Non-Americans, What's the CRAZIEST RUMOR you heard about America that turned out to be TRUE?
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The Blue Oyster Cult song "Florida Man" explains Florida's weirdness.
The Glock thing is a lie though. No handguns. Just some rifles and shotguns.
As an American I love hearing how people outside the US see us. Sometimes it's just so cute and wholesome, and other times it makes me rethink my perception of normality.
As someone who had family trips to the library nearly every day, it boggles my mind that free libraries are a foreign concept. How do you pay 3/4 of your salary in taxes, and not have libraries?
As an american, I find this video quite wholesome and adorably funny
American here, but I absolutely love the story about libraries. When I was about five years old, our AC broke in the middle of summer. We were living paycheck to paycheck at the time and temperatures here can get up to 110 F. The library was one of the few places that my mom could take us because they don't expect you to spend any money and you can generally stay as long as you want, so long as you aren't bothering anyone else.
I'm an American and I'm blown away at the stories about Non-American vistors thinking that Red Solo cups are the greatest thing since sliced bread!
Tornado sirens are tested Monday at noon weekly in Kansas.
And our Walmarts also have optometrist offices.
Finally! Someone else realizes how cool public libraries are! But no I will absolutely still buy stuff from the used book store to have on a shelf I rarely if ever read from because being surrounded by books is comforting. I also still buy books as they come out because I don't want to wait 2-10 weeks for access to the public copy. I want to know what happens to Harry Dresden: professional wizard NOW!!! (please hurry up Jim Butcher). Also Libby is an app that lets you access the digital library of hundreds of libraries around the state(s) as if you had a library card over in Kansas City.
Poor Harry, just can't get a break & has to listen to input from a skull that used to be human. Good books, but I'm nowhere near up to date on them. 😂
Hearing the library love warmed my heart, knowledge should be freely shared if we want educated citizens. Libraries were a haven for me as a kid, was always a safe place to be.❤
We have free libraries in Denmark too. We do the same. You get a free loaner card and then you can go ahead and take home as much as your heart desires. You have to hand it back in a month or you will get a fine that keeps growing the longer you keep it, but that's the only type of money you can end up paying to the library. Getting a card and taking things home are free.
Same in the UK. It actually surprised me that India doesn't have libraries.
Same in Sweden. I love it.
The size of food. How hot Texas gets during the summer. (From Finland where it doesn’t get that warm).The southern drawl everyone spoke with and the genuine level of manners everyone had. I always thought Americans were incredibly rude…..nope not Texans.
Oh, fireflies. I had never seen them live before moving to Appalachia. They were only special effects in movies and on TV. Then about a month after we got here, I saw sparks coming off a lawn out of the corner of my eye. And then they really got going. Sparks coming off all the lawns and bushes on the way home. I absolutely love it!
In some states in the US, fireflies are also called lightning bugs.
As an North Carolinaian it is normal every summer to see them
They drill the Texas song into you at a young age its nuts, also Texas has a state pledge of allegiance we do after the US pledge. I think I still have most of it memorized XD
Texas has been it's own country more than once. Why you bother staying with the union I'm ot sure but I appreciate not needing a visa to visit my brother lol.
As soon as I heard the song, it was just reflex that I clapped and sang the next part! 😂
I did it in the middle of Walmart... 🫠💀
here in Tennessee we sang it in elementary school,,, i clapped too 😁
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I live in the US, and I find that certain grocery stores have ridiculous names. Think Piggly Wiggly and Wawa for example. Can you imagine someone moves to the US and calls home to tell the family that they work at Wawa?
With Americans you either get the nicest people ever or the most insufferable/entitled people on the planet. Luckily those Karen's seem to be a minority.
Story 2: in French, the most common response to some sneezing will be « À tes souhaits », which very loosely translates to: « May your wishes be fulfilled »
The Christian version is: « Que Dieu te bénisse » which translates to: « May God bless you. »
The prescription drug adds annoy this American, too.
I also get tired of those life insurance ads!
The Two Dollar Bill confuse _Americans._
Owing to comparative rarity and its picture of Thomas Jefferson... a contemporary of George Washington, and also a. President.
@@w.reidripley1968 There was a time when it was _not_ printed, so people started treating them as rare collectables and would horde them. When they do come out to be spent many people, especially young cashiers, think they are fake, not real tender.
@@JV-pu8kx "When they do come out to be spent many people, especially young cashiers, think they are fake, not real tender." I know this is true, but it's always struck me as odd since every place I ever worked as a cashier, they intentionally kept one $2 bill in the till, with it's serial number recorded, with instructions that if we got robbed make sure you put that bill in what you give them.
Oregon finally allows folks to pump their own gas making NJ the only State where it is unlawful. We love it :)
If it's surfer stuff you want, as an American I was surprised to see that "gnarly" is Australian slang.
Story 2: in Spanish, we reply "Salud" when someone sneezes.
Pie is amazing when done well. My favorite is raspberry-rhubarb and strawberry-rhubarb. Apple pie is also always a solid option, again, if it’s done well.
Straight rhubarb pie is not to be missed either. Tart, sweet and sour. Having gotten rhubarb pie as a youngster, I'm afraid strawberry- rhubarb blend, while not wretched, rather misses the point. Go big, and use those strawberries in true shortcake -- biscuit (American usage) not spongecake. Big dollop of whipped cream.
We will one day get around to alleging there is such a thing as pumpkin spice pumpkin pie. You just know it...
You’re entitled to your opinion, but I must disagree. I like foods that are sweet and sour with a little bit of tartness, but I personally find that straight rhubarb is too sour and tart for me. Also, I’m not particularly fond of shortcake, though I don’t have anything specific against it. Again, though, I respect your right to your opinion. Therefore, I propose that we agree to disagree, and simply enjoy what we enjoy. Also, I think that we can both agree that well-made pie is delicious! 😄
For me I’m Canadian and I’ve never heard of apple bees, krispy kreme, Olive Garden, ihop etc and thought they were just a restaurant that people made up for movies, also that you have to pay for healthcare… (I learnt this a few years dw)
I snorted a pixie stick on a dare once when I was 8.
I ate a Saltine cracker coated in grape pixie stick powder on dare...
It was awful.
The variety of things you can do at a Walmart is wild. I’ve always known it bc I’m American but to hear it listed like that puts it into perspective
St Patrick’s day: gettin* drunk and wearing green :D 🍺🍀
I live in Germany and we have fireflies at the river from my neighbourhood. 🙄 That German person seems ignorant af
Sirens, well in the village I live at, sirens are tested once a week and whenever firefighters are needed, they are called through these sirens, also it alerts civilians of something happening. They never specify the emergency, but it can be a car crash, housefire, power outage due to a storm and plenty other stuff.
I used to work at Sam's Club (a Walmart warehouse shopping club). I often thought that I could survive with only what I could do at my store, including banking, getting an eye exam and glasses, getting furniture, clothing, food and electronics. The only thing missing was a clinic. There are now actually clinics in many pharmacies (chemists for UK folk I think).
The library realization is so wholesome
Dam it that texas one i droped my phone and started clapping and singing
One of my friends in Spain asked me what is up with the O-H I-O thing my state does? It was funny. I had to explain college football to him and its a good say to root out someone whose from Ohio or a fan of Ohio State.
The juxtaposition of American and British (stereotypically ig but it's kinda true)
Americans: Will speak to anyone about anything - as said in the video
Brits: Will speak to no-one, and on the rare occasion that they do it's about nothing except vague formalities since no-one actually cares if you're feeling 'alright' today - from personal experience, I'm a brit and I spend public transport rides avoiding all eye contact. From what I can tell, so does everyone else
Meh. It depends on the person, to be honest. I have been in this United Kingdom for a good decade, and almost all my most engaging conversations were with total strangers that I met here in London. Absolutely love how nice everybody around here is.😅
As an American, I love telling people they’re wrong and making up an even more outlandish rumor.
Considering the (apparently high) correlation between stuff that's surprisingly common to those visiting America and stuff common in movies, I can't help but wonder if an American watching such a story happen in person has awkwardly said "Yep, this is the country where Hollywood is"
People who have never been to America that want to go.
Tea is standard sweet anywhere usually south of Virginia and east of the Mississippi. The further south, the sweeter
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You can thank Lee Harvey Kellog (of the cereal fame) for the circumcision bit. Tho don’t ask what his ideas for women were. Also its a fad that is dying out somewhat, thankfully.
Yep. It's just genital mutilation.
Damn the German accent 😅
The last one Wal-Mart quit selling fire arms a few years ago.
Can confirm love bugs... they'll clog up radiators, too.... Florida has all kinds of bugs.
The sirens are for storm/tornado warnings. A small town I used to live in had a " noon siren"...sounded off every day at noon, except Sunday.
Garbage disposals in the sink are getting rare....more problems than it's worth.
I never knew that there are such a thing as love bugs! I always thought that love bug was just a figure of speech.
@@melissacooper8724 The air would get thick with them certain time of the year. You had to put a screen in front of your radiator or they would clog it up. Air filters, too. I remember my Mom coming home from work when I was in high school ('70s), and her Chevette was just covered in splattered love bugs, radiator packed full, as well as the air filter. I think they were around lakes, but I'm not sure about that. Not sure what their real name is...always heard them called love bugs.
Every day? Damn, where i used to live we had weekly tests and i thought that was pretty excessive because before i lived there our town didnt do tests. They would go on if there was a tornado and if not they were off, never any tests
@@CoraTerrion-lp7ki It was the " noon signal"...let you know it was noon...on Sundays, it was a church bell...this was done until at least the mid '90s..
Honestly a culture shock seeing all you guys being so shocked by our hospitality.
I thought it was common globally.
Same with that library story. But yeah libraries are so awesome. We actually have more of them than McDonald's
Wow! It's really nice to hear such complementary stuff about the good ol' USA. ❤❤
Regarding the sneezing one: according to higher society etiquette, you should ignore a person sneezing instead of saying "bless you". I'm no silver spoon brat, but it actually makes sense. You should ignore it to avoid drawing attention towards them and making them feel uncomfortable in case there is a giant snake of goo hanging out of their nose after they sneeze. Just look the other way and let them use a tissue.
sirens are also used for nukes.
When you click the video without reading the title, in hope to see Uncle Roger roast someones fried rice. And it's just a video about rumors.
I grew up in the 70s-80s, with big open showers in the school locker rooms. I didn't know what an uncircumcised penis looked like until I was in my 20s. It actually freaked me out a bit. I am not Jewish.
1:34 i loved Dollywood when i went there.
What game is being played in the background. I know it had nothing to do with the stories, but that game looks so familiar, and I can't put my finger on it 🤔🤔🤔
So the gallon of milk and circumcised weewees are connected. The Kellogg cereal company founder and his brother popularized eating cereal everyday and getting circumcised
I love these stories😅😂
The thing about countries we don't like is that we don't like their governments and what they do. The dislike doesn't transfer to the citizens living in said countries. As long as you're friendly and polite you'll be fine with Americans.
Except if they are Palestinian.
I'm angry at both governments in this conflict. Civilians should never be targets, but that's exactly what was going on when I got too overwhelmed and had to start avoiding the news.
Wow! Deeply impressed by UK rules about student loans! 6:41
Where…. Where would you put garbage disposals??
in the kitchen sink
Right there in the drain. Very effective on small scraps such as you scraped from plates and pans cleaning up. Very fibrous foods clog them, so keep the artichoke leaves out of there. Beware also of getting silverware down that drain and inadvertently throwing the power switch.
Most modern disposers have some way to reverse-turn the grinding disk if something small but hard has jammed it. (Ours uses a hex key built for the purpose that fits in a hex socket in the bottom of the unit.) Deluxe models have a reverse switch for this.
We had to replace our Dispose-All once when a glass jelly jar fell into it while it was running -- vibrations.
Smashed the glass instantly and then set about sawing the appliance in two at the grinding chamber. Nearly cut all the way through, and it immediately leaked.
Got a new one -- and we pay attention to kitchen sink strainer plugs now, just in case.
I thought the Cheesecake Factory just sold the cheesecake imagine my surprise is a full-blown restaurant. And Americans do shorten your name WITHOUT ASKING! so within seconds of leaving immigration poor old donovan becomes Don or Van ... who me? Sorry mate, didn't know you were talking to me
If you like America, you'll love Malaysia!
Some said she's like America, but Muslim.
What's the game in the background
Halloween comes form the Ireland/Scotland, and some Paganism.
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Checking to see if glock is a banned word.
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I think lovebugs are what my family calls orgy beetles lol or they are similar at least
Wait hoa in the mojave? Where? Who? why?
Walmart cannot be a real place
I miss Sunset Overdrive...
You can't get handguns at Walmart.
You can in Kentucky 😀
@@Stephen-ro5jc Really? I want to doubt you, but we also have 2 states that don't allow you to pump fuel, so it's plausible.
Yup
Yo story 18 i live in New Jersey.
What is going on with this voice?? Ive never heard it and ive been watching this channel for more than months now 😂
The reason college graduates have to repay student loans is simple. The U. S. is not completely socialized yet. Taxpayers do not have to pay AII of other people's bills. Yet.
My local Walmart does not sell Glocks anymore. They were cowed by the ruling elite of the U. S. that mere citizens should not own weapons as not being prey for villains is somehow repugnant.
However, one can buy various arms at many places - with appropriate checks on one's criminal involvement and legal resident status - as the legality of such allows such. It is wise to acquire certain safety information and legal information about when one may or may not shoot either in defense or pleasure.
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Here in California, we've actually started to use those tornado sirens as a way to alert folks to possible wildfires as a backup as well. Fun fact though, this state is home to one of the smallest mountain ranges in the US, the Sutter Buttes. Another one is that in California, Walmarts do not sell firearms of any type. Ammunition, yes, guns no...or at least not in my area.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter_Buttes