and even more embarrassing that you just don’t have the self awareness to look at yourselves and see it.
@@just_passing_through great summary..well said.
They live inside their own little bubble.
Loud, obnoxious, entitled and arrogant.
Blame their education system, it would appear they don’t teach anything outside their immediate area.
You've got your head in the sand if you don't think there any cultural/political/socio economic or geographical divides in Australia.
Go to Perth and see how you're judged by which side of the river you live on, go to Queensland & see how the coast dwellers treat Westies, go to Melbourne & see how the inner east talks about the wogs of the west, go into a pub in the wheatbelt & start talking about how you love the policies of the Greens.
The divide may be more common knowledge in the U.S but Australia is also far from some homogeneous utopia.
@@Ed3740 Agreed. There are friendly rivalries here, but it has nothing behind it like the aggression Americans have. They can (and do) get disowned for following the wrong political party, or partnering a person of the wrong colour, or even worse the ‘wrong’ religion.
Agreed. While there are divides in Australia they are usually not so strongly drawn as they are in the US.
I am an Aussie and I love you yanks! Travelling all round the USA over the years I have found most Americans to be friendly, generous and intelligently curious people...when you catch them at home. However, when you guys travel that seems to change and you guys seem to get louder and much more rude. I still love yous though
As a group (in toto) very obnoxious - one on one lovely people. (Roy and H.G.)
Yep a lot of Aussies and Brits leave their brains at home too when travelling overseas. But not all of them are lager louts!
You know that yelling louder makes people understand English, right?
Ditto Ryan you're awesome :)
We definitely don’t hate you, Ryan! If we did, we’d stop following you, but I enjoy your content and the chance to teach you about this incredible island! Our island home!
Half of the Americans could bot find Washington much less Australia, who are you kidding Ryan
How could anyone know where Denzel is at any one time?
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On a transpacific cruise from Seattle to Sydney. I listened to an American man incorrectly tell his wife where the ship was going to, that we were just about to partially circumnavigate Australia in 6 days. I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. He quite obviously didn’t realise we were a GIANT island, about the same size as mainland USA. American ignorance in plain hearing.
I excused myself then corrected him, showed him on the screen map that we were not going to go down the west coast from the top end, all the way to the bottom, around the south and back up the east coast in 6 days. When it takes approx 28 days to circumnavigate Australia. I showed them where we would be going and they were astonished, yes that would take 6 days. They were shocked to find out that there is Only approx 200klm difference between America’s Atlantic NY to to California’s Pacific and our Indian Pacific, of Perth to Sydney. In general those whom I met were inquisitive about Australia, but in the main very ignorant in their basic knowledge.
Hi, 60yo Aussie here - asking what Americans are like is at it's best, bad entertainment. Americans are like everyone else, the spectrum of behaviors is enormous. Is one more prevalent? What does it matter? The only judgment you can hold a person to is how well they treat others. Love your work.
My parents had an American friend from Arkansas here in Aus, I’ve had an American friends. My friends had an American friend. All beautiful people. Are people commenting from a personal view or from only viewing them on UA-cam. I get a negative vibe from some Americans on UA-cam.
The American my friends had, he was quiet and shy and a lovely young man, I videoed him, he still makes me smile when I watch the vid. My American friends couple were just ordinary everyday lovely people.
My parents friend , I just remember him smiling and laughing. He was from Arkansas, we knew not to pronounce ‘sas’ instead of ‘saw’ at end of word but for fun, when he came to visit us we’d say, “Hello Mr Banes from ArkanSAS” and he always laughed and smiled.
Good and not so good in every country. Some Australians I’ve met I wouldn’t be bothered with at all, rude and arrogant - some absolutely wonderful. Every country has a huge variety of different personalities.
I'm commenting before I've seen the video but I'm Aussie and I love Americans. Only the ignorant Aussies fail to appreciate the sacrifices throughout history that Americans have made to protect our freedoms.
I'd like to add that I visited Vegas once and shared a poker table with an older local gentleman (about 75) named Gabe. He was entertaining me with stories and had me crying with laughter at one point. That man was absolutely brilliant. He cared about my stories and I cared about him, very strong mutual respect. Americans like him and yourself are the grounded, intelligent and interesting ones that I like best.
I was told by a colleague that the best place to meet Americans is in America. He was amazed by the hospitality.
Agreed. I'm well travelled and have also made many trips to the US and have experienced wonderful hospitality there. There was a lot of open curiosity and some ignorance (I got asked if we speak English in Australia) but it was harmless and I used it as an educational opportunity. Would definitely go back as a tourist but wouldn't live there if you paid me.
The greatest quote i ever heard was 'god invented war to teach americans geography'
I’m Australian I can’t really speak for all of Australia but a lot of us don’t hate United States we have great respect for Americans since they helped us during the bush fires and even protected us from the Japanese a large percentage of Australians actually find Americans funny and most of the time they want to know everything about you
The Yanks are OK, its their education system that stunts them.
Spent one month in America and couldn't wait to get home again x
As an Aussie on holiday in Hawaii yrs back, I found most Americans were very friendly but also very insecure and ignorant about the rest of the world outside of America. I also found alot of Americans had confidence in how they talked with loud cool accents as if they were in the entertainment business lol.
Americans who travel and say how much bigger and better stuff in the US is get my goat. Those type of Americans think of their country as being the centre of the universe and don’t realise how ignorant they come across. There’s the one pack wanders on UA-cam who are the absolute opposite and are wonderful American travellers. I’ve met a lot of beautiful Americans who would do anything to help you - so so generous and positive. I’ve met some Americans who are way too confident compared to their level of knowledge and expertise. Sometimes talent really does need to be fostered in silent, private creative moments - not always in loud group think ways which seems to be favoured by extroverted Americans. I came to love the southern drawl when I visited the US but I’m never going to love the way American voices tend to carry so much more - I think it’s the nasal tone that throws the volume out at a pitch you can’t ignore. Sometimes we just don’t want to hear every thought of someone elsewhere in the room. Mixed bag just like everywhere else really.
Yep I can remember one young chap (a Yank) very well - he was a really bad sport if he lost (at anything).
The good US tourists usually aren’t IDed as from the US. Simply because they don’t make such a stir.
Yep! The big mouth ones
@@ozsuncoast they don’t know what losing is or what it feels to lose… they always want and think win win win… they never learn do they?
I've never come across an American who behaved in such a way. I've read about them several times. But you shouldn't believe everything you read.
The Americans with whom I've connected in the on-line Mountain Dulcimer community have been really nice. Always willing to help out with advice and sharing knowledge. We avoid politics and religion, though, sticking to music ..........Unhappily, though, I have seen a few' on the spot' videos where, sadly, the American 'person- on-the-street' had no idea about world geography, let alone knowing where Australia is...
More then 50% of americans could not locate australia on a map unless the name was on the map
My mother went through WW2 in Australia and the 'invasion' by about a million US troops. She had something quite interesting to say in her diary. It went something like:
"Many people in the world like the idea of 'America', because by going there they hope it will be a 'land of opportunity' for them. But many don't actually like Americans.
For Australians; 'America' doesn't attract us like that, as Australia is already pretty good. But it was very difficult to walk down Sydney streets in 1942 and see GIs in nice uniforms, often so well mannered, sometimes challenging my chaperoning skills for my two nieces, and wonder what the fate of each would be.
It was hard to dislike people from a little farm or a small city apartment who seemed to be here so cheerfully, but at so huge a risk to their lives in the awful bloodbath they would soon sail away to encounter'.
Sure their country had its own reasons for fighting, as countries always do. But, I could never look at them without intense yet sad gratitude that, as individuals, they seemed just as ready to die for us as their own.
There are three types of people in the world; those that like you more than you like them; those that you like more than they like you; and the rest are all relatives. By marching in and out of our lives, Americans had become like family; with all the flaws and virtues that families have."
W lovely
How lovely
I've heard an American say they don't even believe Australia exists!😂
One of my best friends is American. I take each person as they come.
Ryan,
Don’t take ANY “street interview” videos at face value or to heart. This guy mainly chose a particular demographic, plus selectively edited to fit his intention. Most of these “street interviewers” (everywhere) do. That’s their thing. Cheers from Oz.
Radicals. I would interpret that as the enormous political divide that has people hating each other for their political views, to seriously dangerous levels! That just doesn’t happen in Australia. We agree to disagree and just get on with it.
We dont worship our pollies .. we elect them to do a job , keep their campaign promises ie build hospitals, roadsroads healthcare etc .. & if they don't deliver , they arent re-elected .. take note America .. we dont have political CULTS !! 🇦🇺💙🇺🇸⛪
I have visited LA three times. My daughter lives there. I was shocked at what a dump it was. Half of it looked like a post apocalyptic city with destroyed or vacant buildings with pavements full of homeless camps- the rest was pretty boring and even the elite areas were underwhelming.
The difference being I guess is that a person can be loud but not particularly arrogant, which Americans can be. I mean they can come to your country and tell you that gum trees came over to Australia from America. This is in fact true, not making it up. I’ve heard so many stories about ridiculous, ignorant comments from them. Who in their right mind would say to an English person ‘you speak good English’; where do they think the English language originated from, America? I think the person that commented on your government was probably referring to the fact that workplace conditions, especially in hospitality, are very poor. Your health system is abysmal, your leave entitlement is appalling .
Take no notice Ryan there are a lot of loud mouth know it all yobbos in Australian too.
You will meet them in almost every country in the world really, it just depends on who you meet at that time. Thank goodness Australian or American most are kind hearted and friendly and keen to learn otherwise why would they bother to travel in the first place.
Keep up the good work Ryan and thankyou.
I'm aussie and don't think fondly of Americans but your good
Care to elaborate on why you “don’t think fondly of Americans” or are you leaving your vague comment as it is?
They are called septic tanks for a very good reason They are both full of the same
@donna6592 oh just the way I have been treated by Americans I have met along with stereotype
Aussies are taught to underplay our accomplishments, where as Americans are more out there in celebrating theirs. This can come across as cringy to us .. its just a cultural thing. Most Americans ive met were lovely
@@christophernicola9293 Because it is cringy!
I am an Aussie and have travelled all around USA, the yanks are great, they are great cooks, their deserts are divine, some say Hi y'all and you look around for all the people only to find your the only one😂 They are very helpful when you are travelling around their country, they often told me they knew I was an Aussie because Of my accent but I used to say "I don't have an accent, you do though" it always made them laugh😂 Their customer service in shops is so much better than we have here in Australia. They drink less alcohol than Aussie and are a lot less rowdy than Ausies and more polite and their Hot Dogs are unreal. Yeah Yanks are great. What's not to like about them, us Aussies are a rowdy mob but on the whole a good natured lot
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Sound's like your stomach rules your brain
When I was a student I worked at a scenic restaurant, which was a visiting point for tourists from many countries. The first time a American asked me for some cream for her coffee, I prepared a small milk jug on a paper doilly,ran into the kitchen fridge and found the large cream container they kept there. Carefully poured the cream into the little jug and took it to the customer. She said"What the hell is this?". Turned out she actually wanted milk.
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 why couldn’t she have just asked for milk? 😂🤦♀️
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 probably wanted some of that disgusting powdered chemical stuff they call "instant creamer".
@@donna6592 They "cream" their coffee with milk, apparently.
@@elowishusmirkatroid4898 😂😂 that’s hilarious.
Ffs does that customer know that cream ≠ creamer? 😂
While I remember to mention might want to look up “gough whitlam” and particularly the CIA involvement in the dismissal.
Particularly to quote at the end of the saga a representative of the US president saying “we promise to never interfere with The Australian politics AGAIN”
They are always 'involved'! ("Or at least until Kevin Rudd then Julia Gillard are the Prime Minister!"🤞) 😂
The CIA couldn’t have been much involved in the dismissal.
It was very straightforward. The labor government didn’t have a majority in the senate & couldn’t get budget legislation passed (Or are you saying the CIA somehow made the liberal opposition refuse to pass the budget?) & the governor-general asked the only available alternative to form government. Since they couldn’t get any legislation passed either, the GG had no choice but to dissolve both Houses of Parliament & call a general election.
Since labor were soundly defeated in that election, it is more likely that the liberals simply read the Australian public accurately & used the budget legislation to ensure the public’s will was carried out. Not nice, but politic.
@@judithstrachan9399 starting with that ignoring that an agreement to pass supply was made just before the dismissal. I.e kerr had to interrupt whitlam because he was just informing him at the time.
Also of note at the time it was not convention to call a DD for supply as that was considered a separate category from legislative bills.
Convention also required the PM to advise the GG to call a DD not for the GG to do it on purely his own decision.
He was also due to brief parliament on unregistered CIA agent Richard Stallings presence in Australia at the time
The later election was a massive PR screwup by labor but they did have significant public support straight after the dismissal but they viewed the election as so easy a win that they failed to actually campaign effectively.
Not that any involvement will ever be absolutely proven as thats just not how anything involving intelligence agencies or governments tends to go years after the fact.
Theres much more but I honestly don’t have the energy to put more effort in for a youtube comment.
I would give links but everything iv heard is youtube is far more regularly filtering comments with links then it used to.
When in America I was asked constantly “where are you from?” When saying Australia…most of the time they had no idea where it was and thought I was talking about Austria!
same here
Sorry man, lived in the USA, built a home, sent the kids to school. The food was the worst, we found the kids were indoctrinated, every piece of homework paper came home emblazoned with the USA flag. When we came back to Oz we had to get tutors for all our kids. We lived in the most beautiful part of the USA, we got to travel a LOT.
Dude, your online people magazine, ran a story about Bindy Irwin and her family on vacation in Tanzania, they were acctually holidaying in Tasmania, 😂
We are all people and when we recognize our similarities over our differences we will be able to all get along.
Step 1 : USA to stop thinking they rule the World !
Americans love their flag more than they love their people
What I find very sad is that America seems to have lost their manners.
As a 22-year-old, I spent time in the States. I loved how polite everyone was. More than Australians.
I always taught my children, "Nothing will take you further in life than good manners.
Both countries have lost it.
I think Greenday sung it best once they toured the world and realised there were alot not more countries that were freer richer and provided a better quality of life than America .
What do Australian people think of American people is totally the wrong question. People are people! We are all great!!! The real question is what do Australian people think about American politics and culture!!!
I am Australian and I love Americans
I’ve traveled to America about 15 times. I have some wonderful friends there and I love them dearly. They seem to treat Australians really well. Still, I would never swap my Aussie passport for an American one. I do find America to be quite crowded.
I think "hate" is way too harsh. Certainly, the USA can be irritating at times, but so can we! I have found Americans friendly and outgoing. The religious right seem really over the top....almost cult-ish. The many "creationists" over there is really quite foreign to me. In other ways, Australians and Americans are pretty similar. I don't think the media help at all. As for you Ryan...you are a good representative of Americans and seem very balanced and rational.
Did you know - Ken Ham the leader of the creationists is Australian. Much to our eternal shame.
We are in the same boat Ryan we are different from one other our culture is different but at the end we are all human beings trying to do our best...love from Italy 🇮🇹 ❤
I wrote something very similar
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
@@davidcruse6589 cheers to you mate ...I miss Australia 🇦🇺 so much ❤
@@graziellaacquarola7450 yeah probably good your not here right now the woke shit starting
Hopefully we can piss this government off out of here and get back to normal
Not have people living in the streets or in their car if lucky enough
But true Aussie will battle through it and come out on the other side eventually
Just be happy where you are what ever your doing as your where you are for a reason
@@davidcruse6589I'm so sorry I heard a little about the situation ...but I know for sure that will come out of it...anyway in Europe 🇪🇺 things don't go well either...from when covid started nothing is the same anymore good luck mate Australia is strong 💪
@@graziellaacquarola7450 yeah mate I know it's happening around the world as well
You stay safe and look after yourself family and friends
I am Australian and I love, love, love you.
I like to watch and enjoy your reactions to Australia and all the subjects you choose to react to. I have been to America and loved the country and the people. I think you are great. So please keep reacting mate. Have a great day
My husbands cousin married an American. He said they just bought a new 'brnt orrnge sowfa' (burnt orange sofa). My daughter was in fits of laughter and he didnt know why she was laughing hysterically. She still tells that story sometimes. Even though we hear american accents all the time through media, when you hear it in real life its surreal.
This guy went out of his way to find the responses he was looking for
Agree.
No most Aussies dont like Americans specially with all the crap happening over there with woke rubbish and its leaching over here now too because of social media.
I was in the USA two months ago ,New York ,Denver, LA .I love Americans , they are like us in every way. The tipping culture takes a bit to get used to , and you dont know who you should be tipping.The USA has alot of homeless people but they have a huge population.I love it, next year I will be going back .
You can always tell an American, but you can't tell him anything.
I was surprised with the responses, I don't know what rock he found these people under but none of them could string together a coherent sentence. Most Aussies like Americans, we wouldn't have fought together in every war for the past century (including Vietnam) if we didn't.
@@xAPxZiggy 100% correct. The Americans I’ve met have been lovely people.
That last point doesn't make any sense though. Our government sends the country to war.
As an aussie musician, i've worked with all different nationalities, colour and sexual preference. None of that matters when you're sharing a common goal. You have to treat each person as an individual . There's good and bad in everything. There are lots of things i love about the US and lots of things i dislike. I can say the very same thing about australia. Right now from all the headlines and stories we see, America appears to be on a rapid decline. The political morals are disgusting. Probably the most poisonous government of recent times. They treat their people like shit when it comes to healthcare. Why ? ....Profit before people. Not a good attitude. Supporting Netanyahu is an extremely bad look. Weak people support bullies. Strong people sort them out. Our govt is doing the same thing . I'm ashamed of our govt.
My next door neighbour is from America. He a really nice guy and has a lovely family. I've met quite a few Americans and all of them were nice people . Every Country has its ratbags.
We love YOU Ryan! ❤
There are heaps of fantastic films created by Americans, musicians, entertainers. I work with a few super smart American women in healthcare in Australia.
That guy interviewed a small sample size of almost the same type of people, probably just looking for a rise.
We don’t know how many people were actually interviewed. He could have edited out the majority of positive responses for rage bait
Well.... we like you!
As an Australian who watches your content I can tell you that most Australian don't judge someone from where they live or were born but by their personality and actions 👍
Except if they're a yank or a pom, then we will absolutely judge them by where they come from
I've traveled to the US several times, its a beautiful country the people are very friendly. They love aussies too.
I certainly do 😊
Most Australians haven't had much personal contact with Americans so their opinions are based on what they see in the media ie: news reports where there is mostly shown the worst and weirdest cases as normal isn't newsworthy and also in movies where characters are exagerated.
It's not that there's much viceral hatred of Americans on our side. Individual Americans are wonderful! The education system, the religious debates, and what Americans find a normal amount of passion or ferver honestly scares me. Maybe all the entitlement too that's fed through to Australians via social media. USA pr has suffered this last decade I'll agree with other commenters on here.
Americans I have spoken to are great. Australians hate Donald Trump! How he got to be President is utterly beyond us. The gun issue is a big one for us too. How can the politicians allow the mass shootings to continue, it’s insane. We don’t understand the lack of action in a lot of areas in the political arena.
I'm Australian... when did I start hating Donald Trump? And why wasn't I made aware of my hatred? 😂
Most Australians simply don't care about Trump. "Hate" is a strong word. If an Australian can't sleep at night because of their burning hatred for someone who lives half way across the world and has no affect on this country, then they should go see a therapist.
@@SanctusPaulus1962 has no effect on us. You are joking, right?
@@davidbarlow6860 Yes. The lives of most Americans themselves barely changed under Trump's presidency - despite the whining in 2016 that he was going to turn the US into the next nazi Germany. So why would him being president affect the lives of ordinary Australians? It didn't during his first presidency, so why would it now? Do you expect him to declare war on Australia if he wins?
@@davidbarlow6860
If anyone was going to start a war it would be Donald Trump. Therefore it does affect us. He hasdone some really horrible things.
Not hate. We Aussies don’t really ‘hate’ anyone, we literally just don’t care. It’s all good banter and this is something the Kiwis and Poms get. The people who take it the worst tend to be Americans and we know why..
Im 53 years old, i have been to the US several times , i have no issue with Americans and i have travelled right across the US including alot of small towns away from the tourist areas , i have meet so many amazing people.
Everyone is different and unique and you can't judge an entire country based on your perceptions or what you see in the media.
I see people as individuals and give everyone a fair go.
My time in America was awesome. Just meet great people.
America is such a big country, can't put you all in the same boat.
As with anything in life there are pros and cons and that depends on your perspective.
For the region i live in you can blame your military. We host them for wargames alongside the Singaporean army.
General opinions are usually.
US - not again. Rude. Expect problems from them in town. Expect statues to be vandalised again.
Singapore - nice people. Polite. Helpful. good for business.
I’ve been to the US four or five times. I haven’t been able to bring myself to go back since 2016. I’ve had great experiences with the people there. Most of the ones I’ve come across have been generous and friendly. I usually go on a road trip with an American friend I have known for fifty years. The country is beautiful in the same way as Australia is in terms of the power of the landscape. Their politics are narrow and naive to the point of being embarrassing. So much power in the hands of ignorant people.
I look forward to a time when I would feel comfortable going back.
Every American that i have ever met has been TOTALLY BRILLIANT IN EVERY WAY ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERNERS!!! IF ANYONE'S GUNNA HAVE OUR BACK IT'LL BE U GUYS!!!!
Years’ ago it became clear to me that America produced both the best and the worst in human behaviour. Extreme power leads to extreme behaviour. This is especially demonstrated by your politicians. The good ones are superb. The bad ones frighten the whole world, and, sadly the bad ones do have their periods of power. Our politicians are no better, but their influence is not so wide ranging. America’s responsibility to the rest of the world makes your actions much more subject to scrutiny and criticism. Mind you, the Poms get a much harder time from us.
This would also explain why Americans generally elicit strong reactions from people of other nations. Great comment.
Don’t take any of this personally Ryan. Many of the naysayers probably haven’t even spoken to an American in person. To be so judgmental is not right either.
Exactly, I’m Aussie I just posted. I’ve met 4 Americans here in Aus - all beautiful people.
@@bernadettelanders7306 Victorian here👍🏼👋
agree. these people are just repeating stereotypes and probably have never met an american. we honestly don't see many of you guys hear.
Well I have relations over there and they can a bit mean, like they made fun of my accent when I went there.
@@animallover6645 that’s not nice, but there are people everywhere who can be mean. I’m sorry that happened to you.
Ryan,
Get the time the original video ran and divide by the number of times you halted it. You stopped it about every 3 seconds.
im australian, not a fan of your politicians and politics (both sides) , but i love your people, much less jaded and cynical than us and brits. idealists, dreamers etc. also some of the most underrated prettiest places on earth ( WV is freaking beautiful but the stereotypes are so wrong)
Was just in America. We are EXTREMELY quiet compared to Americans. You notice within seconds.
I've been to the USA twice, first as an exchange student and second on extended holiday and in my experience Americans are polite, friendly and genuine. America is like a parallel universe to ours, were same, same but not. Most Aussies have probably forgotten or don't know if it wasn't for America we'd all be speaking Japanese right now.....
The USA of today is a very different country than the USA that fought in WWII.
To be fair, a lot of Americans think Australians wear cork hats and ride kangaroos to school. We basically base our ideas on the stuff we watched as kids
I don't think most Aussies think badly of Americans in general. Most Americans I have spoken to (either online or in person) are great to have conversations with. We are all human and can relate on many levels. One of my fav teachers at school was an American who had moved here. She was amazing, funny and very supportive. My hubby made good friends with an American online and he stayed with with twice when he came over to Aus for holiday. I made an amazing American friend online who sent me a present when i had my 5th son. I cant think of one bad experience with an American I got to know.
I think the issues most people have with America is political and sometimes it's hard to not let that influence your opinion of the people.
Just don't wear a red hat and we'll be best buddies.
If older Australians were interviewed, there most likely would have been more experienced and honest opinions than these very young inexperienced adults so don't take offence Ryan.
I agree. I suspect many opinions are based on social media, which is always the loudest and most divisive voices getting attention.
I am trying to distil in my child to take anything on the internet with a grain of salt. Always fact check. She doesn't fact check much on her own yet but will use me as her fact checker. It is a great way for us to spend time together. It leads us down a windy road of exploration, helping her to learn what a website that can be trusted looks like. because I don't know everything. I appreciate that schools are also investing in teaching kids critical thinking about internet content.
I dunno, i think its hard to find truth. I mean they are all our brothers and sisters of the human race, but they arent as bad as chinese or dirty indians thats for sure.
It is absolutely true that a lot of Americans don't know where Australia is or anything about it. I spent 10 years back and forth living in the USA. I can't count the amount of times someone would ask me about celebrating the 4th of July, if we use American currency, what we do for thanks giving, being absolutely mind blown that it snows in parts of Aussie, not understanding our different seasons, time zones and my personal favorite - Asking where Australia is in the world.
That's partly what Australians mean about ignorance. America tends to push out that they're the greatest country with freedom etc that no other country has. But they're lacking in a lot of areas like safety, health care, education etc.
Australians aren't saying ALL Americans are ignorant. My partner is American and he is very well traveled and probably knows more about other countries than even I do. But unfortunately there is a decent amount that don't know of anything really happening outside of the USA. Most doesn't get taught unless it's directly something that affected the USA itself - Like the Civil War or their roles in Wars globally. That's from my own personal experience, asking my partner about his schooling and having friends/family that are Americans.
Side Note: More than anything I said above, most Aussie's just don't like the arrogance and ego that a lot of Americans have. American's tend to have this attitude of - you have to always be the best and brag about your achievements. We're better than you. We're number 1 etc. Where as in Australia that just isn't our culture to think or act in that way.
A few years ago an Australian interviewer was asking Americans where Australia was and qjuite a few didn't have a clue. One person actually pointed to where Iran is!