@@TheSebbyHour they had concrete, they even had something we didnt have today, or, at least, up until last year. "self healing concrete". google and you will learn: "why was roman concrete so durable". i dont want to mouth - feed you with that, so GOOGLE IT.
It's the arrogance which I aim to criticise most because I find it so toxic on the internet. I think ignorance (in whatever country) is in big part a symptom of the state and education system's failures. Glad you enjoyed my video! 😊 The channel is still in its infancy and I'm always pleased to see positive comments (especially on this video which has been bombarded with quite negative ones over recent weeks since the algorithm has promoted it quite heavily).
I had a similar experience to your Burger King feeders. On a trip to Europe a few years ago I was on a bus full of overseas tourists. We stopped in Cologne for lunch and the driver suggested some local restaurants. Suddenly there was a stampede of Americans (US) following a leader who was loudly declaring that there was a Mac Donald's on the corner with "real food". God bless their fatty little hearts.
That was not ignorance. Just pure patriotism. Why not support USA and spend your money on made on US of A food, even when you travel abroad, to a country such as France? No, sir, their patriotism us inspiring. Similarly, if a French goes to the USA and doesn't find a place to eat ecargots or bouef bourgoignone it would be very patriotic of him to starve to death. By the way, isn't the hamburger named after the city of Hamburg, Germany? You, know, that dish that is accompanied by you eat with French fries. Now I am just confused. Is MacDonalds really Murican? Mac in the name ,isn't that sth reminds of Scotland? So I guess American "real food" screams Europe, so they weren't actually that wrong.
Australia is pretty much the same size as America. We have public transport as that is a freedom. It’s a freedom to not drive (great for getting pissed!) viable for the youth, elderly and disabled who can’t drive. Not having public transport is restriction of freedom.
@ apparently, found out today, the place with the most roundabouts, is a place in Indiana US! But yeah fear of roundabouts is extraordinary to me. We have plenty here in Western Australia. There’s be more if it didn’t come down to local vs federal government funding!
@trevorcook4439 I think that's a bias of how Google works and I would fact check that... When I Google "City with the most roundabouts" it comes up with Carmel "has more than 150 roundabouts, more than any other city in the United States". Yet if I Google the city in France which has the most roundabouts (that's Nantes), that has 1100 of them... It completely blows Carmel out of the water 👀
I was in a restaurant in New York on st Patrick’s day when group of American men sat at the next table. They heard my English accent and started to berate me, assuming I hated the Irish! Turned out they’d never been to Ireland (I have) and knew nothing about it.
A big proportion of the people in Liverpool and Manchester have Irish ancestry. A lot of Irish came east in the mid 1800s during the famine The Irish formed a huge proportion of the "navvies" who built the railways
It was actually the ancient Romans and Greeks who introduced cement into our building culture over 2000 years ago. In fact, the Romans took cement manufacture a stage further by adding volcanic dust from Mount Vesuvius to enhance the product and to make cement more workable and resilient which enabled them to engineer and build massive structures like the incredible Colosseum safely and withstand the test of time
I don't get born 'n' bred Yanks calling themselves "Irish" or "Italian" etc. I'm a New Zealander. My ancestry includes Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. 28% of my genetic heritage comes from Wales, but I don't identify as "Welsh", even though my Welsh ancestors arrived in New Zealand far more recently than the average Yank's ancestors emigrated from Ireland. I've never been to Wales, I can't exchange more than the most basic pleasantries in Welsh, I know fuck all about their culture, and I would certainly not presume to comment on their politics or lifestyles... I was born and raised in New Zealand, like both of my parents, all of my grandparents and a goodly number of my great- and great-great-grandparents. You get Yanks that would be hard pressed to find Ireland on a world map claiming to be "Irish" despite no one in their family having set foot in Ireland for the last 200-odd years. Mind boggling.
My views exactly! 😂 My genetic heritage includes so many countries as well... But I have 2 citizenships and those are the two I identify as! (I have the passports to prove it!)
It's almost as if being "American" isn't good enough for them, maybe there's some doubt in their minds that the US truly is the greatest country in the world.
It's the most infuriating combination. I'd have more time for USians if they thought through their utterances, and came to realise they are actually idiots.
I'll never forget the story an Italian friend of mine told me: he went to the US for a business-trip and an American asked him if he already tasted some real American food, like pizza. 😂
@@TheSebbyHour I live in a town in Canada that has literally won best pizza in the world many times over. in the 50s some Italian immigrants created a pizza joint then after they retired their staff went on to create 30% of the current pizza joints that consistently win awards for it. its a local cheese producer as well that is part of it.
I have heard that there are some very good pizzas in the US and Canada, but I do question who organised said competition. A bit like how most of the Michelin star restaurants are in France 👀
I'm reminded of a story about President Grant having taken a tour of Europe. The Mayor of Rome gave him a tour, and their coach passed the Coliseum. Grant said, "That's a magnificent looking building. When will it be finished?"
I have often found that most of the Americans I have met who either study or have moved to the UK or France tend to be quite critical of other Americans. 😂
I once saw a vlog of a young American couple (early 20s) who were spending their first day in London, walking past a some varied lovely cafés with people eating and drinking in the sunshine, he said they were starving and couldn't find anywhere to eat until he spied a McDonald's to which he called a 'lifesaver'. Then proceeded to eat said McDonald's with disdain as he concluded that there was something wrong with it and wasn't as good as in the States.
If only there was somewhere I could eat in this high street... All I can see is loads of nice cafés and independent restaurants... Where are the chains!?! I NEED FOOOOOD! 😂
@@TheSebbyHour I had a feeling they had never eaten outside of chain fast food outlets before and therefore the concept of an independent café/restaurant was alien to them. Honestly it was a bizarre watch. The comments as you would imagine, were hilarious.
Loved your channel :D subscribed! I've actually had a lot of 'interactions' with American visitors in my parents restaurant when I was a child - we lived near a big, international exhibition centre and entertainment complex - and have seen groups of 5-6 americans literally empty our restaurant of other customers, being loud, arrogant and obnoxious and it always looked like a pigsty whenever they left.
Thank you for subscribing! I'm really glad you enjoy what I make 🫶 They have a terrible attitude towards customer service, it's insane. When I worked in the ferry terminal they were always the rudest and most unpleasant customers... 🥲
On a European river cruise, I was astounded by the people who wanted to stop at McDonalds. Why spend ALL that money, to travel ALL that way, only to eat crap you can have at home?
Most of us who travel are pretending to be Canadian and running away from the loud ones who refuse to learn any other languages and just yell to "make them understand" and often wear big hats and come from San Antonio.
Yeah, it's all those people from the big SA. 😂 I will say, in fairness, I've seen so many Brits talking loudly and slowly at customer service workers in France because they didn't even bother learning "Hello", "Goodbye", "Please" and "Thank you"... I've never understood that... When I went to Poland, I always made sure to give everyone a dzień dobry when I walked into a business. It's not hard to at least just learn the polite expressions in a new language, it shows good faith and interest in foreign culture... But then, I worked in tourism and know what it's like to be on the receiving end of a nasty tourist so...
This is the first time I get a comment about the audio quality, so I'm very surprised... Mainly as I use an SM58, which is a perfectly reqsonable microphone for this kind of video. I export the audio as MP3 and not WAV before importing it into my video editing software, maybe that's what sounds bad to you? But honestly, I'm editing all of this on a computer that is on the verge of death... The computer already struggles with what I ask of it, if I replaced the MP3 with WAV it would brick... But also, unless you're listening with high quality speakers or quite loudly with studio headphones, the compression shouldn't be that disturbing... What exactly is it that bothers you about the sound?
While on a tour of Athens our group was dropped off near the Plaka. The Americans on the tour all went into the Hard Rock Café for burgers and American beer. We walked about 100 yards down the street and ate at a local Greek restaurant and had their food and drink. The Alpha beer was great! (By the way, we are Canadian)
I think it's so important to try local food. If only because that's the main benefit of tourism for a country: financing its local economy (and not giving money for American chains to take, in part, back to the US) but also for your own culture. Food is so diverse and interesting!
I'm a Canadian and was posted to and lived in Germany for 4 years. I've actually ran into a couple of Americans with Canadian flags on backpacks. After about one sentence it was rather apparent they were American. The conversation went rapidly downhill from there.
Yeah, for us Europeans its very quickly very obvious, that theyre Americans. But at least they have enough realisation to be embarrassed by their fellow Americans, hence why they try to pretend to be Canadian. So usually we just let them believe, that they fooled, as long as they behave decently.
My husband & I were visiting the US from Australia. The topic of our universal free health care (Medicare) came up to which several replied that they did not know Australia was a communist country. Their reasoning was any sort of social welfare meant communism.
L' Australia a communist country ? So what about my country France where we have social security or the poorest have the right to the same care as the richest in the country or the sick receive their salaries , or state unemployment insurance pays the unemployment 75% of the last salaries or in each city of the country there are buildings with low rent or even free for the poorest which is an obligation , or school is free up to the baccalaureate or students from poor families have access to he grandes écoles Polytechnique, HEC (haute études commerciale ) etc.etc.etc. mikeall applicants to thèse grandes écoles by competition this : LEGALITY all students whether they are from rich or poor families have access to higher education medicine , law, political-science etc.etc.etc.then the selections are made according to the grades and results obtained during the first two years . students are not in debt like in the United-States . France is a communist country strangely enough we are like all western countries much freer than in the USA . I am from the generation just after the Second World War , my parents were simple farmers We were five brother and sisters , which did ot prevent us from pursuing higher education : an airline pilot , a mathematician , a shopkeeper , a high school teacher , as for me a cardiology and thoracic surgeon , we can say thank you to the French State and its motto : LIBERTY - LEGALITY - FRATERNITY . Well the countries of Europe , as well as the United-Kingdom , Canada , Australia , New-Zealand would be communist countries according to the criteria the propaganda of United-States ? So what do they think of Russia , Belarus , China , North-korea , Cuba 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@ybreton6593 Yes. I find it hypocritical that a country that has so many claiming they are Christians & whose motto is "In God we trust" treats its citizens in such an unchristian manner.
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I was delivering downtown once in a boarder town in Canada and i had 2 Americans come around the corner after crossing in the middle of July in a heat wave and ask "where is all the snow?" (we are also south of Detroit) i pointed down the main road that leads to the 400 series highways and said drive down this road for 4 hours, when you see highway 400 head north, drive for 3 days till you run out of road you might see snow if you walk for a few weeks after that." the look of disappointment and confusion was priceless! I've also went to Florida when i was 14 and convinced a few of them i forgot to put away my penguin... No joke. their education system sucks.
@@TheSebbyHour I haven't seen more then 3 or 4 inches in a decade where i'm at across from Detroit. the river used to never freeze over due to pollution, then the zebra muscles cleaned it and it used to freeze consistently up to just 11 or 12 years ago. I haven't seen it freeze over since.
3 or 4 inches seems like a lot to me 😂 We got about half an inch last year and everyone lost their minds because it was the most we'd had in almost a decade!
@TheInsaneupsdriver you know what's funny? After I sent the message about not having had snow in ages this morning, I got out of bed, opened the blinds... And it was snowing! No word of a lie, it has been snowing all day 😂
Retired Australian here. I've had many years experience working in hospitality & tourism. Believe me it's very common here too. The look of outrage & indignation when you tell them you can't accept $US is hilarious. Used to ask them if my Aust $'s would accepted in the States. Reply, "of course not". The hypocracy & superority is astounding
I worked in tourism for a year and a half at a ferry terminal and the hypocrisy and superiority complex that some people have when travelling is actually insane. And it's not just Americans on this front, I have found some English, French and German people to be very rude to me in my work... Whilst others were lovely! Americans were always very cold and blunt and never responded to a cheerful "Good morning" or "Good evening" when they reached check-in... Often just sat silently in their cars and handed me the documents I asked for whilst hardly acknowledging my existence. 🥲
@@TheSebbyHour lol. I can so relate. Used to live & work in Thailand as an English teacher & adventure tour leader. The Thais call westerners "farang". Something odd happens to westerners in the tropical heat & they/we tend to go a bit loopy. Thais have term for this, they call it "farang fits". I live smack bang on the tropic of Capricorn in inland Qld we call it mango madness cos mango season coincides with the wet season in summer. A time of year when wierd things happen. Another term is "going troppo" Believe me it's a real thing. Worked in a resort in Cairns for years, one day a coach load of English tourists stayed for a few days mid summer. On check in their tour leader handed out their room keys & told them how to get to their rooms. I was heading for a break & found this relatively elderly English dude lost. When he saw me in my uniform he threw his bag on the ground at my feet & started stomping his feet like a toddler, screaming "Where's my f**king room". Used to meet & greet at the airport. Mate of mine reckoned that the airport security gate where it goes ping was bullshit. His theory was that the gate used to ping as it sucked out holiday makers brains on boarding a flight & gave it back when they got home 😂. At the airport all of us drivers used stand in line with our signs as we waited to meet our guests. We LOVED swapping stories about our various pax. The yarns could easily fill several yards of hilarious book space. Not my saying but I heard someone say that stupidity is not unique to Americans but damn, when they do it, they do so well. Sadly Aussies aren't much better but the Yanks are in a league of their own. If you get the chance I highly recommend watching a series of You Tube clips called "What's the dumbest thing an American has said to you?" That'll give you a giggle & have you shaking your head in equal measure. Essay over. So many stories, so little time & space. Best wishes & keep em coming.
@@robertclothier3597 hahaha, I used to love the contrast between British or French lorry drivers Vs the Polish or Romanian ones. The Brits and French would always hour if they had to share a cabin with someone else (which was standard policy because their companies used to group them together). One of my colleagues who worked on the boats said that they had a Romania driver walk into a flooded cabin which had a sign on the door saying "Please go to reception to get assigned a new cabin". He mustn't have seen the sign because, bless him, he went and slept on the unmade bed (no mattress or sheets) in a flooded room and didn't even complain. Staff went to knock on the door when he didn't come to reception after the boat took off, they just found him in there, accepting of his fate 😂
I'm Australian, my nana was Scottish, I am still Australian, Never understood why Americans always brand themselves into groups. My cousin is married to a black American soldier, they live in Australia, he always tells me Australia is the only place where he was just called an American, not African American, which makes no sense, what about a white south african living in America? what are they called.
"Irish-Americans" usually had a grandfather who had a friend who met a guy in a bar who once saw a picture of a young girl who had a toy that once belonged to a friend of a woman who's doctor had a patient from Ireland. And that makes them IRISH!!
Seven of my eight great-grandparents were born in Ireland. Despite having an Irish family name, I am Australian. That's it! Although the family castle...
@@TheRealRedAce Americans are seriously weird about the culture/nationality/race issue. I was serious about the passport though. One grandparent born in Ireland and you can get an Irish passport. That's an EU passport! That's why I went checking my family history. I've got one grandparent left who I'm not certain of. He has an Irish family name but I can't determine where he was born probably not Ireland, unfortunately.
I cannot remember who said it but this is what they said "Your grandparents being Irish doesnt make you Irish just like if your grandad was a shoe maker it doesn't make you a shoe maker"
I remember a comment in a ski (XC) magazine, a man in Vermont was asked where he was from, New York was the reply, but my children are Vermonter's, the locals reply was "cat crawls in to oven to have it's kittens don't make 'em muffins" 1 got to love it !!
On the topic of food, Dutch people asking where they could find a MacDonalds while visiting Italy, have seen that in blogs too. seriously? It is crazy!
With a group of Americans, i was the only British person, the second night in Como we had no evening meal arraged. I along with a couple of other people walk round the town found a delightful square and a had a wonderful meal. Behind the Hotel was a Mcdonalds. Many of thr group had a meal there. They were too scarred to go to a restaurant because tgey would know what to order as they didnt speak Italian. They were shocked when i told them that the restaurants were used to tourists and had menus printed in English. One did ask if they had them printed in American Engish as well😂
Americans don't really have a good grasp of "nationality" because to us there's the USA and then there's everywhere else. We DO, however, have a very thorough, nuanced, and incorrect concept of race and ethnicity, and thus see people from different countries as different ethnic groups. So, an Irish-American is an *ethnicly* Irish American. For example, a Black person from Jamaica or Brazil is still African American, somehow. "Ethnic" makeup is super important because racism and eugenics are still the dominant cultural and political forces here.
Oh, that's a really interesting take on the question. Thank you for your comment! I never thought of it like that and it does actually make more sense viewed from that angle... It's crazy how much the history of a country plays into its perception of the world. 😊
What if the cause of the racism is your strange obsession with race. We don’t do that here in Australia. We’re all Australian. Even those of us born overseas call ourselves Australian. Diversity here is higher than the US too. 26% here to 14% in the US. Same size countries and both young countries colonised by the British.
It is this institutionalised racism built into US culture by the rich and powerful, using Mainstream Media and Social Media that keeps the people of the US from looking at what those rich and powerful are doing to their country. Nowhere else in the world, other than USA, segregates their people into sub categories based on skin colour and generational heritage. I'm convinced that if the common people of the US stopped calling themselves African-American, Irish-American, Mexican-American, Chinese-American, etc. and just called themselves Americans, that racism levels would drop considerably.
Not so much America The Home Of The Free as the home of racism, then . The rest of the World is trying to rid itself of this ,the US.as usual is 400 years behind .
@@trevorcook4439yes, it’s what is known as different culture. You are all talking about Americans lacking an acceptance and understanding of other cultures then turn around and do the exact same thing - even when you are told, quite intelligently I might add, how American culture is. It doesn’t matter why, particularly compared to Australia which has zero to do with it. It simply is. Are we really criticizing how different cultures use the same terms when there are so many legitimate gripes to be had (truly poor/disrespectful behavior)?
Like you I have both UK and French passports. (I use my UK passport only to get in and out of the UK. Anywhere else I'm French.) A few months ago I translated some English into French for an American who was trying to explain to a pharmacist what his health problem was. After we sorted that out he turned to me and said that it I could learn English why couldn't other French people. I just shook my head and left him there. Couldn't be bothered to tell him that I was Scottish, and that French is my second language.
I love how he couldn't even conceive that maybe it was a case of "If you can learn French... Then why can't I?" He immediately tries to shame an entire country because it seems so normal that everyone else should speak HIS language... I constantly see this kind of behaviour where I live and the second hand embarrassment is real! 😬😂
@@TheSebbyHour The worst I ever witnessed was in Vieux Nice. (It got too hot there for me so I now live in Normandy). Anyway, I often bought chickens from a halal butcher. In front of me in the queue was an American who wanted to know why they didn't display any porc. Doubly stupid. Couldn't speak french and surely halal means the same in America as it does everywhere else?
"I can't read this word! What does croissant mean?!? Can someone translate please?" 😂 Never been to Nice but I can imagine it would also get way too hot for me, I start complaining after 25°C 😂
You mean you didn't want to see his eyes glasing over, an ever increasing tremor coming over him, then smoke issuing from his ears and finally his head exploding ?
Yes, give America back to the Apache and Sioux and all the other natives it was stolen from. The downside is that Trump could end up living in Scotland!
Burger King in France or anywhere else in Europe, is a lot healthier to eat than US Burger King. Not that either can be called healthy, just the European outlets serve fast-food with safer ingredients.
It´s interesting that for so many Americans - it seems - are not happy with being Americans. They have to add another nationality which actually belongs to a distant forefather, not to themselves
I'm sure some people may put SA to mean South Africa, but - having lived there for 17 years - the initials RSA (Republic of South Africa) are used. I'm not doing a "I-know-better-than-you-do" thing here; just leaving the way clear for San Antonio.😂
You're quite wrong about concrete. The cupola of the Pantheon in Rome is made of concrete. It is the largest non-reinforced concrete structure in the world, built at the beginning of the second century (that's roughly the year 125). The Romans made excellent concrete.
Being wrong about concrete has really fueled engagement on this video 😂 I accept that I was wrong, please replace the word "concrete" with the term "modern building techniques" and "technology". Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the video 😂
@@TheSebbyHour ,your reaction channel is there for others to react, thus provoking comments . Surely that is your intention ,people commenting on the comments
I'm happy to have a chat, for sure. But I have answered this particular comment multiple times now. 😅 At the end of the day, my goal with the channel is just to have a bit of fun and make something people will enjoy. This video has completely exceeded expectations and, because I try to answer all comments, has become a sort of part-time and unpaid job in itself 😂 As for my concrete statement, it was a genuine mistake... And I would never have expected it to drive this many comments 😂😂
@@TheSebbyHour The best hamburgers in Sweden you will find at MAX, a swedish chain. And if I can´t find a MAX, I will search for Burger King. McDonald is the last alternative.
It's still in use in the Roman-Catholic church - for special occasions at least. Possibly you could meet people speaking Latin fluently in the Vatican state in Rome - it's an independent state within the city of Rome in Italy (there're probably a dozen Romes in the USA).
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl It is not just a state, it is an independent country. But none of the citizens is a native Latin speaker. And in everyday communication, they speak Italian rather than Latin.
I cite latin as being one of the nost useful things i learnt in school. Although my french and german is poor i can pick up a newspaper or book in any latin derived language and figure out whats going on from the derivation of the words.
@@priscillaroberts7945 It helps to learn Romance languages, but there is enough you wouldn't understand. Try it: Afară e frig. Este zăpadă pe copaci și lacurile sunt înghețate.
I’ve been working with a girl for 4 years who told us she was Canadian. We only found out last week that she is really American and didn’t want to say. Her actual Canadian husband dropped her in it
The SA person has a point if they switched "San Antonio" to "Saudi Arabia" and that the official abbreviation of South Africa is "ZA". But that's getting too technical.
In the 1980's I occasionally used a "Hard Rock Cafe" in Malawi. The few Americans who discovered it were shocked to find it was run by an Asian and had only borrowed the name. It actually seved quite good meals.
Absolutely agree, the concept of Irish/German/Italian (etc) American is ludicrous, it is also an insult to America, they place their original nationality (which many of them never held) before their present nationality, if they were proud to be American then they would class themselves as American Irish etc. Possibly this is due to America being such a very young country, with certain people desperately searching for a history to validitate themselves. Be proud of what you are and have, be proud to be American.
New Zealand and Australia are much younger countries than the USA and we call ourselves "Kiwis"/New Zealanders and "Aussies"/Australians respectively. We may acknowledge our ancestry includes English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish etc, but we're _first and foremost_ inhabitants of our countries.
Funny how perspectives differ! In Germany, 'SA' historically stands for Sturmabteilung ('Storm Detachment'), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party in the 1920s and 1930s. It played a key role in Hitler's rise to power and was infamous for its violent enforcement of Nazi ideology. Safe to say, it’s not an abbreviation we associate with anything positive. So, whether it’s South Africa or San Antonio, both are far better uses of those two letters! Fun fact: For obvious historical reasons (yea, we Germans are dumb, but we can learn) several once nazi assiciated abbreviations are forbidden till this day. This is why you won't find SS or SA on german license plates. Examples of prohibited combinations SS, SA, HJ (Hitler Youth), NS (National Socialism), KZ (concentration camp), and other abbreviations associated with the Nazi regime are prohibited in many vehicle registration offices. Numbers such as 88 (standing for "Heil Hitler") or 18 (standing for "Adolf Hitler") may also be banned in certain contexts. I guess you can calm down about San Antonio abbreviations now. :D
That's really interesting! I feel like the SS abbreviation is relatively uncommon in many other places than Germany, I know French and British people are very aware of what that stood for as well. I never knew about all the others and about SA 😂
I've come to the conclusion that there are a sizable number of Americans who have probably never travelled outside of the US and whose view of the rest of the world is based on what their right wing media has told them. They are like those annoying teenagers that get on every ones nerves in a world of adults. I know compared to most countries in the world the US is very young as a nation, but Australia and New Zealand are very young as nations. It must be the education system in Australia and New Zealand that has educated them so much better than a sizable portion of the US. But I supposed if from your first day in school they start with the brainwashing that the US is best and their swearing allegiance to a flag and what it stands for. Which is also strange because they also claim to be a very Christian country and the Bible quite distinctly says they should be be swearing oaths to other things.
My video that came out on Sunday touches on exactly what you said about Christianity clashing with their right wing politics, brain washing and in general the American Dream. As for brainwashing, I do find it quite surprising that a country that loves freedom has such a cult-like mentality towards its own national pride... It's disconcerting to say the least. I don't know how the media landscape works in Australia and New Zealand that much, but I'm pretty sure some of the major issues with the US media landscape is the lack of a strong, independent public broadcaster. As far as I'm aware, PBS has terrible viewing figures compared to companies such as Fox News. I feel like that's at least one big problem right there, along with the failing education standards...
Well, see, they use a loophole. "One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all". That way you can say you're worshipping God, and not the country. P.S. If you don't know, that's how the pledge of allegiance ends. I was still able to recite that from memory, because I had to say it every day in middle school while holding my hand on my heart and facing an American flag.
@@peterlewis2178 I understand that but based on passages elsewhere in the Bible God doesn't seem to take a good view of people trying to get, get out clauses.
@@stephenhodgson3506 That doesn't stop people trying. Religion has a very long history of being weaponized by church or state for their own means, and since the layperson usually doesn't study religion on a deep level, it generally works quite effectively.
@@peterlewis2178 not only religions but also philosophies. It really doesn't matter what it is some members of the human race will always try to weaponize anything for their own benefit.
I was a senior UK Customs Officer at London's Airports. Several times I was told that I must hate Irish people - which shows they can't recognise the real Irish accent with which I was blessed along with being born there to fully Irish parents.
That's such a terrible assumption... Assuming that anyone hates any other group of people in this modern day seems so backwards and shocking to me... I also think they misdiagnosed your job, UK Customs Officers have always been very polite and nice to me when crossing the channel, I feel like that's a key part of UM law enforcement training (unlike French custom officers who were quite cold and definitely unlike how I've heard American ones act).
In fairness, I'll usually stop by a Burger King when I'm there, because I rarely go to Paris as a destination. So usually I have about 45 minutes between two trains and a proper restaurant would just be too big a risk 😂
In Paris, I had 1h30 to move from Gare de l'est to Gare de Lyon. I couldn't spend time in a restaurant but bought a delicious sandwich from some local producer right on the spot.. And had a delicious dessert too.
The Irish American, Italian American. African American thing it seems is there to seperate and divide the people into communities based on ethnic heritage and is divisive and not helpfully for building a strong country. Here in NZ once you have residency, irrespective of where you come from you are a Kiwi. During the pandemic we were a team of 5 million. I'm not saying there isn't racism, or that everyone buys into being a Kiwi to the same degree, but there is a lot more unity, without the need for the patriotism that is so prevalent in the US.
I'd never thought of it that way, it's true that it seems like a good way of separating people into groups. 😕 I've always wanted to visit New Zealand, any chance you could move the country a bit closer to France? It's just so far away 😂
@TheSebbyHour absolutely not, I have family in the UK and NZ is just the perfect distance, lol. Did you know NZ could have ended up under French rule instead of British, just south of Christchurch on Banks Peninsula is Akaroa, which was a French settlement, they sent word to the French government to send troops to secure the land, but the British arrived first and claimed the land.
I also saw it as that but didn't want to risk a strike or an age restriction on the video 😂 I'm not eligible for monetisation yet so the policy doesn't affect me for now
The Irish potato famine ended 152 years ago, with a generation being about 25 years ( or often less ) that means someone who fled Ireland because of famine would be someone's great, great, great, great , great grandparent! Unless they married others with Irish heritage, thats a tiny amount ! PS I'm a quarter English, Irish, Welsh, Norwegian. Yet l call myself English as l was born here! LOL
Rome has a decent Metro. I'm surprised they didn't complain that the Colosseum was in ruins and should be repaired. Some Americans travelling abroad are clueless but very few of them have the time or the money to travel, so we only see the mostly arrogant elites and get a very skewed view of Americans in general. I've been to the US & the majority of ordinary Americans are great. I didn't bother with Disney Paris. The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and Arc de Triumph were higher priorities. Travel a little further to Bavaria and you can see a REAL castle or 2 at Neuschwanstein / Hohenschwangau. And France has quite a few impressive castles too. Ditto for the UK. I don't speak either Spanish or Portuguese, just French, so I won't be applying for any South American jobs any time soon.
Hahaha, the Colosseum does take the piss doesn't it? They could at least give it a coat of paint 😂😂😂 I've met some very nice Americans too, there are all sorts! But I do think their culture and institutions tend to skew them towards thinking they are better than absolutely everyone else 🥲
Sorry, but Neuschwanstein / Hohenschwangau is not a "real" castle. It's a 19th Century fake castle. It's still nice though. But if you want to see a real castle, visit Neuenburg (Freyburg / Unstrut), Eltz, Marksburg, Nuremberg, Burghausen, Coburg, Münzenberg ...
Good point! I always get confused when people use SA for Saudi Arabia, as I read it as South Africa. I think Saudi Arabia should be KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) to make it clear. Perhaps we should avoid any conflict by using the abbreviations of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Union of South Africa (USA). Nobody important could object to that.
I have personally never heard of that in my life, or most other meanings of SA, other then the assault one, but that is good to know, and I will try to keep it in mind
Yes I would love to hear more about this subreddit. And anything that shows the ignorance of poeple from the US. One it's just hilarious and two, hopefully Americans will recognise that there is more to this world then just the USA 🇺🇸 😊. No bad feelings towards America whatsoever btw. You bring it light hearted ✨️ and are charismatic. Poeple will be less offended. I subscribed and am curious where this leads. Good luck! 👍 ❤
So happy to hear that you've enjoyed it, I'll be sure to make a follow up episode 😄 The aim is of course not to offend anyone, it's teasing in good spirits and I'm glad it comes across that way!
Claiming that you are something more than American proves to me that being American isn't enough for Americans. They feel they are lacking so they need to add something. Quite sad really.
I agree... It's a bit like toxic masculinity in some ways. If you feel like a trait or characteristic (in this case, culture) defines you and you constantly require validation on that front, you're just insecure at the end of the day... 🤷♂️
Americans go to Ireland and claim they are irish. No you're not. Or they do a history dna and claim they are related to ALL the British royals... Yeh right!
@@TheSebbyHour 'toxic masculinity' is a term used by the 'modern feminist' movement to use against any male who does not agree with their viewpoint. The term came from a US psychologist 'Shepherd Bliss' in the 1980s, that he used in a study. Like the 'Alpha Wolf' theory, both have since been proven' to not be a thing due to a misunderstanding of events and facts. But the term persists, just like the Alpha Wolf thing.
Here's the thing about "Irish-American" or whatever other European country-American. It's similar in Canada. People who use those terms are talking about ethnicity, not nationality. They're holding on to a small bit of family history, not claiming to be experts on whatever European countries their ancestors came from. I'll admit that I only read and speak a tiny bit of the language from one of the countries my grandfather was from before emigrating to Canada. I won't claim even the slightest familiarity with the culture. I've never been there and probably never will. But it's a fact that on the long-form census in Canada, they ask this sort of thing - where your family came from before they were Canadian. They also want to know if you're fluent in the language(s) of that place. This is because while the U.S. is a melting pot, Canada is a mosaic, and multiculturalism is part our identity. It's really rude of you to giggle about this, acting like people are stupid for wanting to acknowledge their family history. That said, there are obnoxious people who do claim equal identity with people who really are Irish citizens. But I rather doubt that most are like that. Oh, and Americans who wear Maple Leaf pins or patches? They should stop appropriating Canada's cultural identity. Especially if they behave in their usual loud, boorish, rude way while doing it.
The thing I laugh at in this video is people appropriating the culture of another country. The person I take the piss out of literally calls Irish people "the Irish-Irish" as a means of comparing them to "us Irish-Americans". Although it may not be a majority of Americans in real life, those who go onto the internet to argue about their "heritage" are usually claiming to be Irish, Spanish, Italian or so on... In addition to this, we have all got mixed origins, especially in Europe. I joke about it in this video, my family is part German, Scottish, Welsh... And that's only in recent history (often more recent than the link most Irish-Americans have with Ireland). The whole reason I point fun at Americans in this video is because America has this incredibly entitled superiority complex towards the rest of the world. You think it's rude that I giggle at misappropriated identity... How rude is it to literally the rest of the planet to teach kids in school that their country is "the greatest country in the world"? The aim of this video isn't to start a fight. It's simply to poke fun at American grandeur and the bubble that US culture seems to live in.
@@TheSebbyHour Since I'm Canadian, I also poke fun at American grandeur, on a daily basis. I'm so tired of their superiority complex and constant bragging. And yes, non-Canadians wearing the maple leaf in hopes of better treatment, are misappropriating our culture. However, your giggling at people who hyphenate their ethnic identity means you're not differentiating between the people who are obnoxious about it and the people who are not obnoxious about it. I hyphenate for the purpose of the long-form census, if I'm picked to fill it out. I hyphenate for the purpose of participating in some Swedish or Norwegian-Canadian cultural events here (the organizers usually ask). But by no means do I consider myself a citizen of either of those countries. I've never been there (would like to some day, but that's unlikely to be possible). My grandfather was reluctant to teach me Swedish, "because I live in Canada now, and in Canada we speak English". Yet he still received letters and cards from family in Sweden, written in Swedish, and I at least wanted to learn to read what was on the cards. He eventually did teach me some, though not enough to carry on much of a conversation. At least I can now read the cards and some of the letters, and have some small connection to people who are literally distant relatives. There's another obnoxious kind of claim that some people make. I belong to several medieval history groups on FB, and some groups have banned posts and comments where people boast that So-and-So From English Royalty/Aristocracy is their multi-generation great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle. It's tiresome. I'm just grateful that I know where some of my ancestors came from and approximately how far back. And there's not a royal or aristocrat anywhere, that I know of.
I do think that's an interesting perspective on the matter. But again, I'd say you're Canadian with Swedish heritage... I'd still disagree with you if you said you were Canadian-Swedish. I'm not making fun of people who feel an attachment to their heritage. I'm making fun of those who have no attachment other than genetics and claim to originate from some European country they know nothing about. You so often see "as an Italian, I completely disagree with this" and if you actually dig it turn sour said "Italian" is an American with a great grandfather who was from Naples. It doesn't make YOU Italian. I understand that you feel an attachment to Sweden and are interested in the culture, but I'm sorry to say I would disagree with you if you called yourself Swedish-Canadian or Canadian-Swedish... But I would agree if you said you're Canadian of Swedish descent, because (based on what you've told me) you are. But again, the point of this video is not to mock your heritage, simply the way that some people put theirs forward with the intention of getting "extra credit" with a nation or to win in arguments by pretending to be from somewhere they've never even visited.
@@TheSebbyHour You're still missing the point. You don't get to tell other people how to self-identify, regarding their ethnic heritage. It's like you don't get to tell other people how to self-identify regarding gender, or how they prefer to call themselves if they have a disability. You don't get to decide these things for other people and tell them they're wrong if their perception doesn't match yours. If I identifies as "Canadian-Swedish, I'd be a Canadian in Sweden, which is not what I said. I have Swedish-Norwegian ancestry and I'm Canadian. There are customs my grandparents grew up with there that they brought here, and I still keep a few of them a century later. I explained that FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FEDERAL CENSUS there are times when I identify as Swedish-Canadian because the long-form census has questions regarding ethnic heritage. Multiculturalism is a federal policy here, so the government needs to know these things. You don't live here, so it's not something you grew up with, and it doesn't look like you're even trying to understand. I acknowledged that some people do claim to have the same status or credibility as the people from the European country in question, and it annoys people from those countries. I don't do that. I'd never claim expertise on any Swedish or Norwegian matter. By the way, that attempt at an American accent? Don't do that. It's rude to imitate others' accents for purposes of mockery. I'm not American, but I've had enough interaction with them to know that many of them find others' attempts to imitate one or more of their accents to be annoying. They don't all talk like that, just as there really aren't that many Canadians who say "eh".
this video looks so professionally made, that it's hard to believe you only have 189 subscribers. I'm impressed, you've got yourself another sub, and keep up the great work!
I'm assuming you've watched the same UA-cam video as all the other people who commented this 😂 Everyone on UA-cam is an expert on concrete, I didn't realise how much that mistake would come back to haunt my comments section 😂 Hope you enjoyed the rest of the video 😊
Irish-American here. These criticisms are largely deserved and I wince in shame when I run into fellow Americans acting ugly overseas, particularly when they use their outdoor voices indoors or incessantly compare everything they experience with their more familiar US version. And although I understand and harbor some Irish-American pride, it's conscientiously measured because being Irish-American is like being a Dallas Cowboy fan: There are so damn many of us running around that it hardly matters when we encounter one another. "Oh, you too, huh? You don't say!" BTW, this may be ugly of me but any non-American who insists on calling us "USians" had better put 'em up or run away at once, fast.
Hahaha, I won't call you a USian, promised! (Although you do claim the whole continent as your nationality name 😂) I love the "use their outdoor voices indoors" 😂 Even our outdoor voices are quieter than some tourists I've come across. But if it can serve to reassure you, Brits abroad are also a nightmare! 🫠
There are many negative things that can justifiably be said about Irish Americans. However, I find that some Irish people are a little too quick to mock them, yet still take their money when they are in Ireland on holiday. And it wouldn't do a bit of harm to remember that Irish emigrants in the US especially sent plenty of financial aid to their families in the previous centuries. Not to mention US diplomatic pressure on the UK during the Treaty negotiations etc. But, still, Irish Americans who insist they know Irish matters better than the Irish can be very irritating...
My late wife had 400 years old roots from Vallonia, which is the southern, french speaking part of what today is Belgium. In fact, quite many vallonians immigrated to Sweden at that time, to help Sweden build up its arms industry. Me too have som vallonian genes from my mothers side, if not as much as my wife (she actually looked more from southern or central Europe than from Scandinavia). Once upon a time we went to Paris by train, and during that ride we passed through Liége, the biggest city in Vallonia. I asked my wife: "Do you feel at home now?" She answered, quite brutally: "Not a f-ck". So why are some americans so obsessed with being "irish" or "italian" when their family been to USA for generations? Isn´t good enough just being americans?
I have been to the States a fair number of times for work, in the past 50 years or so. There are two things that always strike me when I am there. Firstly it's like visiting the zoo and watch the chimpanzees interact, and, secondly, it's like visiting the zoo and being pleased that the chimpanzees are still there doing the same chimpanzee things.... "They never change, which is strangely comforting," my wife, RIP, used to say.
The definition of miseducated according to Google : "educate, teach, or inform (someone) wrongly." Your comment is uneducated. Disinformation, for instance, is a form of miseducation.
@@Thurgosh_OG My comment was In context of the presentation, good fellow! And we are by now roughly 2000 years later and have only relatively recently come up with something 'Just as good'? Besides that, there are to my knowledge as yet no buildings of 2000 years old built with Portland cement, it being patented roughly 200 years ago. There are several surviving buildings and structure from Roman origin, however.
It was so obvious that they'd misunderstood the entire concept that I didn't feel like it needed extra illustration on my part. I just laugh at it and then talk about the point that person was actually trying to make 😅 I also preface it with "This has to be a joke, it's so funny" because of how ridiculous a comeback it is 😊
France might be known for good food, but not everybody is interested in dining experience. If I came to another country for architecture, or for a festival, or something... I'd probably go to McDuck too, and I'm not even American. I don't want food that a lot of people who are not me think is better; I don't care; I want something I can definitely rely on.
Eating local food doesn't necessarily mean going to a posh upperclass French restaurant... I frankly don't enjoy those myself. Rather, it's about discovery and culture. How do you know you don't like something if you don't try it? You might miss out on the best culinary experience of your life. For instance, I hadn't had Georgian food until 2024 and it was a fantastic discovery, I thoroughly recommend it. With your comment, I feel like you're illustrating my point entirely. Not trying local food reflects a certain level of rigidity and close mindedness towards foods you don't know and aren't used to. I think that's a shame. It also gives the terrible companies that are behind most major fast food and fast food brands money that they frankly don't deserve. You can get an easy and reliable burger and chips for considerably less than McDonald's (which is so overpriced these days) in France and it will be much nicer. It might also provide something to the local economy. If you come to France, look at the Eiffel tower and then give your money to McDonald's, an American superpower, as far as I'm concerned, you're not a tourist that's worth having in the country. You contribute little to the local economy and little to the development of the nation's culture internationally. What is tourism for in the first place if not those two things?
@ > How do you know you don't like something if you don't try it? That's my point. I'm perfectly happy not knowing. I'm simply not interested. > and then give your money to McDonald's, an American superpower McDonald's in Paris is a French restaurant. It has French staff, French owner (yes, american McDonald's doesn't own those restaurants, they sell a franchise), it uses French ingredients whenever possible. Only a small percentage of what you pay there goes to the american corporation.
I don't know really... I feel like part of the reason France has relatively good worker rights and healthcare is because they're always complaining when the government tries to take it away. It's less complaining that's the problem and more complaining about the right things! 😂
The concrete used in ancient Rome was superior to and lasted longer than concrete today. Experts couldn't figure out how the Romans did it until a year or two ago
Howdy from San Francisco. Lurve your 'Merkin accent. Lot of US schools suck, no money. And a lot of textbooks are published in Texas, to Texas standards. You already know how close Texas is to South Africa. ;-)
I am continually told that my American accent is terrible 😂 I didn't know that about textbooks, is that a fact? And yes, Texas is renowned for being very close to South Africa 😂
By the way: the Romans used concrete, based on pumice stone. It is excellent quality and was the base under the coliseum, for example, but it does not look like our concrete :)
The US is bigger in surface than the EU (10 million km2 against 4.5 million) but smaller in population (335 million in the US against 447 million in the EU). We're both dwarfs in land size compared to Russia and its 17 million km2 and dwarfs in population compared to China (1.5 billion) or India (also 1.5 billion). But how is that even important ?
The point is that the size of the US is constantly used as an argument for why you can't have functional public transit. The fact that the US had functional public transportation solutions in the past and that those were torn down to make space for cars is always completely ignored and size is used as an explanation for why it would be "impossible".
@@TheSebbyHour . When those in the US talk about distances, it is as though every time they travel anywhere, they travel right across the country. The fact is, the more densely populated east side of the US is very comparable to Europe where size and distances are concerned. Public transport would be completely practical if the powerful highway lobby didn't control so much. The whole of Europe is only slightly smaller than the US.
Sorry to break it to you mate, the Romans invented concrete, in fact, Roman engineers built the oldest sections of City of London sewers, I learnt that from a British TV show here in Canada!
Hi! Thanks for your comment 😂 Unfortunately you're not breaking anything me because you must be about the 25th commenter to point this out and I've already talked about it in a more recent video 😊
Most Americans believe education and intelligence aren’t correlated. This is an incredibly popular opinion that I’ve heard from far too many Americans and I’ve even held myself in the past (before I decided being an average American wasn’t very fun.)
I think there's validity in saying you can be intelligent without having "standard education". You get intelligent people who never went to university for example... But what people don't realise when they look at those cases is the fact that usually that clever person educated themselves through curiosity, reading, documentaries... Education =/= The Education System
1:35 not only did concrete exist in ancient Rome, Roman concrete had several properties that modern concrete lacks, it set faster, fast enough that concrete poured into form work in water could set fast, and it had a small degree of self-healing... TLDR Romans 2000 years ago had better concrete than the yanks have now
Concrete did exist in Roman times; it was known as opus caementicium. What they didn't have was reinforced concrete. Concrete was used to build the Colosseum. I have a great great grandmother who was Irish, but I would not claim Irishness based on that. Does eating bacon, cabbage and potato that my gran used to make all the time work with that lol
I'm glad you enjoyed my common sense 😂 I'm sure there are loads of people who are sensible on here, it's just not as exciting for the algorithm as sensationalist views 🙃
El que habla de roma y de los rascacielos y sus materiales, deberia saber que muchas de las cosas que construyeron los romanos, són de cemento, ya que ellos lo inventaron.
It's not Burger King, but it seems that McDonalds in France is much better than in the USA and also better than in other European countries. Also testing it with something you can compare, is maybe not the worst idea. So trying it once maybe makes sense. If I would see a German restaurant in Japan, I would also be interested what they are selling as German food, even though I get probably better German food at home.
I was worried about where those festivals were talking place in SA as I always associate SA with sexual abuse not a place. Which does make Trump as leader of the USA very fitting.
Actually, concrete DID exist in Rome 2,000 years age - that is what they built the Colosseum with.
@@angharaddenby3389 have you got any evidence of that? I won't accept anything flimsy, any evidence you provide has to be concrete.
@@TheSebbyHour Do your research. The harbour at Alexandria, Egypt ws ALSO made from concrete.
@@angharaddenby3389 Show your workings.
If you don't know the Romans used concrete... you should go back to school .... or just Google it before you write anything
@@TheSebbyHour they had concrete, they even had something we didnt have today, or, at least, up until last year. "self healing concrete".
google and you will learn: "why was roman concrete so durable".
i dont want to mouth - feed you with that, so GOOGLE IT.
I am American. I could not agree more with this video. The ignorance and entitlement is so thick within our culture. It is embarrassing.
It's the arrogance which I aim to criticise most because I find it so toxic on the internet. I think ignorance (in whatever country) is in big part a symptom of the state and education system's failures.
Glad you enjoyed my video! 😊
The channel is still in its infancy and I'm always pleased to see positive comments (especially on this video which has been bombarded with quite negative ones over recent weeks since the algorithm has promoted it quite heavily).
Been to america plenty of times i know most of you aren't this thick but you have a lot of people that come close unfortunatly.
It's revolting how many people CHOOSE ignorance over educating themselves. Embarrassing really.
I had a similar experience to your Burger King feeders.
On a trip to Europe a few years ago I was on a bus full of overseas tourists. We stopped in Cologne for lunch and the driver suggested some local restaurants. Suddenly there was a stampede of Americans (US) following a leader who was loudly declaring that there was a Mac Donald's on the corner with "real food". God bless their fatty little hearts.
Hahahaha 😂
Then they probably all farted when they got back on the bus.
Eww 😂
I worked on a travel show with an 11 year old host. We got to compare the offerings of many american chains, in far flung ports.
That was not ignorance. Just pure patriotism. Why not support USA and spend your money on made on US of A food, even when you travel abroad, to a country such as France? No, sir, their patriotism us inspiring. Similarly, if a French goes to the USA and doesn't find a place to eat ecargots or bouef bourgoignone it would be very patriotic of him to starve to death. By the way, isn't the hamburger named after the city of Hamburg, Germany? You, know, that dish that is accompanied by you eat with French fries. Now I am just confused. Is MacDonalds really Murican? Mac in the name ,isn't that sth reminds of Scotland? So I guess American "real food" screams Europe, so they weren't actually that wrong.
Australia is pretty much the same size as America. We have public transport as that is a freedom. It’s a freedom to not drive (great for getting pissed!) viable for the youth, elderly and disabled who can’t drive. Not having public transport is restriction of freedom.
Completely agree 👍
And not being able to walk anywhere is just as big, if not a bigger restriction of freedom 😂
@@TheSebbyHour the freedom to be confined to your car 😀
@trevorcook4439 and stuck in traffic because infrastructure is terrible and roundabouts are scary 👻
@ apparently, found out today, the place with the most roundabouts, is a place in Indiana US! But yeah fear of roundabouts is extraordinary to me. We have plenty here in Western Australia. There’s be more if it didn’t come down to local vs federal government funding!
@trevorcook4439 I think that's a bias of how Google works and I would fact check that... When I Google "City with the most roundabouts" it comes up with Carmel "has more than 150 roundabouts, more than any other city in the United States". Yet if I Google the city in France which has the most roundabouts (that's Nantes), that has 1100 of them... It completely blows Carmel out of the water 👀
I was in a restaurant in New York on st Patrick’s day when group of American men sat at the next table. They heard my English accent and started to berate me, assuming I hated the Irish! Turned out they’d never been to Ireland (I have) and knew nothing about it.
Sounds a bit like profiling 😅
Love it when people start a dispute when they have none of the knowledge required to win it 😂
I don’t know why st Patrick’s day in new York have parades with Scottish panpipes and kilts
@@lucylane7397 its not panpipes its bagpipes and there are irish versions as
well
@@deankeith2507 it was obviously spelling mistake and I know there are Irish uilleann pipes but the parades have highland pipes with kilts
A big proportion of the people in Liverpool and Manchester have Irish ancestry.
A lot of Irish came east in the mid 1800s during the famine
The Irish formed a huge proportion of the "navvies" who built the railways
It was actually the ancient Romans and Greeks who introduced cement into our building culture over 2000 years ago. In fact, the Romans took cement manufacture a stage further by adding volcanic dust from Mount Vesuvius to enhance the product and to make cement more workable and resilient which enabled them to engineer and build massive structures like the incredible Colosseum safely and withstand the test of time
The Pantheon, Hagia Sophia, the marine concrete, etc.
I don't get born 'n' bred Yanks calling themselves "Irish" or "Italian" etc. I'm a New Zealander. My ancestry includes Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. 28% of my genetic heritage comes from Wales, but I don't identify as "Welsh", even though my Welsh ancestors arrived in New Zealand far more recently than the average Yank's ancestors emigrated from Ireland. I've never been to Wales, I can't exchange more than the most basic pleasantries in Welsh, I know fuck all about their culture, and I would certainly not presume to comment on their politics or lifestyles... I was born and raised in New Zealand, like both of my parents, all of my grandparents and a goodly number of my great- and great-great-grandparents.
You get Yanks that would be hard pressed to find Ireland on a world map claiming to be "Irish" despite no one in their family having set foot in Ireland for the last 200-odd years. Mind boggling.
My views exactly! 😂
My genetic heritage includes so many countries as well... But I have 2 citizenships and those are the two I identify as! (I have the passports to prove it!)
It's almost as if being "American" isn't good enough for them, maybe there's some doubt in their minds that the US truly is the greatest country in the world.
**Horrified screams** 😱
@@nicksykes4575 America: the land of the free, the home of the brave.
Americans: "I'm Irish."
😂😂😂
Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand
Aww, it's good that they're friends. Always important to find common interests 😂
🎶 Arrogance and ignorance sitting in a tree...
Or head in hands?
It's the most infuriating combination. I'd have more time for USians if they thought through their utterances, and came to realise they are actually idiots.
I'll never forget the story an Italian friend of mine told me: he went to the US for a business-trip and an American asked him if he already tasted some real American food, like pizza. 😂
Everyone knows pizza is an American-English word 😂
@@TheSebbyHour I live in a town in Canada that has literally won best pizza in the world many times over. in the 50s some Italian immigrants created a pizza joint then after they retired their staff went on to create 30% of the current pizza joints that consistently win awards for it. its a local cheese producer as well that is part of it.
I have heard that there are some very good pizzas in the US and Canada, but I do question who organised said competition. A bit like how most of the Michelin star restaurants are in France 👀
@@TheInsaneupsdriver 'best in the world' seems to me 'a bit' of an unrealistic statement and impossible to know.
@@BetsyEimers and judged by who ?
I'm reminded of a story about President Grant having taken a tour of Europe. The Mayor of Rome gave him a tour, and their coach passed the Coliseum. Grant said, "That's a magnificent looking building. When will it be finished?"
That's amazing 😂😂😂
My wife is a yank, she hates when she finds other Americans. She’s always complaining about how loud and ignorant they are 😂
Lol 😅
I have often found that most of the Americans I have met who either study or have moved to the UK or France tend to be quite critical of other Americans. 😂
@@TheSebbyHour Don't forget the Netherlands.... I know so many Americans that stayed here 😊
I'm American and react the same way... I live in Portugal. 😊
I once saw a vlog of a young American couple (early 20s) who were spending their first day in London, walking past a some varied lovely cafés with people eating and drinking in the sunshine, he said they were starving and couldn't find anywhere to eat until he spied a McDonald's to which he called a 'lifesaver'. Then proceeded to eat said McDonald's with disdain as he concluded that there was something wrong with it and wasn't as good as in the States.
If only there was somewhere I could eat in this high street... All I can see is loads of nice cafés and independent restaurants... Where are the chains!?! I NEED FOOOOOD! 😂
@@TheSebbyHour I had a feeling they had never eaten outside of chain fast food outlets before and therefore the concept of an independent café/restaurant was alien to them. Honestly it was a bizarre watch. The comments as you would imagine, were hilarious.
They just thought they were pretty buildings with extras sitting outside drinking coffee for the aesthetics of it 😂
Tbh it probably didn't taste the same. The shit had been removed
@@markbriten6999 lol yup, over 100 additives in US food is banned in Europe.
Loved your channel :D subscribed! I've actually had a lot of 'interactions' with American visitors in my parents restaurant when I was a child - we lived near a big, international exhibition centre and entertainment complex - and have seen groups of 5-6 americans literally empty our restaurant of other customers, being loud, arrogant and obnoxious and it always looked like a pigsty whenever they left.
Thank you for subscribing! I'm really glad you enjoy what I make 🫶
They have a terrible attitude towards customer service, it's insane. When I worked in the ferry terminal they were always the rudest and most unpleasant customers... 🥲
wow amazing video didnt expect to see the numbers hope your channel grows. this video was very entertaining. Much love from Norway
@@TheWolf4636 thank you so much 🙏
Yes, my channel is very new but I'm trying to make some good quality stuff, glad you enjoyed it!
On a European river cruise, I was astounded by the people who wanted to stop at McDonalds. Why spend ALL that money, to travel ALL that way, only to eat crap you can have at home?
Most of us who travel are pretending to be Canadian and running away from the loud ones who refuse to learn any other languages and just yell to "make them understand" and often wear big hats and come from San Antonio.
Yeah, it's all those people from the big SA. 😂
I will say, in fairness, I've seen so many Brits talking loudly and slowly at customer service workers in France because they didn't even bother learning "Hello", "Goodbye", "Please" and "Thank you"...
I've never understood that... When I went to Poland, I always made sure to give everyone a dzień dobry when I walked into a business. It's not hard to at least just learn the polite expressions in a new language, it shows good faith and interest in foreign culture... But then, I worked in tourism and know what it's like to be on the receiving end of a nasty tourist so...
@@TheSebbyHourYou might consider changing your microphone mate, this one doesn't sound great 🫤
This is the first time I get a comment about the audio quality, so I'm very surprised...
Mainly as I use an SM58, which is a perfectly reqsonable microphone for this kind of video. I export the audio as MP3 and not WAV before importing it into my video editing software, maybe that's what sounds bad to you? But honestly, I'm editing all of this on a computer that is on the verge of death... The computer already struggles with what I ask of it, if I replaced the MP3 with WAV it would brick...
But also, unless you're listening with high quality speakers or quite loudly with studio headphones, the compression shouldn't be that disturbing... What exactly is it that bothers you about the sound?
@@TheSebbyHour Perhaps ask the audience to give feedback ?
I watch UA-cam many hrs a day, so I notice things...
@@edwardfletcher7790 I wondered if the mike needed some settings adjusted, from the audio but didn't say anything as it wasn't too bad.
While on a tour of Athens our group was dropped off near the Plaka. The Americans on the tour all went into the Hard Rock Café for burgers and American beer. We walked about 100 yards down the street and ate at a local Greek restaurant and had their food and drink. The Alpha beer was great! (By the way, we are Canadian)
I think it's so important to try local food. If only because that's the main benefit of tourism for a country: financing its local economy (and not giving money for American chains to take, in part, back to the US) but also for your own culture. Food is so diverse and interesting!
I'm a Canadian and was posted to and lived in Germany for 4 years.
I've actually ran into a couple of Americans with Canadian flags on backpacks. After about one sentence it was rather apparent they were American.
The conversation went rapidly downhill from there.
Brilliant! 😂😂
Yeah, for us Europeans its very quickly very obvious, that theyre Americans. But at least they have enough realisation to be embarrassed by their fellow Americans, hence why they try to pretend to be Canadian. So usually we just let them believe, that they fooled, as long as they behave decently.
My husband & I were visiting the US from Australia. The topic of our universal free health care (Medicare) came up to which several replied that they did not know Australia was a communist country. Their reasoning was any sort of social welfare meant communism.
I've heard that Kier Starmer is "essentially a communist" from certain people in the UK... Oh dear 😂
that is brainwashing of the purest kind .... thats why Trump loves the uneducated !
L' Australia a communist country ? So what about my country France where we have social security or the poorest have the right to the same care as the richest in the country or the sick receive their salaries , or state unemployment insurance pays the unemployment 75% of the last salaries or in each city of the country there are buildings with low rent or even free for the poorest which is an obligation , or school is free up to the baccalaureate or students from poor families have access to he grandes écoles Polytechnique, HEC (haute études commerciale ) etc.etc.etc. mikeall applicants to thèse grandes écoles by competition this : LEGALITY all students whether they are from rich or poor families have access to higher education medicine , law, political-science etc.etc.etc.then the selections are made according to the grades and results obtained during the first two years . students are not in debt like in the United-States . France is a communist country strangely enough we are like all western countries much freer than in the USA . I am from the generation just after the Second World War , my parents were simple farmers We were five brother and sisters , which did ot prevent us from pursuing higher education : an airline pilot , a mathematician , a shopkeeper , a high school teacher , as for me a cardiology and thoracic surgeon , we can say thank you to the French State and its motto : LIBERTY - LEGALITY - FRATERNITY . Well the countries of Europe , as well as the United-Kingdom , Canada , Australia , New-Zealand would be communist countries according to the criteria the propaganda of United-States ? So what do they think of Russia , Belarus , China , North-korea , Cuba 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@ybreton6593 Yes. I find it hypocritical that a country that has so many claiming they are Christians & whose motto is "In God we trust" treats its citizens in such an unchristian manner.
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I was delivering downtown once in a boarder town in Canada and i had 2 Americans come around the corner after crossing in the middle of July in a heat wave and ask "where is all the snow?" (we are also south of Detroit) i pointed down the main road that leads to the 400 series highways and said drive down this road for 4 hours, when you see highway 400 head north, drive for 3 days till you run out of road you might see snow if you walk for a few weeks after that." the look of disappointment and confusion was priceless! I've also went to Florida when i was 14 and convinced a few of them i forgot to put away my penguin... No joke. their education system sucks.
You don't even have snow in mid July? Typical Canadians! If the US had snow as an export they would have it in stock year round!
@@TheSebbyHour I haven't seen more then 3 or 4 inches in a decade where i'm at across from Detroit. the river used to never freeze over due to pollution, then the zebra muscles cleaned it and it used to freeze consistently up to just 11 or 12 years ago. I haven't seen it freeze over since.
3 or 4 inches seems like a lot to me 😂
We got about half an inch last year and everyone lost their minds because it was the most we'd had in almost a decade!
@@TheSebbyHour that was 10 years ago.... and it is Canada.
@TheInsaneupsdriver you know what's funny? After I sent the message about not having had snow in ages this morning, I got out of bed, opened the blinds... And it was snowing! No word of a lie, it has been snowing all day 😂
I stood beside an American woman in a nice café in Singapore earlier this year and she was flummoxed when they wouldn’t accept her US dollars. 😂
How outrageous of them! They don't take freedom money!?!? 😨😱
Retired Australian here. I've had many years experience working in hospitality & tourism. Believe me it's very common here too. The look of outrage & indignation when you tell them you can't accept $US is hilarious. Used to ask them if my Aust $'s would accepted in the States. Reply, "of course not". The hypocracy & superority is astounding
I worked in tourism for a year and a half at a ferry terminal and the hypocrisy and superiority complex that some people have when travelling is actually insane. And it's not just Americans on this front, I have found some English, French and German people to be very rude to me in my work... Whilst others were lovely!
Americans were always very cold and blunt and never responded to a cheerful "Good morning" or "Good evening" when they reached check-in... Often just sat silently in their cars and handed me the documents I asked for whilst hardly acknowledging my existence. 🥲
@@TheSebbyHour lol. I can so relate. Used to live & work in Thailand as an English teacher & adventure tour leader. The Thais call westerners "farang". Something odd happens to westerners in the tropical heat & they/we tend to go a bit loopy. Thais have term for this, they call it "farang fits". I live smack bang on the tropic of Capricorn in inland Qld we call it mango madness cos mango season coincides with the wet season in summer. A time of year when wierd things happen. Another term is "going troppo" Believe me it's a real thing. Worked in a resort in Cairns for years, one day a coach load of English tourists stayed for a few days mid summer. On check in their tour leader handed out their room keys & told them how to get to their rooms. I was heading for a break & found this relatively elderly English dude lost. When he saw me in my uniform he threw his bag on the ground at my feet & started stomping his feet like a toddler, screaming "Where's my f**king room". Used to meet & greet at the airport. Mate of mine reckoned that the airport security gate where it goes ping was bullshit. His theory was that the gate used to ping as it sucked out holiday makers brains on boarding a flight & gave it back when they got home 😂. At the airport all of us drivers used stand in line with our signs as we waited to meet our guests. We LOVED swapping stories about our various pax. The yarns could easily fill several yards of hilarious book space.
Not my saying but I heard someone say that stupidity is not unique to Americans but damn, when they do it, they do so well. Sadly Aussies aren't much better but the Yanks are in a league of their own. If you get the chance I highly recommend watching a series of You Tube clips called "What's the dumbest thing an American has said to you?" That'll give you a giggle & have you shaking your head in equal measure.
Essay over. So many stories, so little time & space. Best wishes & keep em coming.
@@robertclothier3597 hahaha, I used to love the contrast between British or French lorry drivers Vs the Polish or Romanian ones. The Brits and French would always hour if they had to share a cabin with someone else (which was standard policy because their companies used to group them together). One of my colleagues who worked on the boats said that they had a Romania driver walk into a flooded cabin which had a sign on the door saying "Please go to reception to get assigned a new cabin". He mustn't have seen the sign because, bless him, he went and slept on the unmade bed (no mattress or sheets) in a flooded room and didn't even complain. Staff went to knock on the door when he didn't come to reception after the boat took off, they just found him in there, accepting of his fate 😂
I'm Australian, my nana was Scottish, I am still Australian, Never understood why Americans always brand themselves into groups. My cousin is married to a black American soldier, they live in Australia, he always tells me Australia is the only place where he was just called an American, not African American, which makes no sense, what about a white south african living in America? what are they called.
The whole concept is really alien to me too... 😂
I am, you are, we are Australian. Not anything-australian unless it's indigenous Australians.
I'm not Australian! 😂
Elon Musk is african-american... ;-)
@@jodocusonbenul yes I know, also an immigrant that needs to be deported ohh and illegal one. ask his brother.
"Irish-Americans" usually had a grandfather who had a friend who met a guy in a bar who once saw a picture of a young girl who had a toy that once belonged to a friend of a woman who's doctor had a patient from Ireland. And that makes them IRISH!!
Seven of my eight great-grandparents were born in Ireland. Despite having an Irish family name, I am Australian. That's it! Although the family castle...
@@sigmaoctantis1892 I only have ONE Irish grandparent. If you'd been American you would be EXTREMELY Irish! More than the Actual Irish. :D
@@TheRealRedAce With one Irish grandparent you can get an Irish passport and call yourself Irish!
@@sigmaoctantis1892 If I were American I could call myself Irish if had a bottle of Guinness! :D
@@TheRealRedAce Americans are seriously weird about the culture/nationality/race issue.
I was serious about the passport though. One grandparent born in Ireland and you can get an Irish passport. That's an EU passport! That's why I went checking my family history. I've got one grandparent left who I'm not certain of. He has an Irish family name but I can't determine where he was born probably not Ireland, unfortunately.
have to say, when I clicked out of full screen to subscribe I was shocked to see “38”. very entertaining and great personality. keep at it
Thank you! It means so much to see all the positive comments on this video, it's incredibly heart warming. Thank you for your support 😊
I cannot remember who said it but this is what they said
"Your grandparents being Irish doesnt make you Irish just like if your grandad was a shoe maker it doesn't make you a shoe maker"
But it might mean your last name is Shoemaker 😂
I remember a comment in a ski (XC) magazine, a man in Vermont was asked where he was from, New York was the reply, but my children are Vermonter's, the locals reply was "cat crawls in to oven to have it's kittens don't make 'em muffins" 1 got to love it !!
On the topic of food, Dutch people asking where they could find a MacDonalds while visiting Italy, have seen that in blogs too. seriously? It is crazy!
You could get a nice pizza for 8€ or less... Or you could spend 15€ on terrible American food 😂
Actually, when in Paris, the only place to find a decent cuppa (tea) was in McDonalds, so they do have their uses.
With a group of Americans, i was the only British person, the second night in Como
we had no evening meal arraged. I along with a couple of other people walk round the town found a delightful square and a had a wonderful meal.
Behind the Hotel was a Mcdonalds. Many of thr group had a meal there. They were too scarred to go to a restaurant because tgey would know what to order as they didnt speak Italian. They were shocked when i told them that the restaurants were used to tourists and had menus printed in English. One did ask if they had them printed in American Engish as well😂
It's important, how would they know what aubergine means? They need a menu that says eggplant! 😂
Have they ever tried an eggplant? It's not on the menu in Mc Donald's.
I make sure I have a koala key ring hanging off my backpack so that I’m not mistaken for an American!
Good thinking 👏🏻
Does that mean you are Austrian?
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Americans don't really have a good grasp of "nationality" because to us there's the USA and then there's everywhere else. We DO, however, have a very thorough, nuanced, and incorrect concept of race and ethnicity, and thus see people from different countries as different ethnic groups. So, an Irish-American is an *ethnicly* Irish American.
For example, a Black person from Jamaica or Brazil is still African American, somehow.
"Ethnic" makeup is super important because racism and eugenics are still the dominant cultural and political forces here.
Oh, that's a really interesting take on the question. Thank you for your comment! I never thought of it like that and it does actually make more sense viewed from that angle... It's crazy how much the history of a country plays into its perception of the world. 😊
What if the cause of the racism is your strange obsession with race. We don’t do that here in Australia. We’re all Australian. Even those of us born overseas call ourselves Australian. Diversity here is higher than the US too. 26% here to 14% in the US. Same size countries and both young countries colonised by the British.
It is this institutionalised racism built into US culture by the rich and powerful, using Mainstream Media and Social Media that keeps the people of the US from looking at what those rich and powerful are doing to their country. Nowhere else in the world, other than USA, segregates their people into sub categories based on skin colour and generational heritage. I'm convinced that if the common people of the US stopped calling themselves African-American, Irish-American, Mexican-American, Chinese-American, etc. and just called themselves Americans, that racism levels would drop considerably.
Not so much America The Home Of The Free as the home of racism, then .
The rest of the World is trying to rid itself of this ,the US.as usual is 400 years behind .
@@trevorcook4439yes, it’s what is known as different culture. You are all talking about Americans lacking an acceptance and understanding of other cultures then turn around and do the exact same thing - even when you are told, quite intelligently I might add, how American culture is. It doesn’t matter why, particularly compared to Australia which has zero to do with it. It simply is. Are we really criticizing how different cultures use the same terms when there are so many legitimate gripes to be had (truly poor/disrespectful behavior)?
Like you I have both UK and French passports. (I use my UK passport only to get in and out of the UK. Anywhere else I'm French.) A few months ago I translated some English into French for an American who was trying to explain to a pharmacist what his health problem was. After we sorted that out he turned to me and said that it I could learn English why couldn't other French people. I just shook my head and left him there. Couldn't be bothered to tell him that I was Scottish, and that French is my second language.
I love how he couldn't even conceive that maybe it was a case of "If you can learn French... Then why can't I?"
He immediately tries to shame an entire country because it seems so normal that everyone else should speak HIS language... I constantly see this kind of behaviour where I live and the second hand embarrassment is real! 😬😂
@@TheSebbyHour The worst I ever witnessed was in Vieux Nice. (It got too hot there for me so I now live in Normandy). Anyway, I often bought chickens from a halal butcher. In front of me in the queue was an American who wanted to know why they didn't display any porc.
Doubly stupid. Couldn't speak french and surely halal means the same in America as it does everywhere else?
"I can't read this word! What does croissant mean?!? Can someone translate please?" 😂
Never been to Nice but I can imagine it would also get way too hot for me, I start complaining after 25°C 😂
@@TheSebbyHour Three years ago the temperature outside reached 43. I had AC, but it only took the temperature down to 32. So I moved North.
You mean you didn't want to see his eyes glasing over, an ever increasing tremor coming over him, then smoke issuing from his ears and finally his head exploding ?
Well they will deny being irish american soon as trump has said hes deporting all immigrants 😂😂
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Yes, give America back to the Apache and Sioux and all the other natives it was stolen from. The downside is that Trump could end up living in Scotland!
Tяump's German-American, isn't he?
Burger King in France or anywhere else in Europe, is a lot healthier to eat than US Burger King. Not that either can be called healthy, just the European outlets serve fast-food with safer ingredients.
Stricter food laws. Our Coca Cola is also quite a bit safer to consume overall... It's quite sad in my opinion how lax the FDA is on some fronts 😕
That's why they thought it tasted bad... it lacked chemicals! hehe
5:50 Please don't give them ideas like that. Now, we Canadians will look like fools went traveling. Do not tarnish our reputation.
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Just give it to them upside down, they won't know the difference
It´s interesting that for so many Americans - it seems - are not happy with being Americans. They have to add another nationality which actually belongs to a distant forefather, not to themselves
SA means South Australia, not San Antonio. (It also means South Africa.)
I mean, it can mean all three. Just some of those carry more weight than others 😂
It also means the Sturmabteilung, or the Brown Shirts.
I'm sure some people may put SA to mean South Africa, but - having lived there for 17 years - the initials RSA (Republic of South Africa) are used. I'm not doing a "I-know-better-than-you-do" thing here; just leaving the way clear for San Antonio.😂
SA means what Doиald Tяump allegedly does to women.
I agree. The Romans should've built the Colosseum out of drywall! 🤣
That's such a good idea! Omg! 😂
You're quite wrong about concrete. The cupola of the Pantheon in Rome is made of concrete. It is the largest non-reinforced concrete structure in the world, built at the beginning of the second century (that's roughly the year 125). The Romans made excellent concrete.
Being wrong about concrete has really fueled engagement on this video 😂
I accept that I was wrong, please replace the word "concrete" with the term "modern building techniques" and "technology". Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the video 😂
@@TheSebbyHour ,your reaction channel is there for others to react, thus provoking comments .
Surely that is your intention ,people commenting on the comments
I'm happy to have a chat, for sure. But I have answered this particular comment multiple times now. 😅
At the end of the day, my goal with the channel is just to have a bit of fun and make something people will enjoy. This video has completely exceeded expectations and, because I try to answer all comments, has become a sort of part-time and unpaid job in itself 😂
As for my concrete statement, it was a genuine mistake... And I would never have expected it to drive this many comments 😂😂
Why would Americans go to France and eat Burger King?
MacDonalds was full. 😞😞
Hahahaha 😂😂😂
Very possible, there's a McDonald's just down the road from the Burger King in question 😂
@@TheSebbyHour The best hamburgers in Sweden you will find at MAX, a swedish chain. And if I can´t find a MAX, I will search for Burger King. McDonald is the last alternative.
Because they do not know to taste good food.
I wonder You are asking. My answer : They are americans, just that
Latin is a language, dead as dead can be.
First it killed the Romans, and now it's killing me.
It's still in use in the Roman-Catholic church - for special occasions at least. Possibly you could meet people speaking Latin fluently in the Vatican state in Rome - it's an independent state within the city of Rome in Italy (there're probably a dozen Romes in the USA).
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl It is not just a state, it is an independent country. But none of the citizens is a native Latin speaker. And in everyday communication, they speak Italian rather than Latin.
I cite latin as being one of the nost useful things i learnt in school. Although my french and german is poor i can pick up a newspaper or book in any latin derived language and figure out whats going on from the derivation of the words.
@@priscillaroberts7945 i'm pretty sure German does not have latin roots... so i'm not sure how you'd detangle that from latin.
@@priscillaroberts7945 It helps to learn Romance languages, but there is enough you wouldn't understand.
Try it: Afară e frig. Este zăpadă pe copaci și lacurile sunt înghețate.
I’ve been working with a girl for 4 years who told us she was Canadian. We only found out last week that she is really American and didn’t want to say. Her actual Canadian husband dropped her in it
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The SA person has a point if they switched "San Antonio" to "Saudi Arabia" and that the official abbreviation of South Africa is "ZA". But that's getting too technical.
@@neilchristensen6413 I just find it funny that they prefer to give the acronym to a single US city rather than an entire country 😂
In the 1980's I occasionally used a "Hard Rock Cafe" in Malawi. The few Americans who discovered it were shocked to find it was run by an Asian and had only borrowed the name. It actually seved quite good meals.
Absolutely agree, the concept of Irish/German/Italian (etc) American is ludicrous, it is also an insult to America, they place their original nationality (which many of them never held) before their present nationality, if they were proud to be American then they would class themselves as American Irish etc.
Possibly this is due to America being such a very young country, with certain people desperately searching for a history to validitate themselves.
Be proud of what you are and have, be proud to be American.
I'm not sure Americans lack pride in their own nation 😂
But I think you're right, it probably does stem from the US being a relatively new country.
New Zealand and Australia are much younger countries than the USA and we call ourselves "Kiwis"/New Zealanders and "Aussies"/Australians respectively. We may acknowledge our ancestry includes English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish etc, but we're _first and foremost_ inhabitants of our countries.
Just found you sweet pea. Subscribed and what a wonderful channel.
Glad you enjoy my videos! 😊
I'm an Irish Anglo Viking with a hint of Australian and a touch of Canadian
@@OwDoGaming-kx9jo can I have a side order of chips with that? 🙃
@@TheSebbyHour poutine, gravy and a pint of guiness with that sir 😂
Viking er ikke en etnisitet. Det er en betegnelse på en nordisk person som reiste ut for å skaffe rikdom og arbeidskraft og nytt land. Gikk i viking.
When I see/hear all these things, I realise again and again how dumb many of these people are!
I love your video!
It is quite impressive how silly some people can be in public 😂
Thanks for your support! 😁
Wow did not expect your channel to be in it's infancy. Nice work and good luck growing it - have a sub and I look forward to more content!
That means a lot, thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and happy to hear that it doesn't look too amateurish 😄
Funny how perspectives differ! In Germany, 'SA' historically stands for Sturmabteilung ('Storm Detachment'), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party in the 1920s and 1930s. It played a key role in Hitler's rise to power and was infamous for its violent enforcement of Nazi ideology. Safe to say, it’s not an abbreviation we associate with anything positive. So, whether it’s South Africa or San Antonio, both are far better uses of those two letters!
Fun fact: For obvious historical reasons (yea, we Germans are dumb, but we can learn) several once nazi assiciated abbreviations are forbidden till this day. This is why you won't find SS or SA on german license plates.
Examples of prohibited combinations
SS, SA, HJ (Hitler Youth), NS (National Socialism), KZ (concentration camp), and other abbreviations associated with the Nazi regime are prohibited in many vehicle registration offices.
Numbers such as 88 (standing for "Heil Hitler") or 18 (standing for "Adolf Hitler") may also be banned in certain contexts.
I guess you can calm down about San Antonio abbreviations now. :D
That's really interesting! I feel like the SS abbreviation is relatively uncommon in many other places than Germany, I know French and British people are very aware of what that stood for as well. I never knew about all the others and about SA 😂
I've come to the conclusion that there are a sizable number of Americans who have probably never travelled outside of the US and whose view of the rest of the world is based on what their right wing media has told them. They are like those annoying teenagers that get on every ones nerves in a world of adults. I know compared to most countries in the world the US is very young as a nation, but Australia and New Zealand are very young as nations. It must be the education system in Australia and New Zealand that has educated them so much better than a sizable portion of the US.
But I supposed if from your first day in school they start with the brainwashing that the US is best and their swearing allegiance to a flag and what it stands for. Which is also strange because they also claim to be a very Christian country and the Bible quite distinctly says they should be be swearing oaths to other things.
My video that came out on Sunday touches on exactly what you said about Christianity clashing with their right wing politics, brain washing and in general the American Dream.
As for brainwashing, I do find it quite surprising that a country that loves freedom has such a cult-like mentality towards its own national pride... It's disconcerting to say the least.
I don't know how the media landscape works in Australia and New Zealand that much, but I'm pretty sure some of the major issues with the US media landscape is the lack of a strong, independent public broadcaster. As far as I'm aware, PBS has terrible viewing figures compared to companies such as Fox News. I feel like that's at least one big problem right there, along with the failing education standards...
Well, see, they use a loophole. "One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all". That way you can say you're worshipping God, and not the country.
P.S. If you don't know, that's how the pledge of allegiance ends. I was still able to recite that from memory, because I had to say it every day in middle school while holding my hand on my heart and facing an American flag.
@@peterlewis2178 I understand that but based on passages elsewhere in the Bible God doesn't seem to take a good view of people trying to get, get out clauses.
@@stephenhodgson3506 That doesn't stop people trying. Religion has a very long history of being weaponized by church or state for their own means, and since the layperson usually doesn't study religion on a deep level, it generally works quite effectively.
@@peterlewis2178 not only religions but also philosophies. It really doesn't matter what it is some members of the human race will always try to weaponize anything for their own benefit.
I was a senior UK Customs Officer at London's Airports. Several times I was told that I must hate Irish people - which shows they can't recognise the real Irish accent with which I was blessed along with being born there to fully Irish parents.
That's such a terrible assumption... Assuming that anyone hates any other group of people in this modern day seems so backwards and shocking to me...
I also think they misdiagnosed your job, UK Customs Officers have always been very polite and nice to me when crossing the channel, I feel like that's a key part of UM law enforcement training (unlike French custom officers who were quite cold and definitely unlike how I've heard American ones act).
Off topic, I know, but your shirt is absolutely fabulous. ❤
Thank you 😊
I’m shocked that a Burger King could make any money in Paris.
In fairness, I'll usually stop by a Burger King when I'm there, because I rarely go to Paris as a destination. So usually I have about 45 minutes between two trains and a proper restaurant would just be too big a risk 😂
In Paris, I had 1h30 to move from Gare de l'est to Gare de Lyon. I couldn't spend time in a restaurant but bought a delicious sandwich from some local producer right on the spot.. And had a delicious dessert too.
The Irish American, Italian American. African American thing it seems is there to seperate and divide the people into communities based on ethnic heritage and is divisive and not helpfully for building a strong country. Here in NZ once you have residency, irrespective of where you come from you are a Kiwi. During the pandemic we were a team of 5 million. I'm not saying there isn't racism, or that everyone buys into being a Kiwi to the same degree, but there is a lot more unity, without the need for the patriotism that is so prevalent in the US.
I'd never thought of it that way, it's true that it seems like a good way of separating people into groups. 😕
I've always wanted to visit New Zealand, any chance you could move the country a bit closer to France? It's just so far away 😂
@TheSebbyHour absolutely not, I have family in the UK and NZ is just the perfect distance, lol.
Did you know NZ could have ended up under French rule instead of British, just south of Christchurch on Banks Peninsula is Akaroa, which was a French settlement, they sent word to the French government to send troops to secure the land, but the British arrived first and claimed the land.
Close with your family I take it? 😂😂😂
Oh, that's interesting! I didn't know that, no.
I read SA as sexual assault lol, thanks UA-cam monetization policies
I also saw it as that but didn't want to risk a strike or an age restriction on the video 😂
I'm not eligible for monetisation yet so the policy doesn't affect me for now
The Irish potato famine ended 152 years ago, with a generation being about 25 years ( or often less ) that means someone who fled Ireland because of famine would be someone's great, great, great, great , great grandparent! Unless they married others with Irish heritage, thats a tiny amount ! PS I'm a quarter English, Irish, Welsh, Norwegian. Yet l call myself English as l was born here! LOL
The two letter code for South Africa is ZA from the Dutch name for the country, Zuid-Afrika
I'm not a native Latin speaker (I'm old, but not THAT old), but I left a like anyway :)
I learnt Latin at school in the seventies. 😊 🇬🇧
Rome has a decent Metro. I'm surprised they didn't complain that the Colosseum was in ruins and should be repaired. Some Americans travelling abroad are clueless but very few of them have the time or the money to travel, so we only see the mostly arrogant elites and get a very skewed view of Americans in general. I've been to the US & the majority of ordinary Americans are great. I didn't bother with Disney Paris. The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and Arc de Triumph were higher priorities. Travel a little further to Bavaria and you can see a REAL castle or 2 at Neuschwanstein / Hohenschwangau. And France has quite a few impressive castles too. Ditto for the UK. I don't speak either Spanish or Portuguese, just French, so I won't be applying for any South American jobs any time soon.
Hahaha, the Colosseum does take the piss doesn't it? They could at least give it a coat of paint 😂😂😂
I've met some very nice Americans too, there are all sorts! But I do think their culture and institutions tend to skew them towards thinking they are better than absolutely everyone else 🥲
There is nothing "real" about Neuschwanstein, it is as "authentic" as nineteenth century kitsch can be.
Sorry, but Neuschwanstein / Hohenschwangau is not a "real" castle. It's a 19th Century fake castle. It's still nice though. But if you want to see a real castle, visit Neuenburg (Freyburg / Unstrut), Eltz, Marksburg, Nuremberg, Burghausen, Coburg, Münzenberg ...
Yeah in Paris itself you have le Château de Vincenne which is a medieval castle. Not as pretty as the Neuschwanstein but pretty impressive.
4:52: They are both wrong. SA means Sturmabteilung.
I've always thought that 😂
You got me there.
Actually, it's South Australia!!!
Good point!
I always get confused when people use SA for Saudi Arabia, as I read it as South Africa. I think Saudi Arabia should be KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) to make it clear. Perhaps we should avoid any conflict by using the abbreviations of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Union of South Africa (USA). Nobody important could object to that.
@kgbgb3663 use RSA, we were known as the Union before 1960 when we became a Republic.
I always find it funny how Americans use statistics for everything from sports to politics but don't understand the statistical phrase "per capita"
They also love to use statistics out of context to fit a predetermined narrative 🥲
That’s ridiculous. EVERYBODY knows that SA stands for South Australia. 😉
Oooooh, I thought it stood for South Atlantic 😂
In most of Europe SA is asociated with Worl War II, the Nazi security and enforcement force Sturmabteilung.
I have personally never heard of that in my life, or most other meanings of SA, other then the assault one, but that is good to know, and I will try to keep it in mind
You beat me to it - that’s the first thing us Aussies would think it stood for!
I thought it was South Africa. (Kiwi here)
I love the shirt!
Yes I would love to hear more about this subreddit. And anything that shows the ignorance of poeple from the US. One it's just hilarious and two, hopefully Americans will recognise that there is more to this world then just the USA 🇺🇸 😊. No bad feelings towards America whatsoever btw.
You bring it light hearted ✨️ and are charismatic. Poeple will be less offended. I subscribed and am curious where this leads. Good luck! 👍 ❤
So happy to hear that you've enjoyed it, I'll be sure to make a follow up episode 😄
The aim is of course not to offend anyone, it's teasing in good spirits and I'm glad it comes across that way!
Of course there's more than the USA. Universities aren't the whole world, you've still got the rest of San Antonio
Claiming that you are something more than American proves to me that being American isn't enough for Americans. They feel they are lacking so they need to add something. Quite sad really.
I agree... It's a bit like toxic masculinity in some ways. If you feel like a trait or characteristic (in this case, culture) defines you and you constantly require validation on that front, you're just insecure at the end of the day... 🤷♂️
It's like they claim to be the most multi-cultural country on Earth, yet still get excited every time they hear an non-US accent.
And have huge amounts of anti immigration propaganda... 🤔
Americans go to Ireland and claim they are irish. No you're not. Or they do a history dna and claim they are related to ALL the British royals... Yeh right!
@@TheSebbyHour 'toxic masculinity' is a term used by the 'modern feminist' movement to use against any male who does not agree with their viewpoint.
The term came from a US psychologist 'Shepherd Bliss' in the 1980s, that he used in a study. Like the 'Alpha Wolf' theory, both have since been proven' to not be a thing due to a misunderstanding of events and facts.
But the term persists, just like the Alpha Wolf thing.
How wildly non-horrible. I watch reactors, good and bad. Like picking a scab sometimes. Good luck with the channel. Subbed. (Canadian FWIW)
Never been described as "wildly non-horrible" before. Thank you! 😂
Here's the thing about "Irish-American" or whatever other European country-American. It's similar in Canada.
People who use those terms are talking about ethnicity, not nationality. They're holding on to a small bit of family history, not claiming to be experts on whatever European countries their ancestors came from. I'll admit that I only read and speak a tiny bit of the language from one of the countries my grandfather was from before emigrating to Canada. I won't claim even the slightest familiarity with the culture. I've never been there and probably never will. But it's a fact that on the long-form census in Canada, they ask this sort of thing - where your family came from before they were Canadian. They also want to know if you're fluent in the language(s) of that place.
This is because while the U.S. is a melting pot, Canada is a mosaic, and multiculturalism is part our identity. It's really rude of you to giggle about this, acting like people are stupid for wanting to acknowledge their family history.
That said, there are obnoxious people who do claim equal identity with people who really are Irish citizens. But I rather doubt that most are like that.
Oh, and Americans who wear Maple Leaf pins or patches? They should stop appropriating Canada's cultural identity. Especially if they behave in their usual loud, boorish, rude way while doing it.
The thing I laugh at in this video is people appropriating the culture of another country. The person I take the piss out of literally calls Irish people "the Irish-Irish" as a means of comparing them to "us Irish-Americans".
Although it may not be a majority of Americans in real life, those who go onto the internet to argue about their "heritage" are usually claiming to be Irish, Spanish, Italian or so on...
In addition to this, we have all got mixed origins, especially in Europe. I joke about it in this video, my family is part German, Scottish, Welsh... And that's only in recent history (often more recent than the link most Irish-Americans have with Ireland).
The whole reason I point fun at Americans in this video is because America has this incredibly entitled superiority complex towards the rest of the world. You think it's rude that I giggle at misappropriated identity... How rude is it to literally the rest of the planet to teach kids in school that their country is "the greatest country in the world"?
The aim of this video isn't to start a fight. It's simply to poke fun at American grandeur and the bubble that US culture seems to live in.
@@TheSebbyHour Since I'm Canadian, I also poke fun at American grandeur, on a daily basis. I'm so tired of their superiority complex and constant bragging. And yes, non-Canadians wearing the maple leaf in hopes of better treatment, are misappropriating our culture.
However, your giggling at people who hyphenate their ethnic identity means you're not differentiating between the people who are obnoxious about it and the people who are not obnoxious about it. I hyphenate for the purpose of the long-form census, if I'm picked to fill it out. I hyphenate for the purpose of participating in some Swedish or Norwegian-Canadian cultural events here (the organizers usually ask). But by no means do I consider myself a citizen of either of those countries. I've never been there (would like to some day, but that's unlikely to be possible). My grandfather was reluctant to teach me Swedish, "because I live in Canada now, and in Canada we speak English". Yet he still received letters and cards from family in Sweden, written in Swedish, and I at least wanted to learn to read what was on the cards.
He eventually did teach me some, though not enough to carry on much of a conversation. At least I can now read the cards and some of the letters, and have some small connection to people who are literally distant relatives.
There's another obnoxious kind of claim that some people make. I belong to several medieval history groups on FB, and some groups have banned posts and comments where people boast that So-and-So From English Royalty/Aristocracy is their multi-generation great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle. It's tiresome. I'm just grateful that I know where some of my ancestors came from and approximately how far back. And there's not a royal or aristocrat anywhere, that I know of.
I do think that's an interesting perspective on the matter. But again, I'd say you're Canadian with Swedish heritage... I'd still disagree with you if you said you were Canadian-Swedish.
I'm not making fun of people who feel an attachment to their heritage. I'm making fun of those who have no attachment other than genetics and claim to originate from some European country they know nothing about. You so often see "as an Italian, I completely disagree with this" and if you actually dig it turn sour said "Italian" is an American with a great grandfather who was from Naples. It doesn't make YOU Italian.
I understand that you feel an attachment to Sweden and are interested in the culture, but I'm sorry to say I would disagree with you if you called yourself Swedish-Canadian or Canadian-Swedish... But I would agree if you said you're Canadian of Swedish descent, because (based on what you've told me) you are. But again, the point of this video is not to mock your heritage, simply the way that some people put theirs forward with the intention of getting "extra credit" with a nation or to win in arguments by pretending to be from somewhere they've never even visited.
@@TheSebbyHour You're still missing the point. You don't get to tell other people how to self-identify, regarding their ethnic heritage. It's like you don't get to tell other people how to self-identify regarding gender, or how they prefer to call themselves if they have a disability. You don't get to decide these things for other people and tell them they're wrong if their perception doesn't match yours.
If I identifies as "Canadian-Swedish, I'd be a Canadian in Sweden, which is not what I said. I have Swedish-Norwegian ancestry and I'm Canadian. There are customs my grandparents grew up with there that they brought here, and I still keep a few of them a century later. I explained that FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FEDERAL CENSUS there are times when I identify as Swedish-Canadian because the long-form census has questions regarding ethnic heritage. Multiculturalism is a federal policy here, so the government needs to know these things. You don't live here, so it's not something you grew up with, and it doesn't look like you're even trying to understand.
I acknowledged that some people do claim to have the same status or credibility as the people from the European country in question, and it annoys people from those countries. I don't do that. I'd never claim expertise on any Swedish or Norwegian matter.
By the way, that attempt at an American accent? Don't do that. It's rude to imitate others' accents for purposes of mockery. I'm not American, but I've had enough interaction with them to know that many of them find others' attempts to imitate one or more of their accents to be annoying. They don't all talk like that, just as there really aren't that many Canadians who say "eh".
But I see many Americans imitate an English, Scottish or Irish accent. Nearly always very badly.
this video looks so professionally made, that it's hard to believe you only have 189 subscribers. I'm impressed, you've got yourself another sub, and keep up the great work!
Thank you 🫶
I try my best to make it look and sound good 😊
..aah stop subbing cheer up 😂, best i could come up with sry
@Patrik6920 it took me a minute to get the pun 😂😂😂
@@TheSebbyHour 😂😂😂
The Romans invented concrete - and it was of a better quality than what we have today. We still haven't figured out how they did it.
I'm assuming you've watched the same UA-cam video as all the other people who commented this 😂
Everyone on UA-cam is an expert on concrete, I didn't realise how much that mistake would come back to haunt my comments section 😂
Hope you enjoyed the rest of the video 😊
@@TheSebbyHour No, it's basic knowledge for architects in Europe. 📐
I am from SA, South Australia
Hello from the other side of the globe! 👋
Irish-American here. These criticisms are largely deserved and I wince in shame when I run into fellow Americans acting ugly overseas, particularly when they use their outdoor voices indoors or incessantly compare everything they experience with their more familiar US version. And although I understand and harbor some Irish-American pride, it's conscientiously measured because being Irish-American is like being a Dallas Cowboy fan: There are so damn many of us running around that it hardly matters when we encounter one another. "Oh, you too, huh? You don't say!"
BTW, this may be ugly of me but any non-American who insists on calling us "USians" had better put 'em up or run away at once, fast.
Hahaha, I won't call you a USian, promised! (Although you do claim the whole continent as your nationality name 😂)
I love the "use their outdoor voices indoors" 😂
Even our outdoor voices are quieter than some tourists I've come across. But if it can serve to reassure you, Brits abroad are also a nightmare! 🫠
Here in Australia we refer to Americans as Septics. As in Septic Tanks. (Rhyming slang.)
If you don't like that, we have many more...
There are many negative things that can justifiably be said about Irish Americans. However, I find that some Irish people are a little too quick to mock them, yet still take their money when they are in Ireland on holiday.
And it wouldn't do a bit of harm to remember that Irish emigrants in the US especially sent plenty of financial aid to their families in the previous centuries. Not to mention US diplomatic pressure on the UK during the Treaty negotiations etc.
But, still, Irish Americans who insist they know Irish matters better than the Irish can be very irritating...
The Maltese ancient monuments are partly made from concrete mixed from local stone and sand and lime. Worth seeing. There are many buildings.
Please do go to the US disneyland and leave France alone
I feel like Parisians would be happier as a result 😂
Sure, just as soon as you stop coming to Vegas and gawking at our casinos like school children. It works both ways.
@@mongooz24I really do not wish to go to Vegas. Ever.
@@patrickporter6536nor do i the French Disneyland. Thanks for making my point.
@@mongooz24 Me, go to Vegas? Not likely.
My late wife had 400 years old roots from Vallonia, which is the southern, french speaking part of what today is Belgium. In fact, quite many vallonians immigrated to Sweden at that time, to help Sweden build up its arms industry. Me too have som vallonian genes from my mothers side, if not as much as my wife (she actually looked more from southern or central Europe than from Scandinavia). Once upon a time we went to Paris by train, and during that ride we passed through Liége, the biggest city in Vallonia. I asked my wife: "Do you feel at home now?" She answered, quite brutally: "Not a f-ck". So why are some americans so obsessed with being "irish" or "italian" when their family been to USA for generations? Isn´t good enough just being americans?
I have been to the States a fair number of times for work, in the past 50 years or so. There are two things that always strike me when I am there. Firstly it's like visiting the zoo and watch the chimpanzees interact, and, secondly, it's like visiting the zoo and being pleased that the chimpanzees are still there doing the same chimpanzee things.... "They never change, which is strangely comforting," my wife, RIP, used to say.
Roman concrete stayed strong for centuries even when being underwater. Good luck for moderne concrete to last that long !
No American would EVER use the term car park
“Miseducated “ don’t you mean uneducated… the f**king irony
The definition of miseducated according to Google : "educate, teach, or inform (someone) wrongly."
Your comment is uneducated. Disinformation, for instance, is a form of miseducation.
2:55 USians? Thank you, thank you, who ever gave me that word. I needed it!
It's not fair to call ALL of them Ameristanies 😆
Hm, The romans made better concrete than is presently used.
I've touched on this in one of my more recent videos, it has been brought up so many time... 😢
Actually 'Portland Cement', invented (or reinvented) in the UK is said to be just as good as the Roman stuff.
@@Thurgosh_OG My comment was In context of the presentation, good fellow! And we are by now roughly 2000 years later and have only relatively recently come up with something 'Just as good'?
Besides that, there are to my knowledge as yet no buildings of 2000 years old built with Portland cement, it being patented roughly 200 years ago. There are several surviving buildings and structure from Roman origin, however.
So..., we're ignoring the fact that that one commenter didn't get the principle of "per 100.000“?
It was so obvious that they'd misunderstood the entire concept that I didn't feel like it needed extra illustration on my part. I just laugh at it and then talk about the point that person was actually trying to make 😅
I also preface it with "This has to be a joke, it's so funny" because of how ridiculous a comeback it is 😊
France might be known for good food, but not everybody is interested in dining experience. If I came to another country for architecture, or for a festival, or something... I'd probably go to McDuck too, and I'm not even American. I don't want food that a lot of people who are not me think is better; I don't care; I want something I can definitely rely on.
Eating local food doesn't necessarily mean going to a posh upperclass French restaurant... I frankly don't enjoy those myself. Rather, it's about discovery and culture. How do you know you don't like something if you don't try it? You might miss out on the best culinary experience of your life. For instance, I hadn't had Georgian food until 2024 and it was a fantastic discovery, I thoroughly recommend it.
With your comment, I feel like you're illustrating my point entirely. Not trying local food reflects a certain level of rigidity and close mindedness towards foods you don't know and aren't used to. I think that's a shame. It also gives the terrible companies that are behind most major fast food and fast food brands money that they frankly don't deserve. You can get an easy and reliable burger and chips for considerably less than McDonald's (which is so overpriced these days) in France and it will be much nicer. It might also provide something to the local economy.
If you come to France, look at the Eiffel tower and then give your money to McDonald's, an American superpower, as far as I'm concerned, you're not a tourist that's worth having in the country. You contribute little to the local economy and little to the development of the nation's culture internationally. What is tourism for in the first place if not those two things?
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> How do you know you don't like something if you don't try it?
That's my point. I'm perfectly happy not knowing. I'm simply not interested.
> and then give your money to McDonald's, an American superpower
McDonald's in Paris is a French restaurant. It has French staff, French owner (yes, american McDonald's doesn't own those restaurants, they sell a franchise), it uses French ingredients whenever possible. Only a small percentage of what you pay there goes to the american corporation.
And the rent. McDonald's typically own the land that their franchises operate on and charge the franchisees rent.
We can agree to disagree 🤷♂️
There is no such thing as an "English Passport" ! It"s an British Passport!
they really should start thinking before complaining. most issues are from the one who complains.
I don't know really... I feel like part of the reason France has relatively good worker rights and healthcare is because they're always complaining when the government tries to take it away. It's less complaining that's the problem and more complaining about the right things! 😂
The concrete used in ancient Rome was superior to and lasted longer than concrete today. Experts couldn't figure out how the Romans did it until a year or two ago
Oh, the Romans do have a bit of interesting concrete architecture, as well. Seems to hold up a bit better to time than US concrete, too ...
Imagine building things with longevity in mind! How silly! Who's going to give you money to build stuff if you build things that last forever? 😂
I took "Latein" in School BECAUSE it was a Dead Language, so no living Person could say "You pronounce it wrong", like i.e. France 😉
The irony of learning a language is that if you pronounce it wrong people laugh at you, if you pronounce it too well people call you a showoff 😂
Howdy from San Francisco. Lurve your 'Merkin accent.
Lot of US schools suck, no money. And a lot of textbooks are published in Texas, to Texas standards. You already know how close Texas is to South Africa. ;-)
I am continually told that my American accent is terrible 😂
I didn't know that about textbooks, is that a fact? And yes, Texas is renowned for being very close to South Africa 😂
By the way: the Romans used concrete, based on pumice stone. It is excellent quality and was the base under the coliseum, for example, but it does not look like our concrete :)
The US is bigger in surface than the EU (10 million km2 against 4.5 million) but smaller in population (335 million in the US against 447 million in the EU). We're both dwarfs in land size compared to Russia and its 17 million km2 and dwarfs in population compared to China (1.5 billion) or India (also 1.5 billion). But how is that even important ?
The point is that the size of the US is constantly used as an argument for why you can't have functional public transit. The fact that the US had functional public transportation solutions in the past and that those were torn down to make space for cars is always completely ignored and size is used as an explanation for why it would be "impossible".
The EU is not Europe.
@@TheSebbyHourI'm not sure, if it is really ignored or Muricans just don't have any idea that public transport existed in the past.
@@TheSebbyHour .
When those in the US talk about distances, it is as though every time they travel anywhere, they travel right across the country. The fact is, the more densely populated east side of the US is very comparable to Europe where size and distances are concerned. Public transport would be completely practical if the powerful highway lobby didn't control so much.
The whole of Europe is only slightly smaller than the US.
Europe is slightly larger than the US in land area
Sorry to break it to you mate, the Romans invented concrete, in fact, Roman engineers built the oldest sections of City of London sewers, I learnt that from a British TV show here in Canada!
Hi! Thanks for your comment 😂
Unfortunately you're not breaking anything me because you must be about the 25th commenter to point this out and I've already talked about it in a more recent video 😊
Most Americans believe education and intelligence aren’t correlated. This is an incredibly popular opinion that I’ve heard from far too many Americans and I’ve even held myself in the past (before I decided being an average American wasn’t very fun.)
I think there's validity in saying you can be intelligent without having "standard education". You get intelligent people who never went to university for example... But what people don't realise when they look at those cases is the fact that usually that clever person educated themselves through curiosity, reading, documentaries...
Education =/= The Education System
1:35 not only did concrete exist in ancient Rome, Roman concrete had several properties that modern concrete lacks, it set faster, fast enough that concrete poured into form work in water could set fast, and it had a small degree of self-healing... TLDR Romans 2000 years ago had better concrete than the yanks have now
Concrete actually DID exist in ancient Rome. Read up on the design of the Parthenon. Pretty impressive, actually.
The Parthenon is in Greece!
@@valsyaranamual6853 Sorry, Pantheon.
Concrete did exist in Roman times; it was known as opus caementicium. What they didn't have was reinforced concrete. Concrete was used to build the Colosseum. I have a great great grandmother who was Irish, but I would not claim Irishness based on that. Does eating bacon, cabbage and potato that my gran used to make all the time work with that lol
wow, thank you very much, Its nice to find common sense on youtube ( here an irish english nortuimbrian basque catalonian spanish person? )
I'm glad you enjoyed my common sense 😂
I'm sure there are loads of people who are sensible on here, it's just not as exciting for the algorithm as sensationalist views 🙃
El que habla de roma y de los rascacielos y sus materiales, deberia saber que muchas de las cosas que construyeron los romanos, són de cemento, ya que ellos lo inventaron.
Many, many comments have said this now. I have even touched on it in another one of my videos. 🥲
It's not Burger King, but it seems that McDonalds in France is much better than in the USA and also better than in other European countries. Also testing it with something you can compare, is maybe not the worst idea. So trying it once maybe makes sense. If I would see a German restaurant in Japan, I would also be interested what they are selling as German food, even though I get probably better German food at home.
I was worried about where those festivals were talking place in SA as I always associate SA with sexual abuse not a place. Which does make Trump as leader of the USA very fitting.
Very entertaining 😂