What the Rest of the World Thinks of Americans (American reaction)
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On the subject of the American dream, as the great British philosopher Al Murray once said, "the British don't have a British dream - because we are awake".
“It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” - the late great George Carlin
Go watch his stuff if you haven’t already. Thank me later.
@@DubboU I have and I thin he is great. It was a quick joke. Thanks for recommending him though.
Haha I watched that it’s so true. We know our politicians are crap that’s why we don’t get excited to vote.🏴🇬🇧
Al, the great philosopher. Our guiding light and pub landlord.
@@anonniemouse8042 Most of us in the US don't either anymore!
One of the biggest problems is, that US-Americans call themselves Americans. But Mexicans, Canadians, Brasilians and many more are also Americans. It´s a continent, not a country. You call your self "american" and the others "mexicans" or "canadians". That´s weird. It+s like i call myself "European" and my neighbour "French"... makes no sense.
That's true. I've said something simular on FB the other day. Someone even argued with we that Canadians aren't Americans. -_-
It´s their arrogance 😉
Only native americans are true americans. The others are just colonialist.
@@loistrincanato8642 In the US and Canada
@@loistrincanato8642 You can say that all born in america are americans but what you wrote is behind stupid. Native americans didn´t come up with the name and they also didn´t magically exist since the beginning of earth.
Having school kids parrot the
Pledge of Allegiance" every day says it all.
Yep, that bit alone is all too telling... There are/were not all _that_ many other countries doing that, and you _really_ don't want to be part of that list...
Only the 1930s-40s Germany and 1950s-70s East Germany had this worship of a flag
@@jono.pom-downunder China does that too
@@Sam_Guevenne My Chinese sister-in-law would dispute that. Certainly they are never expected to stand every morning, hand over heart - which replaced the Bellamy salute which Germany copied back in the 1930s - and pledge undying allegiance to a scrap of fabric. Her nieces used to when they lived in the USA [Seattle] but as soon as they were old enough they left their parents and moved to China to live with their grandparents, they now have successful lives in varying parts of southern China.
The worlds biggest cult???
When I lived in Thailand as a teacher, there was a lot of expats there and I'm only 31, so a millennial. One day an American in his late 50s said to me "you're just a young British kid, I bet you can't even name 10 states", so I downloaded serterra (a map game app) and I clicked on the 50 states and to his surprise, I got all 50. I then challenged him to fill out the map of Europe and he said, and I kid you not, "but Europe's just a country right? Like Paris is the capital of Europe and you guys left Europe so now London is the big city in your country, right?" and I could not believe how wrong he was. I had to kindly explain that Europe is a continent of about 50 countries with various languages, cultures, cuisines and that no, the UK didn't leave Europe, we are still a European country in Europe.
I work in the Singapore Airport and there's two american woman in their 50-60s walked up to me to ask question about where to get to the transit with their weird spoken slow english and hand gesture. I said that "I understand english" and they responded "How are you chinamen know our language?" I said "I am Singaporean, what china?" and they said "Singapore is in China right?" I then asked them "Do you know where is Asia located?" and they said this "Asia is Japan and Korea right?" So this american woman I chat with think that China = Europe as a continent. Thankfully they exchanged the correct national dollar currency and not China RMB
I as a Latin American have met plenty of Europeans and other foreigners who have shown their ignorance of my region on numerous ocassions. lets stop this bs talk that ignorance is somehow limited to one specific country. that in itself is ignorance.
I just imagined you rowing the UK away from Europe XDDDDDDD geez
"We may be stupid but we are optimistically stupid" - That is a brilliant quote Thanks for that
''We don't know shit, but we are confident we know everything''''
Well I just remembered this! Once I was in Florida and I met an American from west coast…she asked where I came from…I said Jamaica …she said omg you poor thing, so far away from home, you must be so lost and alone…I said oh no, it’s just over an hour away from Ja. Florida is in my back yard! I can come here every day if I want to….she was so stunned and still could not understand the geography. In fact she was lost and alone in USA even without leaving. Can’t make this up!
I lived in the US for 8 years and agree that this assessment is pretty much spot on. One thing - beware of all that exuberant friendliness, like so many things American, it's fake.
Couldn’t agree more!! 💯💯 everything is fake there.
@@BlackMagic1222 like 9/11
I've always wondered why "hi, how are you?" is used the same as "hello", since no one expects an answer to the question.. as a Finn, I hate that empty phrase.. don't ask, if you don't want to know.. 😅
@@einienj3281 It goes a lot further than that. If you stay in one place for a long time people who once gushed all over you with faux friendship will start to totally ignore you. It is because the average American has the attention span of a turnip. They are always on the lookout foe something new.
@@sav7568 I've noticed.. they've already forgotten about the latest school shooting.. it's almost impressive, if it wasn't such a tragic topic.. their culture wars are insane.
I've heard many times from people who were from the US and moved to Japan that they lost weight without trying, even when eating "the same" (aka, lots of fast food) because of all the additives in American food, many of which are illegal in other countries. So you can't blame laziness and overeating for all of it. If the country as a whole was more concerned with the health of their citizens instead of making money off illness, they could drastically cut down on obesity.
Main point is that no one is interested in keeping Americans healthy. When the health care system is tax paid, the gouvernement is highly interested in reducing health problems caused by obesity. Just to name one important player missing in the US food system.
Funny thing is most other foreigners living in Japan tend to get fatter while Americans are getting slimmer that shows the gap
It´s a bit weird to hear the guy in the original video pointing out broad generalisations first and then at 5:12 stating "All countries attempt to imbue a sense of nationalism in their people" - Wtf, dude? First of all, that´s confusing nationalism with patriotism, and second: no, not all countries do that...
I think the OG video is american propaganda. A lot of the points are kinda down playing American bullshit.
@@Sam_Guevenne I don't know if it is exactly propaganda, but it definitely sounds like it's based on self-enforced lack of self-criticism supported by ignorance based on lack of perspective. Apparently the long-term backrest support from anti-intellectualism, unquestioning (national? individualistic?) self-pride and the associated aggressive lack of interest to change, even for the better creates the American mental landscape which most Europeans would really associate mostly with the cognitive underclass, not a group of enviable achievers. The video is also strangely wishy-washy on actually mentioning proper statistics, not to mention that while they are constantly complaining about foreigners stereotyping Americans, the narrator is amazingly happy to lump the whole rest of the world together, at best expecting that the viewer knows that there are couple of other English-speaking countries outside the US, and maybe France... seriously, here in Europe you don't dumb down your message to that level even for pre-schoolers.
I have had no trouble with my US colleagues working in Europe - but they have basically passed the great filter, getting proper education and actually accepting that US is not necessarily the eternal pinnacle of progress with nothing to learn from abroad. (Dear Americans, we in normal developed countries don't have such extravagant ideas of ourselves. Also, we don't do that because we would be worse than you, we do it because we are grown up and mentally awake.) Sadly I can't be equally generous about those who are on the other side of the filter - which of course is most of the time in the US.
While other nations maybe find it ok to imbue a kind of nationalism, in Germany there would be a public outcry...after all, the Nazis were all about nationalism.
He was down playing all bad things about the usa and pointing fingers at other countries alot, like he really think the usa is the best country in the world overall.... :(
@@brozy5720 That attitude has also its own problems. Let's say that ex-Warsaw pact countries are growing pretty tired of Germans lacking a spine on acting against Russia now when it is really necessary, not to mention that defence has been the lowest possible priority for Germany (due to same historical reasons) for decades. That doesn't mean that flag worship and daily allegiance claims would make sense though...
Im an Aussie and spent some time in America, while i found the people to be very friendly and helpful, many didn’t know anything about the rest of the world. Some think America is the world!! I met a lady who worked in the post office at Rhode Island. We were talking about travelling etc. she said she hadn’t seen her sister for 30 years. I asked where her sister lived thinking it was another country. She said Martha’s Vineyard!! A short ferry ride away. Bless her
Everyone from Martha's Vineyard is a Communist. I would not want to visit her either.
The expression which often comes to mind when I think of some of my neighbours whilst I lived in the US, though obviously not all of them or even a majority of them, is "empty vessels make most noise". This is true the world over, but the poor standard of education in the US means more vessels are empty than is the case elsewhere. 😲
I agree,I lived there for 3 years.
I have been to the US (several areas) MANY times and can say (confidently) that the average American knows NOTHING about the rest of the world. Further, they actually don't care about the rest of the world, except if you are British (as I am). Then they 'assume' MANY attributes to you; intelligence, wealth and similar - I aspire to all of those, but definitely fail on most (but hey! I'm English, so don't have the American 'can do' attitude LOL). The one positive I CAN say, if you DO visit America and are you ARE British, play on it, because they will fawn over you BIG TIME - LOL!
@@stewedfishproductions7959 if you hate us why do you keep coming?
@@blakemccann445- Where did I say that I 'hate' Americans? I DIDN'T..! Just stating facts (although re-reading my comment, I could probably been a bit more diplomatic -LOL). If you are from Great Britain, the average American does look at you with 'rose tinted spectacles'. Only about 42% of Americans have ever had passports and many could not tell you anything about 'the world' outside the US. The conversations I have had over the years with the typical Yank has often left me totally bemused, shocked and laughing inside... FACT. 😃
When I was in France once I was at the home of Cezanne. There was a pair of very pushy and loud US women in front of the line. When they were asked there nationality they replied "Nationality! What do you mean?" The response was what country are you from? Their response was "we are from America we don't have a nationality " WTF
Apparently, they were thinking that Americans are normal, basic people, and others belong to the "nations".
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I've heard that response from my fellow Americans more than once in my life. Our education system hath betrayed us.
I live in Romania and visited the USA only once about 4 years ago in the San Francisco Bay area and there are a few things that surprised and or baffled me.
1. Trash on the side of highways: Wherever I traveled in Europe I haven't seen the amount of trash on the side of the road that I see here but the amount of trash I saw in California dwarfs what we have here.
2. All bread is sweet: admittedly I was there for just a few days and on a business trip so I didn't have time to look very thoroughly but everywhere I tried whether it was hotel, restaurant or supermarket I could not find bread that didn't have a ton of sweeter. And I can't stress how disgusting it is to eat fried eggs with bacon and sweet bread at breakfast.
3. The number of flags: growing up with Hollywood movies, I was expecting to see American flags everywhere but to my surprise, at least in the SF area that's not really the case. The number of national flags you guys have is way smaller than the what we have over here.
4. Badly designed neighborhoods. This one was outright infuriating. Our hotel was relatively close to a commercial complex which also had a few pubs to spend the evenings and some decent restaurants so you can imagine we were there most every evening but the most infuriating part was there were roads but no side walks to get over there. Now I don't know about you, but I'm not getting the car to drive 300m to a pub where I can't drink cause I'm driving so you can imagine that every evening there were these bums walking to and from this complex on the side of a busy road. Needles to say we didn't make many friends during these walks. And I've seen this in many other places.
5. The sheer scale of Redwood forests: while I had seen pictures and films of redwoods before, the sheer size of them is hard to imagine before witnessing it in person. Your redwood forests are the most majestic natural landscape I've seen to date.
Whilst some American stereotypes are inaccurate, others are earned. I would remind the average Yank, that the world does not end at the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, and that it would benefit you more to learn about world affairs, including history, geography and politics. You should also ensure that actual science, and not pseudoscience is taught in Science classes, although that might relate more to the Southern states.
Also, you might want to consider having more than two political parties, maybe one that is a little more left leaning than the two you have, and that a person is not defined by which party they support. You might also want to get your TV news from sources that are not aligned with one party or the other.
Oh yeah getting news from media companies from America is not at all informative. Most Americans are getting distrustful of media and are looking for third party news now. But you still either have that crazy uncle that watched fox too much or your equally crazy cousin who watches too much cnn. As for geography it’s probably because we simply are not interested and there is so much to see in America first before I would travel abroad, and I have many times just not to Europe. Flights to Europe tend to be expensive af for us too so those trips need more savings many do not have or a lack of time off. I could easily see us going through a party shift here very soon with the current climate and the next election.
I worked in Burbank for a while. What got me most was that Americans knew less of American history than I did and I have not formally ever studied it. I have also worked in Toulouse and found the French there to be more friendly than Americans. I have not spent enough time working in Italy to make up my mind as I have only seen a small part of the country. The flip side is that I spent a lot of time in NI and no matter what you think. what is happening there (still) is different. When a political party throws out Ian Paisly for being too moderate you know there is something going on.
The French were the friendlier ones?! 🥴
The Irish are all Bolsheviks and always have been. THAT'S what's going on.
This is why your kind is so precious. You are among the first who open their minds to the rest of the world and I am truly happy for you !
It’s interesting that he mentions the book “the quiet American”, because the fact that the character in question was quiet was a point of difference from other Americans that (the novel said) should be the first indication that this was no ordinary tourist.
However, the fact that the person referencing that book doesn’t know what he was referencing does indicate that another one of those points is disturbingly accurate: the American education system is a failure. That a few people (largely those who are born into wealth) can gain a good education (by international standards) while such a quality education is out of reach for so many Americans is a national disgrace. The children of rich people in The Democratic Republic of Congo can get a world class education, but (much like America) the poorer people cannot.
Yes everybody likes food. Just our portions are smaller, not chuck full of corn syrup, hormones and other trash. I like American fast food, just the relatively healthy version they are forced to sell here.
Also we have time to eat at restaurants or cook properly, as our live doesn't revolve only about work work work buy buy.
I’ve lived in the US, plus 4 other countries in my lifetime and have travelled extensively and the 3 main things I’ve noticed - 1. Their education system is way below many other countries, although maybe not as disastrous as is sometimes portrayed. 2, As a total population they have definitely less interest in the outside world and less people travel abroad. 3. It’s ingrained into the whole society that their country is the greatest in the world, or at least very close to it. Overall of course some fantastic, wonderful people there, but as a society def room for improvement
Well lst time i lived in the states is over 30 years ago and i defenitly agree with all youre points. Sadly i have this sinking feeling it only got worse since then. Altough i have some hope for the younger generation.
there's 3 other countries, that tells their population, they are the best in the world, over and over... China, Russia and North Korea... not a box, i would wanna be in...
@@spyro257 Yup and i only know of one other who did that. But lets not bring Nazi Germany into it.....
@@arturobianco848 yeah, but if we're gonna think of that, then we also have to think of, why USA STILL does, The Pledge of Allegiance, which they started to do, coz Mr H, back in the late 30s did, but they ended that, a LOOONG time ago, but USA didnt stop, and is still doing it to this day...
@@spyro257 Russians dont have "we are superior to everyone!" thinking like Americans do.
Both you and your brother do a excellent job of showing us that stereotypes do not apply to all Americans, you give us hope for America.
That's why they are called 'stereotypes'.
I have been in the USA once, (so my experience is limited) visited NYC, and at Coney Island Beach there were a lot sandtoys left behind in a selling shape, I mean that if I just wrap around with some paper it could be sold again.... I collected more than 50 pieces in an hour, I took some to my son and the others I left where others can find it and can give to their children to play with. Also it was totally frustrating that there were a lot empty metal cans with sharp edges and broken glasses in the sand where children/ people can step into ... We stayed in AirBnB so when the trashday was I saw a lot totally useable things to not give away but throw away and they have this second hand system also.... Also the too big houses for 2-3-4 people, and those huge cars... Ok I am from East-Europe so we are considering ourselves not a rich country, but I lived and worked in West-Europe there I did not see the same amount of waste, they have also a lot cars, but not these huge ones in town, why should? For me it was a little disappointing, I am not sure if it is because of lack of responsibility or ignorance or arrogance or just the lifestyle they inherited. But people was really kind and helpful. :)
Europe in general wasnt designed for cars like the US is. Our city centres are waaaay older than cars and Europe as a whole is more pedestrian friendly and I think as fellow Europeans we can agree on that we tend to walk more than the US Americans do.... and also we have a better public transport system, even in poorer european countries. NYC is the only city that comes to my mind that has public transport like we would know it in Europe, and maybe there is another city that can be counted in but that is compared to the rest of the USA nothing.
Idk if your country is in the EU, but the minute you join the EU we have to follow certain rules and recycling is for sure is one of those. In my country Croatia, recycling wasnt always a thing but I am glad that it now is one.
I guess we in generally are more environmentally aware.
In my experience of Americans in the UK and in Europe those stereotypes hold true. Perhaps it is just an American Tourist condition, who knows. US tourists on the whole seem to treat Europe like a big theme park created for their enjoyment. Poor old little (Insert any country) not as big and great as the US of A. Americans appear to have the attitude of chuck more money at it and it will be great. They don't understand that money does not necessarily equal quality and certainly not class. To the outside world America comes across as a very FAKE environment. The American friendliness also comes across as over the top and fake which is a shame as this is probably the one element that is not actually fake at all. I enjoy watching your channel Ryan and also that of your Bro and despite his intro claims you do not come across as average typical Americans at all. You are prepared to look outside of the US bubble and take any criticism on the chin taking it all on-board. I must admit that if you were to criticise my country I would not have an issue with that as it would be coming from a different place as you guys have a more rounded and balanced world view.
Stereotypes come from some truth.
All of this is true. Trust me when I was riding my kangaroo to work the other day I was listening to a podcast about this. 😜😁🤣
Lol I think all of us Aussies can agree with you.
I agree. Up here in the Great White North I was thinking the same thing while paddling to work in my canoe and dodging the moose and polar bears. Sorry about that, eh?
@@islandseeker1260 haha lol 🤣👍
I’ve been to the USA a couple of times, and I also have a lot of friends from the USA who I love dearly. IMO there is an element of truth to the stereotypes, but that goes for every place on earth. Just keep being you, Ryan - you’re doing a great job of proving these stereotypes wrong.
This video isn't about Ryan... it's about the majority of US citizens, their political views, their apathy about voting democratically for government, their stance on climate change, racism, bigotry, discrimination of 'others'.... stop kissing arse.... ffs.... this is problem with the youth today...... wanting social media attention and 'likes'......yeah are the UK, Canada or Australia different? Not so much, but not at the level that the US is......
@@noone6559 I'm pretty sure nobody claimed that this was about Ryan
Sorry, but Americans are in the most part, what the stereotypes portray them as!
@@noone6559 was going to reply but I don’t think there’s much point. Enjoy your own ignorance.
I have visited the US several times on birdwatching trips, with local, British and Canadian guides and with British and American group members. One thing that sticks out to me was always that there were really few differences between the different nationalities in terms of personality, and I think a lot of it is down to the level of education. However the locals I have met, plus US nationals in the UK, have tended to show more of the stereotypes: loud in public, ill-informed about the rest of the world, and unthinkingly secure in a sense of national superiority. My family once hosted a girl of my age from Missouri on an American Field Service scholarship for a year at my (selective) school. Poor kid arrived secure in her sense of national superiority and the knowledge that she was an ambassador for US education and it didn't go too well. She made the year but it was a difficult time for her and us - she moved to another home at Christmas which was a relief. She had to share a bedroom with me and my sister and she was a sleeptalker - we could tell how unhappy she was by long incoherent monologues in the small hours.
I'm sure I have seen many American tourists who do not fit these stereotypes. But. The Tourist that is loud, brash and arrogant is often displaying their ignorance in an American accent. Having drawn my attention, I am more likely to see an overweight Yank than not.
The other US tourists just go unnoticed.
True, but the fact remains that the vast majority of tourists who _do_ stand out like that are US Americans. It may only be a small percentage of the whole population - but that percentage is obviously _much_ smaller in other countries.
More and more, I actually feel pity for American people. They get an incredibly raw deal: no national healthcare, no paid holidays, no sick guaranteed sick leave and other leave like parental leave etc, very few workers' rights, a massive lack of services that most other countries have, really terrible infrastructure like public transport, a lack of protective laws protecting average people across the board. They're told they have some special 'freedom of speech', but that's not special at all - most countries have freedom of speech, and actually a much BETTER version of freedom of speech than America does. And in terms of freedom, they have a lot less freedom than most other western countries too, but they're actually taught they have more. And Americans are taught that money is everything - and for a country that has all these lacks above, it actually is! Money is less important if you naturally always have available healthcare and services to fall back on, and it's a hell of a lot less stressful!! Add to that the gun laws, which must add a LOT of fear into everyday life, and very low wages and the heightened crime - that has to be stressful! I wouldn't live in America unless I had no other choice. And their education is really terrible for anyone who isn't rich - there's a massive, MASSIVE unfair distribution of wealth and services in America, that is much MUCH better in other countries.
I've always seen the COUNTRY as arrogant, not necessarily the individual people. People are generally the same everywhere. The people have some of the worst chances of a good life compared to every other western country, and that is to be sadly pittied. It's a rich western country where most of their citizens live in third world conditions but don't realise it. Their country should treat them better!! No wonder there's a lot of anger coming from America these days - look at the 'cancel culture' and the 'wokism'. Those are VERY angry segments of society, born from a downtrodden feeling of a lack of power, and they mostly seem to emanate from America - the little power they do have, they enact online in violent anger at minor mispeaks of famous individuals, instead of where that anger SHOULD be focused - on those in power (that would be the rich people in their country) responsible for the state of their country, and who have no intention of doing anything to fix it!! They have every right to be angry about how their country treats them!
Hey you guys really like our products and marketing tho 🤔
@@spagooter1807 Every country has products and marketing...
Yeah all that infrastructure is being paid for with high taxes. LOL.
The only time I've ever left the air conditioner on was in 1995, I remember because my mother was in hospital and we weren't going to be away for too long.
Before we left I went back inside because I forgot something and the A/C was burning with smoke filling the room!
I'd rather come home to a cold house than risk it again
I've been to America a few times I found them lovely people - my only thing they can't make tea ☕ lol 😂😂
Or coffee
Try out the tea in high Street cafes in London - generally putrid.
It's true that obesity is following USA culture to other English speaking countries
In Australia if you left your Air con on all day.... Our powergrid would overload and everyone would lose power.. Happens all the time.
It's never happened where I live. I don't think you can that's true for all Australia
I have a Canadian friend who lives in my country , she introduced me to her American friend at one time and let's just say she checked all the boxes.
That is a great way of putting it! "She checked all the boxes". Love it! ;-)
I must admit I did have this attitude about Americans as a person from England but having now subscribed to some American UA-camrs I realise NOT all Americans are the same. I have noticed though that Americans are not educated on other countries and their history, it do seem they are only taught about their own Country. Also regarding the environment they do seem really behind when it comes to recycling. I actually feel sorry for the normal American person regarding their awful lack of workers rights and their extortionate rates for health insurance, if you look at this properly their premiums they pay per month is so much higher than the tax we pay towards our NHS. Also regardless of if you don’t work or have a low paid job you are treated to the same high standard as sone rich person. I feel lucky though to live in England.
6:56 - the narrator just called one of the most famous SF writers in the world "scientist". Yeah, he was also the professor of science, but the whole world knows him as a writer. Is the narrator an American? :D :D :D
"America" is the Greatest Country in the United States"! These are quite accurate "stereotypes". And these were just a small fraction. And these are very easy to verify, if you have any idea how to find reliable information/stats. Another "stereotype", gun culture/right to bear arms. Has anyone actually read the whole 2nd amendment? The US Citizens are like 4-4.5% of the population on Earth. But they own over 50% of all privately owned guns in the World. Somebody explain, pls.
I can explain it. They don't want to be slaves, you finocchio, you.
I travel internationally for my job, and I find the majority of Americans pretty decent people in face to face situations. It only takes a couple of loud and arrogant ones to get your attention and you forget that the others are actually being fairly polite. What is unfortunately true about the USA though, is that the political crazies are *super off-the-planet* crazy compared to elsewhere and it’s hard to understand why they have to be so extreme, and people often have a poor general knowledge about other countries. Also it has a large population so even if only 5% are morons, that’s still a lot of morons to deal with, but I’ve also met quite a few smart folk from there.
Probably a little bit like stereotypes for many countries, many Australians aren’t beer swilling, illiterate bogans.
It's true that when us brits are asked how we're doing we'll often respond 'not too bad'...which says a lot. On the subject of American research, an American study found Fibromyalgia to be a genetic illness, developed a blood test for it, and found a successful treatment thanks to which I have stayed away from a wheelchair, the sad bit is because it involved a cheap pre-existing medication and therefore no potential for big profit, it was never investigated outside of that study properly and therefore never hit the mainstream which is incredibly sad!
First time that I heard of a treatment for it 👀🙄
I’m going to be dragged across the pond to the US next summer - it’ll be interesting to say the least and I’m looking forward to that friendliness, positivity etc etc etc. I hope there are more people like that in the world
Enjoy your stay
Ryan, Punctual? When did America officially enter WWI? 1917, considering it started in 1914! WWII, late again 1941.
They're puntual coming in late to wave their victory flags, deciding they saved the world. When will the US save the world from the US, that would be great.
Whenever you can, you should fight to the last Brit or Frog, and DEFINITELY to the VERY last Russian!
Optimism comes with stupidity. Like a depressed comedian once said: Joy is only a lack of information.
In the USA (and also in the UK) there is a tendency to use the word "intellectual" as a pejorative. It´s strange when you go somewhere like France where it is (more correctly) used to denote someone who actually knows their stuff.
Even when it’s 40 degrees plus here (centigrade) we don’t leave the AC on if we’re not home. It doesn’t take long to cool down when you get back…
In Australia, we have a tv show called "Planet America".
Ryan New Zealand will adopt you because you are more like us than your own ! sorry to saythose stereotypes came from somewhere !! They missed out the Hollywood effect on Americans too !
I’ve been to America, people I didn’t like - immigration officers, airport staff and cabin crew. People I liked - everyone else. I got in a bus and the driver refused to take my $5 note. The people had a whip round and paid for me. The assistant in the shop who had to explain why my $15 scarf cost more than that, very sweet. All in all my stay was full of small acts of kindness.
I cant stop looking at your matching blue eyes and tshirt XD
I'd like to think here money doesn't make people happy. It's a thing to help you do what you want. If what you want is a yacht and a private swimming pool, you'll need more money than if you're happy with some solitude and a good book.
I have been to the US on and off for quite a number of times between 1973 and I am sorry to say that there is more than just a grain of truth in these stereotypes.
americans call their own sports stuff the world series when there the only place competing ...
It's a good point but one of those was in fact the name of a newspaper running the event. It should have been changed in the past but never was and now we all call them out for it.
You've got us there. But I still hate Soccer.
@@misterwhipple2870 so do I but can call it world something when only one competitor 😂
I don't really understand the issue about straws. I'm 75 years old and I can remember straws being made from some kind of waxed paper, I think. They never dissolved. So here in the UK, like other countries, we have switched from plastic straws to other materials. I bought a pack of straws and then found they were some kind of thin card. Apart from the potential dissolving issue, they were really really unpleasant to use. My question is, why in a time of huge innovation, advance, knowledge etc, can't we make straws out of a material that is environmentally friendly, pleasant to use and capable of doing what it's designed for or am I asking too much?
Buy a metal straw and reuse it problem solved, or open the cup and drink it normally.
I've bought metal straws and they are horrible to use, I agrèe with Rosemary, make decent ones. There are sometimes good reason to use a straw
@@xBox360BENUTZER I wouldn't use a metal straw, sounds horrible. At home I use glass straws which are pretty and lovely to use. I was really talking about straws in cafés. When I was a child you would always be given a straw in cafés. I don't know why really but perhaps it was to stop children guzzling their drinks too quickly.
@@xBox360BENUTZER Ever tried drinking while you're laying down and can't lift your head? A straw will do wonders in some situations. And obviously, a stiff straw won't be much good, you'll need a bendable one.
I learned in a very young age to drink out of a cup or a glass. This cultural techniques should not be underrated! ☝️
You appear to be in search of knowledge and an intelligent young man and you have a very pleasant disposition. I like you and your fairness, nice to listen to you
Well, this is gonna blow your mind: In the rest of the world, not only happens that we don't measure success in money, we also don't care about success to be happy.
It’s the phrase “I’m an American” when travelling around the world like that somehow entitles them to more.
Extraordinarily naive of the world outside the US. Visited the US 4 times and found people from east and west coast more aware of news outside the US whereas people from within knew virtually nothing. It's quite shocking. Too insular, patriotism way over the top.
Schooling and education needs a major overhaul and young people need to learn there's a big world outside.
Lovely people by and large
Among OECD countries, the percentage of adults with overweight or obesity in the U.S. is 73.1% in 2019 (before Covid). The OECD average was 59.6% in the same year. Germany is roughly on par with this average at 60%. The most significant difference in contrast to most countries is the proportion of obese people in the U.S., who make up about the two-thirds of overweight people there.
My American stereotype is that mostly low-quality food is prepared there with tons of spices so that money can be made from this "garbage" at the expense of health. These synthetic foods also exist here in Germany and other Western countries, but consumers are not sufficiently trained to buy them. Here one still wants to perceive the taste of the steak and not the marinades in which the meat was inserted.
My home grown tomatoes (in the UK) taste better than the shop bought ones. But the shop bought tomatoes still have a decent flavour. US tomatoes barely taste of anything and need salt/dressing etc. to add any flavour. It's the US production of 'fresh' foods that needs a huge redirection.
Obese is obviously a relative term. I think the number of extremely obese is what people notice.
@@newbris Just as relative as the term overweight.
@@tosa2522 I would have thought overweight has a limit because you soon reach obese whereas you can be a little obese or massively morbidly obese and still be counted the same on the country obese figures. The US seems to have far more very obese people but I haven't checked th stats.
@@newbris I assume the OECD figures refer to overweight AND obesity. Normal overweight is hardly noticed by the public in western countries.
Im from the uk , my daughter Iives in usa. Of course some streotypes about usa are correct , much like streotypes of the uk.
Education , love of money , belief in god are my main issues ,but like i say the uk and many other countries have similiar issues.
I love many people in USA, and i receive love back.
Overall its a great country and i love them, sometimes people arent to blame as to how they think , its ingrained from a young age.
Anyway peace and love from your cousin across the pond.
I just think the world needs more love and patience.
🇺🇸🇬🇧xx
It's impossible to categorise "Americans", but it's fair enough to talk about some things that are wrong about America as a country. The first I would venture to say is the level of gullibility. How else to explain the worryingly large percentage of people who believe that Noah's Ark was a real event. How else to explain the greater proliferation of conspiracy theories than in any other developed nation. How else to explain that US citizens believe that it is a land of opportunity, when a brief investigation will show that of all developed countries, upward social mobility is most difficult to achieve in the US.
Truthfully, American tourists have this stereotype. Those that work abroad and have travelled extensively, however, don't.
Over recent years, instead of thinking USA-amercans arrogant, I just feel sorry for them as a whole. The picture of the country as a one that holds freedom, equality, and good care for it's people (health care 🙈), has been shattered.
Very naive as a whole..
To quote Robin Scherbatsky:
"You guys are the world's leader in handgun-violence, your health care system is bankrupt and your country is deeply divided on almost every important issue."
I always thought that the capacity of most Americans to overcome adversity was something to be admired! Despite the shitty circumstances you are forced into, such as no universal health care, "at will" employment, getting paid less than a livable wage, the whole BS where you're not allowed to repair your own equipment, etc., you still manage to find happiness and build a life for yourselves! We, Europeans, judge your government and its heinous laws more harshly than we do the American people! So, disregard the internet trolls, and know that when you travel to Europe, most, if not all, people will not have prejudices against you because you are an American! People are judged on their own merits!
knowledge, hapiness ,experiences ,etc .. is the goal in europe , money is a tool no one is interested by the tool that is almost irrelevant for knowledge this day , most of us are just worried to not have enough for decent living
but thats all
Having more is good but not goal of life .
wasting time to have more money instead of living your life is insane for some people .
to be honest: 11 of the 16 countries with higher obesity rate are tiny pazific island states (the rest are rich middle east countrie) and there are 195 Countries on the world, so place number 17 isn't as good as you might think.
I've always chuckled at how americans claim to be world champs when winning the super bowl. A game only played in america.
Are you thinking of the World Series? Lol
@@cynthiajennings1160 I meant the NFL superbowl. Baseball is played world wide but yer it funny how they call there MLB finals the world series lol.
Things changed when Trump was elected. That made these stereotypes more true. It is not the food but the portion sizes. Lots of sugar in American products.
As a Tour Guide in York, I present history to people from all over the world. Americans are my favourite as they are always polite whilst asking some incredibly silly questions. I have the impression that they along with Russians are fed a diet of propaganda rather than history. Here are just a few samples:-
Why do you have good teeth?
What came first Roman or Medieval.
How did England manage to win so many wars, without American help?
Why don’t I speak with an English accent?
I'm curious, what about other countries like countries of the EU, Australia, India etc?
People from commonwealth countries tend to have a good grounding in basic history including British. People from EU countries have a similar history and educational background. The people traveling from less developed regions such as South America tend to be very knowledgeable, this I think because only the highest earners can afford to travel. Americans really stand out. They seem fed a diet of nationalistic propaganda and only educated in their own countries history. Any general knowledge they think they have comes from movies.
@@johnwilletts3984 Thanks for your insight! And yeah I agree with you on how the US education system is lacking in knowledge of world affairs, which can breed ignorance and at times entitlement. I have American cousins and they told me the POV of WWII they learnt was that "Triple Entente was struggling and so when the strong, brave Americans came they saved the day and then it was a happy ever after," - which is quite frankly propaganda and lacks the nuance needed to understand what actually happened. There's this notion that the world revolves around America and they have no clue of a time before America even existed. Nonetheless the ones I've met are very nice and friendly and in reality it's not their fault that their education system is broken. I'm sure with the advent of the internet, more Americans are becoming more aware of the world around them, so hopefully things would change soon.
Offline, in my decades of life on this planet, I have met in person maybe 10 Americans. Only one was slightly overweight. All of them were nice, friendly, not loud, clever, just good company. I am aware of the stereotypes, I just never met anyone who fits in them.
This was very interesting, Ryan. Thanks for sharing it. I think that much of it was true, I say as an American. And, for each instance where it is true, there are as many, and I think more, where the stereotypes break down. A lot of it was just bashing. I think our biggest problem as pertains to the issues in this video is the addictions to power and money that many, to many have. Secondly, would be the addictions to unhealthy food, though millions of people do not have the resources to heat healthily, which must be said. So, room for improvement, but we already knew that, didn't we.
How is freezing cold "cossy"? 😆 (Love his sarcasm)
Im from Portugal and on my job I meet a lot of foreign people. I had a couple of US individuals coming to live here in different addresses saying how they were surprized how we have cars and roads, electricity, houses built of bricks and cement, and specially Internet (they thought only US had internet) and how I could speak American so well (American... not English). So just to mess with them the I told: "Oh yes... five years ago we had nothing"... "Thats amazing!" After this... for them to understand that I was just messing with them, I told that Internet actually is imported from the US, it ships in containers to Portugal and we Unpack it on the port of Sines... and then distribuit it... They actually believed me, so I decided to leave as it is and imagine the conversation when they call some friends or familly... that know how things are in reality... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's not the average US citizen that is the problem, most of them aren't like the stereotypes claim, and most people that have spent any significant time around USAmericans quickly realises this. The problem is the systems of the USA: the politics, the excessive commercialisation, the money = success culture, the "We are the greatest country" propaganda, the encouragement of individual liberty being more important than the state of the society as a whole whilst simultaneously having laws that support the rights of corporations over that of any individual, the corporate solution to violent crime being buy more guns, etc. The only USAmericans that the rest of the world seriously dislikes are the ones that have fallen all the way down the rabbit hole the USA's systems create, and then protects the false ideals and things they've been raised to believe with every ounce of cognitive bias and obnoxiously offensive defensiveness they can muster. That doesn't describe the average USAmerican, it really only describes the noisy empty headed ones that make themselves noticed by everyone.
I lived in America and yes I was shocked how ignorant and when they travel they ask such outrageous questions but saying that they are very Friendly over the top in fact 🤗🤷♀️
10:14 describing a himbo right there. Now I wanna see a drawing of the personification of countries with america being a himbo
I love Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Aaron Copeland and Samuel Barber. Heroic and creative citizens of the USA, who in their own brilliant way, have given the world a great deal of beauty.
As a Brit, I've heard of several of these names but a few are poets and with no interest in poetry, I do not know them or their works. I would agree that they are creatives but what was heroic about them?
@@Thurgosh_OG Their creativity, imagination, use of language, determination. Daring, fearless, courageous, dauntless and effort.
. . . . . . and 95% ( maybe more ) of Americans will know nothing of those people.
The strangest thing about the United States is the concept of children (boy scouts, girl guides) selling cookies door to door. Here in Australia, it's illegal for children to sell anything, as they are too young to enter into a workplace agreement, even if the sale of cookies is for a girl guides excursion or project. Here in Australia, the federal government and state governments fund the Boy Scouts, Girl guides, etc, so there is no need for kids to go door-knocking, selling cookies. We think it strange that Americans feel the need to pimp out their children by getting them to knock on the doors of complete strangers selling snacks.
It’s more of like a charity fundraiser that’s optional in the Boy Scouts I wasn’t forced to sell things or pimp myself out lol. I just remember you would get cool rewards for optional selling. My experience in the Boy Scouts that did make me leave was this wack Native American ritual thing we were supposed to do and I just found it unbelievably cringe considering we killed them all and the ones that are left are in horrible poverty in a reservation system from the 1960’s. Overall though it was cool you got to camp and learn basic survival skills. But no it’s not really forced child labor or anything it’s a small time charity fundraiser.
@@spagooter1807 If Aussie children want to raise money by selling fundraising chocolates, these chocolates are given to small business owners and sold by retailers at their front counter, not by the actual children themselves. That's the difference.
I see similar in many people from every country ...
Stereotypes usually have some truth but it's certainly daft to form an opinion based on them . Two of my favourite books are by an American , Bill Bryson , Notes from a small Island - when he lived in the UK. and Notes from a big Country - a selection of small articles which amusingly highlight the differences between the two Countries . There are good and bad things about any culture .
its true that there is good and bad things in any culture, here in Europe we take the good with the bad, while amaricans live a dream world, where they can do no worng
"Stupid" people are often the nicest. It's when you learn too much that you get dragged down and depressed, because everything is stacked against us all, it's hard to get out of that pit. Nothing gets you out quicker than a kind simple person who just enjoys simple pleasures in life, their inner peace is contagious. So the US stands out, and is unique in this in a wonderful way, and doesn't necessarily need to change everything. Not everyone needs to be some puffy intellectual. I always admired it. There are obviously problems, but everywhere and everyone has their own problems. Keep that American dream alive.
I'm in the UK and I haven't eaten pizza or drunk Coca Cola in years
Now I'm just reminded of a certain part of Douglas Adams' "Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul" where one of the main characters just regularly calls a pizza restaurant in London, orders the most lavish pizza, and asks them to deliver it, knowing full well that they wouldn't (because food deliveries just weren't offered then), and just gets into a shouting match out of spite 🤣
@@Wolf-ln1ml I live in a small village, miles from anywhere and I still can't get a home delivery of pizza, even if I wanted to
30 years ago America was like dream land to work and live for almost everybody from poor countries.
Not anymore. Now in my "poor'' country in my company is workimg lot of Americans. Thei are happy here. And I dont even wamt to go on holidays to USA.
9:50 That the "bigger section" in a bookstore is the "Self-Help and Improvement" means two things: USAers (self-called "Americans") feel unqualified (thus the "Improvement" books) and miserable+poor (thus the "Self-Help" books), aka feel bad physical/mentally but has no money to pay for Health Care. The "bigger section" of healthy country bookstores should NEVER be "Self-Help and Improvement" at all.
Re the obesity epidemic comments, soda and fast food seems to be a big contributor in the US. In Australia I’d say beer and alcohol probably play a bigger role in our obesity problems, we drink a lot down here :/
The problem for the states is that fresh, healthy foods are expensive and their regular and junk food is so full of fructose sugar, even their bread has 500% more sugar than UK bread. In the UK the problem lies more with the lack of exercise and the lack of motivation to get some.
@@Thurgosh_OG The strangest part in this is that if I haven't misunderstood something, the primary original reason of everything being so overly sweet is that corn farming is heavily subsidised, and as everything in the US is run in the end by business lobbies, this has created an oversupply of corn syrup which has to go somewhere, and there's no powerful lobby with an interest of actually pushing the health interest which would conflict with the web of big business lobbies.
It is true that some official dietary recommendations which affect food being offered in schools, hospitals and such public establishments in European countries have, let's say, political tendencies to include products which create easy markets for certain national food and agribusinesses, but adding syrup on basically everything just because business lobbies are successful at maintaining their market grab is not exactly a thing to be proud, or even ignorant about.
So funny to listen to an American complain about American stereotypes then in the next breath criticize the British with incorrect stereotypes.
When we say americans are arrogant, it doesn't necessarily mean that american individually are. We mean the nation. French are failing in Indochina ? Let's go and do it by ourselves, with what result to the Vietnam war ? Were really americans to take over Afghanistan in a matter of a few weeks when USSR failed to do so in almost 10 yrs ? Wanted to bring peace in Irak ? It is now worst than it ever was under dictatorship. THAT is arrogance.
I'm Australian and I've been to the US twice, the Americans that I've interacted with are incredibly friendly and welcoming. The problem is that your loudest and most arrogant make the most noise online and overseas so most of the world associate them with the general population of Americans.
I remember how surprised I was when I first heared the expression „this bike will set you back x $“. I thought where‘s the setback? You’re buying a nice bike. But when you measure your success by your bank account total, it might really be a setback. Did I get that right?
I have been to us. Me and my american friends driving. She wants to show me around. " At that bus shed someone was killed two days ago......
Driving trough a neighbouhood. She is clearly stress. Stopping for a red light. Lots of kids crossing over going home after school. she says. Dont look at them,. It is dangerous for us. They were black.
I was so speechless I could not utter a word. Here (Norway) all of what I told is not normal. Neither happnings or behaviour of any part. Not saying things dont happen here, but you can drive wherever and walk wherever you want to. Indivudualism and capitalismn does not make a recipe for success. A weird thing is that so many americans are crisitan. I wonder what happened to the good doings of compassion, no lies,no killing, taking care of each other? Us is hypocracy from coast to coast. I know many americans but sadly there is a limit to how much of them I can take. Due to what I wrote and contents of the video. The reactor have clearly understood. I feel a bit sorry for americans that have understood. Just get out of there.
This video is very American of them.
I unfortunately have to agree. I was married to an American (thankfully now ex husband) .... who was very arrogant and a lot of his family were also. They also thought laughingly that America was the better than all other countries.
You were the one that MARRIED him, b*tch! You knew all those bad things going into the marriage. What does that say about you?
Crazy, good and bad in every country, like Australia , you can’t generalise because people in large countries are not the same ,ideas ,ways, as they develop different due to distance . You can’t just go to one state, then say all Americans are this, it’s just not true.
1:22 yes, very much so.
That's funny because one of the first people from US I was introduced to said to me : "French are lazy and arrogant"... before even saying hello...😅
Two words sums up the ideology and culture of the USA...
Manifest destiny.
Good arvo and peace from you know where.
I'll make unrelevant comment here: I've seen couple of your vidoes but in this shirt I've seen how blue your eyes are for the first time! Very unique color.
Make sure you/ your wife buys you more clothes in this color - it suits you well.
I'm mostly impressed how little fuped Americans are considering how their society works and how strenuous and cynical it is, the relatively low standard of education and poor health care is just tragic. I do really like that A are generally polite, I don't care if it's shallow, there's an effort to be friendly at the very least. Yes I know, being nice doesn't automatically mean your kind and vice versa. I've been to NYC and Chicago and I loved both visits but I wouldn't survive five minutes living in the US probably.
As an American, I can say that NYC and Chicago are the worst examples of what America is like. LA is right behind them. I've been to all of them, and I would never, never go back!
I'd always like to quote Volker Pispers on the topic of the USA: "it is wrong to drift into superficial anti-americanism. But mine isn't superficial"
I do think Americans would be much helped by a better television service....I was amazed at the ads versus serious discourse on so many channels. One serious line and 3 mins of adv. I stopped switching it on. But do feel sorry for ordinary folk who do want to know more about the world they live in.
It is because Americans are very sweet and kind this is why they are exploited and pushed around by their "leaders" and decision makers..
As for people who talk louder most everyone else I have found that they're either partly deaf or deaf as a post. Way back in the late 70s an American exchange student came back to my home town on a 12 month working holiday a few years later, he said he didn't come back because out weed is better, it's not. He came back because you don't see any one walking around with a hand gun strapped to there hope, not like in his home state.
And this was well over a decade before Marten Briant went NUTS in Tasmania & shot all those people. After which we got decent gun control
I as a European have known exactly one American. He was very smart, extremely informed, not at all arrogant, so nothing like the stereotype. He was also from San Francisco and very gay, so just like another stereotype. Hi Gary!