To give someone access to a deadly weapon while simultanously not trusting the same person to handle a can of beer responsibly is something i´ll never get into my mind...
I was in Niagara and decided not to go over to the US partly because, as a Brit, i like a beer with my food (or without food) but compared to what im used to, i found american beer very much "like making love in a canoe"
@@nikkihayes5411 From England: I went to an off licence in the States and after looking at the % alcohol I decided on a "malt liquor". I asked why it wasn't called beer? I was told that anything called beer had to be less than 3% !!!
Incoming joke: A Texas rancher came to Australia to visit one of our cattle stations. The Aussie answered all of his questions but couldn’t help but notice that the rancher kept telling him that “everything was bigger and better in Texas.” So when the Texan saw a lot of kangaroos bounding across the fields, he exclaimed, “What the heck are those things!?” The Aussie replied, “Don’t you have rats in Texas?”
A Texan rancher was visiting Ireland and came across an Irish farmer leaning on his gate. "How big is your farm?", asked the Texan. The Irish farmer told him that he owned 100 acres of land. The Texan laughed out loud and boasted, "It takes me 3 days to drive around the border of my land". The Irish farmer said, "I used to have a car like that".
In the UK there aren’t pharmaceutical ads like in the US, the only things that can be advertised are over the counter medicines like headache pills, cold remedies etc. It’s seen as the responsibility of your doctor to provide what he thinks you need for your health.
I'm 28 and I live in Eastern Europe. I have so far never ever in my life even seen a real gun up close in real life. I have never known anyone who owns a gun. I dont even know what a real gunshot would sound like in real life. I mean, I know some people who go to shooting ranges and shoot there as a hobby every now and then but thats it. Its really crazy to me what a huge part guns are in the everyday life of an american when tis something I rarely even have a rational thought about.
Shortly after I got to the US (I'm from Australia), I was at a cinema and ordered a small Coke. When the girl put it on the counter, I thought she had mistakenly got me a large Coke. I then looked up and saw the sizes of the drink containers and was shocked to see how big they were. The large size was bloody ridiculous.
9/10 of it is ice in America. If you ask for no ice then not only would you get a weird look but your glass would only be 1/10 of cola and the rest of the glass empty. Money is Money here Mr Australia.
Theater drinks are especially over sized. That's because they charge insane amounts of money for anything at a theater. They give you an additional five cents of drink to make you feel better about the extra $5 you're paying.
Thank you guys for your effort! And don't apologize for talking much, this is literally the reason why I am here every week. There are far too many channel that would have watched that video silently and ended with a simple "wow that was interesting, thanks for watching, see you next time!". Well, that is not a reaction, that is not what I wanna see. So keep up the good work and thanks again!
Thank you very much for the kind words! We love to converse a lot while doing these videos to give our full opinions and to simply just speak what’s on our minds. We are so glad you enjoy it! ✌️
What blew my mind when I was in Virginia and stopped to get fuel, I found I could get fuel, alcohol, guns and ammunition all at the same store, that's one hell of a combination.
i heard a suggestion once ... instead of using "what do you do for a living" as an icebreaker ... ask "what do you do that makes you happy" 🤯🤯🤯🤯 ... I started doing that and boy have my conversations changed and responses ... "that is such a great question" ... it really opens up the conversation and makes a person more than their job.
As you rightfully said, it is VERY hard to buy a gun here in Europe, and even if you had , for some bizarre reasons, the contacts to buy contraband guns, a kid couldn't afford to buy one anyway
I don´t know... But I also feel like here in Europe, guns are considered something that "weak" men use, or people who can´t defend themselves... And Ive seen this before: Like, if two guys have a stupid fight at a bar, and one of the two pulls out a gun.. All of his friends, classmates or coworkers, are ALWAYS going to consider that person a "half" a man. Or, to be more specific (and I NEVER use this word) he will ALWAYS be considered a "pssy" by other guys.
"For risks and side effects, read the package leaflet and ask your doctor or pharmacist. " In Germany his sentence is mandatory under drug advertising. No need to list aaaaaall effects.
This is because prescription drugs are not advertised in Germany. In the United States, the law requires that contraindications be stated, but does not specify the speed of the audio on TV. Therefore, they comply with the law by placing the contraindications in a way that no one can understand.
Re television adverts - just imagine watching (or listening on radio) to a channel on which the programmes are not interrupted by commercials. The BBC says hi.
Thanks for the content. I'm really enjoying your channel. I'm from Canada and I feel like we fall in the middle - Many things here are similar to countries in Europe but many things are closer to how you do things in the US. For example, we do have pharmaceutical ads, our taxes aren't included in the price on the tag, some of our bathroom stall doors are like yours, and our obesity / portion size / sugar issues are similar to the USA. We also tip here but all jobs are required to pay at least minimum wage whether they get tips or not. In my province (Nova Scotia) I believe minimum wage is between $13 and $14 / hour. We don't have home owners association fees, we have paid vacation (I get 4 weeks paid and I have the option to take up to two weeks unpaid if I want but I think the minimum is 2 weeks paid for any job), and our gun laws are much more strict. You can't just buy guns at a store like Walmart, there are vigorous background checks. and most guns are illegal. I find these videos really informative on how many differences / similarities there are between different countries.
In Germany there are advertisments for basic low risk pharma products. Like coughing syrub, Aspirin, Some Vitamin and Mineral supplements and ointments. But if you need a presdriscription to get it, it doesn't get advertised ( I think it is even forbidden)
I've yet to visit a country in Europe that shows adverts for pharmaceutical companies. It doesn't happen in England where I live. When I visited America in 2012, I found it almost unbearable to watch TV especially sports. Americans must be extremely patience to put up with that.
In Poland we have some commercials of drugs and it always ends with 2x speed "Before using read the piece of paper attached or reach a doctor or farmacologist (idk how to translate farmaceuta??) because not-correct using may cause health issues or death". It's always the same text, it never mentions any details. Vacation - we have 16 holidays I believe (easter, christmas, independence day, all saints day, etc.), each of these days is day off, PAID time off (PTO). We also have different types of contracts, but the most basic one gives you around 20 days off (first 2 years I believe) and after that time you get 26 days off per year. And what's more interesting - there is a requirement that each employee (on that specific type of contract) needs to have at least one PTO which lasts 14 days in a row or more, because that's the period of time which is considered as good to forget about work and recover fully. The rest of those days we can use however we want - single days, two days, use all of them at the same time, whatever. And american cars - in Poland we sometimes see people having such cars, but most people would think "why would he need such a big car, it's parked and still sticks out on the road, it's inconvenient, it probably needs a lot of fuel, why, is that car owner an idiot or does he have small pp?". That's because we don't need to use a car to buy 5 tons of food supplies. In our culture it is normal to just take your bag, walk 1-3km to a shop, buy stuff and make dinner for 2-4 days. Then when everything is eaten, we can go there again, and when there is something specific to buy, we can use our convenient-size cars to drive, park easily, buy whatever we need and continue our normal lives. :) We also have a lot of walking lanes, cycling lanes, basically we can move around our cities and villages without having a car which is great for kids.
Yep, commercials or any public wides-spread communication about prescription drugs is illegal in PL. In the US you can have a commercial for e.g. psychotropic medication, which seems wild.
We don’t have home owners fees. Our council tax goes to paying for some of the things mentioned. But absolutely no one is going to come and tell you what aesthetic your house is. I have the freedom to paint my door whatever colour I want to, or not bother to cut my grass. In fact people are often encouraged to not cut their grass in early spring for the wild life. The only exception is if your garden becomes a health hazard. But people generally keep their gardens looking nice because of a sense of community.
In Germany, we have something similar like the homeowner association pay in some suburbs. Let's say someone builds 20 houses that are somewhat connected and sells them to 20 families. Every family that buys a house in this complex agrees the house is part of the complex and has to follow the rules that are regulated by a meeting every year of the 20 owners. And they also pay to a fund that pays for things like waste disposal, Street cleaning, snow cleaning, beautification of landscapes or maybe facilitiemanagement when no one of the 20 families does it. So it does exist, just not that high.
Co-ownership exists in France but we know it before buying, not after. The amount of the costs must be communicated to the buyers otherwise the deed of sale cannot be signed. Our servers are paid by their employer, so the cost of the service is in the price of the dishes, including taxes. We don't trap the consumer in Europe, it's always tax included (everywhere) and service included. If a meal is displayed at 50€ we pay 50€. You can leave one or two euros if the service was good but no obligation.
Just found you guys, I can tell you, I can't think of a country I would rather live in less than the United States, There are so many free countries where you can live in and have a lovely work life balance. I'm UK based.
It isn't gun ownership that is your problem, it's responsible gun ownership. How many shooting were done by people who a actually bought the gun they used? It's people who don't secure the gun they own that makes gun ownership a joke. In the UK (where you can buy guns when licensed) you are REQUIRED to provide a secured gun safe and prove it before you can even get a license from the licensing authority - which is the local Police, so they know "you", and actually visit your home to determine it will be stored securely - again before you are issued a license. How does that infringe someone wish to own a gun if they're responsible enough to deserve one? If your argument for gun ownership is self defense and protection then your problem is the reason! If you don't feel safe then your policing has failed and you have a different much bigger problem, because your entire infrastructure and society is failing if you aren't safe enough to live your life without contemplating a shootout with some criminal or crazy governmental regime... Take a look at UK gun licensing laws, there's plenty of RUclips videos. Guns aren't illegal as is reported and repeated way too often. But private gun ownership is a privilege not a right, and you prove yourself "fit and responsible" enough to to own one, and of course must have a good reason to own one too.
Belgium, here.. every year there's an action for the elementary school to raise some money. The children sell cookies and the one with the biggest sell gets a price. The money is used to lower the price of field trips, so everybody can join.
only reason for not including tax in price is marketing - after all the cashier has to add the tax at the register. Closest thing to beauty pegant we got in Poland are TV takent shows like Got Talent with kids, The Voice Kids etc
Not the only reason in some States it is illegal to include the price. Others can for specified products like fuel. Some for street vendors. It is easier to not include it anywhere.
Australia - tax included in price. It’s called GST (Goods & Services Tax) and it’s a flat 10% nationally with some basics excluded, such as unprocessed food.
From what I know, only New Zealand has prescription drug advertisements the same way the USA. Other countries, like here in Norway, may only have ads for vitamin supplements or other over the counter items. As for food and drink, the differences between the USA and European countries are bigger than just portion sizes and sugar content. European countries have banned a lot of harmful chemicals that the FDA permits. It seems that the way Americans think about guns is different compared to many European countries, because here we generally only use guns for hunting or sports (competitions). Gun laws differ from country to country, but generally speaking European countries tend to be stricter in terms of background checks, shooting practice, safe storage, magazine capacity and what guns are allowed for purchase. For example, here in Norway the limit is 10-round magazines, and you won't find any fully automatic weapons. Switzerland is probably one of the most permissive European countries regarding guns, and yet their gun homicide rate per capita is way below the US, because they have a different gun culture and still some stricter laws.
on the topic of what you were speaking about right at the beginning, i just like hanging out and you guys are amusing to me and crack me up. I love podcasts and reaction videos and that's the vibe i get from you guys, mix of both.
In Romania we do have HOAs (sort of). In an apartment bloc all owners (cause something like 85% of the people own their homes) vote for a “president” or “administrator” that is in charge of managing the stairwell, elevator, reception area, basement, attic, roof, the outside facade and the gardens around the building - employing a cleaning service for common areas, a plumber, an electrician, repainting, various repairs and renovation. Each resident pays a nominal fee that goes into a common cost bucket that is used for these purposes. They do not have the rights to dictate what the people do to their own homes, unless it is an illegal mod (like tearing down a load bearing wall). Then the admins of multiple buildings in an area associate further in a neighborhood association where they have more power in relation to the city so they can negotiate better deals with repair companies or city hall to get subsidies for renovating buildings (usually roofs or facades which are more expensive). They also manage the water provider - there’s no private water provider (i don’t think). But again, unless it’s something illegal, they don’t interfere and cannot fine anyone without getting the police involved. Some people abuse their position, but usually they’re useful. Like if I have an emergency and don’t know who to call for a plumbing issue, I would call the admin and they will call and send the contracted plumber or come and fix it themselves if it’s easy. Sort of like a superintendent. House neighborhoods don’t have this.
Well in most countries here in Europe, if not all, as far as I know it is illegal to do commercials about medicine that you can only got with prescription. Other than that you will see some commercials about pharmaceuticals, but only those you can buy without prescription. They arent as silly and weird as the US commercials.
In Germany you can not carry a gun (unless it is your profession) but you can carry a beer in the open. Since we have a mandatory broadcasting fee for the state owned tv/radio etc., this comes nearly without commercials and is not much biased. The private broadcasters rely on advertising. Without enough viewers some stuff is not shown or gets cancelled and others gets prime time. But advertising for prescription drugs is not allowed for any.
New Hamshire has no sales tax on clothes. Learned that by surprise but that got me, it was sales saeson too, a nice and warm Tommy hilfiger winter coat for 78 dollars.
I thought there was a universal guy code at the urinal. It seems to apply in all the countries I've been to. You always leave one free inbetween whenever possible and you only look straight ahead or down and not left or right.
In Finland when I was in elementary school at late 90's or 94 ,95. We did collect funds but those were for last year's vacation we did with the whole class, some parents volunteered as eyekeepers so we didn't run away.😅
We don't have pharmaceutical ads here, except for really mild medicines that you can buy over the counter, such as anti indigestion tablets, or products where the active ingredient is a mild painkiller, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. Even then, a chemist will only sell you up to a certain amount in one go. Most medicines can only be prescribed by a doctor and are not readily available from other sources.
Yeah ❤️ In Sweden at the 70s in school we make things and going around and sell this on door belling but the different is that this was money for a wood hiking in the forest 🌍👀 or a ski tripp to mountains 🌍👀 or a good boat tripp in the Swedish archipelago at the sea and we get many of this traveling as kids and its because the naturlife is very important in swedish life 🌍👀 And was i realice year after was that the money we children bring to the pott was maybe 10% of the real cost.🌍👀 And something as was important was that the teachers always say that it was because we sell this things 👍🏼🌍👀And my kids doing the same in their schools 🌍👀 And somethings as are really good on this 2 or 3 days tripp is that you as a parent can see the difference from before and after the tripp 🇸🇪❤️🇺🇲❤️🇸🇪 And you 2 are awsome persons to listening on 👍🏼👏As my old Grandma always say (Its hard to see the shit if just standing in it every day) i think u 2 are smarter and wiser then a ordinary US people ❤️🇺🇸You 2 are more down to Earth people 🇸🇪❤️🇺🇸❤️🇸🇪 And i love the old Swedish guy you have on your Tshirt.❤️🇸🇪❤️🧬
We don’t have HOA in the U.K. but we pay rates to the local council, which covers that type of thing as far as I know. There are some other setups like “private estates” etc. which have their own rules also various types of residents associations. however most have to pay rates to the local council or body for street cleaning lighting parks etc. Like your channel all the best from Scotland. Now living in London it is pretty much the same. Subscribed
Had to check out how much bigger. Aussie here . * Anna Creek Station has an area of 23,677 km2 (9,142 sq mi; 5,851,000 acres). It is 8,000 km2 (2,000,000 acres; 3,100 sq mi). It is over seven times the size of the United States' biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 3,340 km2 (830,000 acres; 1,290 sq mi).
Two reasons the sales tax is added after: 1) Food items are tax free when purchased to take home, but are taxed if you're going to eat at the restaurant. 2) In the USA they are required to tell us how much we pay in tax. Citizens must be informed. In Europe they pay far more in tax, but it's charged to the manufacturer so the buyer never gets to see it. They have deliberately hidden the taxes to so it's easier to raise taxes. In the USA raising the sales tax leads to protests. In Europe, the public usually has no idea they raised taxes.
In Sweden we have a law ”offentlighetsprincipen” (the principle of publicity), that make it possible for any citizens of Sweden to request documentation, further any decision that the government or other public institution do must by law be documented. Exceptions are when it comes to national security, and sensitive topics that affect an individual (health/social problems, etc.), those are not public. Therefor the authorities cannot hide anything. The we also have a law regarding freedom of the press, that make it forbitten for the authorities to investigate how the press got the information. It is easy to be a whistleblower in Sweden. For example our prime minister’s declaration is a public document that could be requested, in the same mine. I request of public documents must be managed by the authorities within three days. Those laws are primary made for making it possible for everyone in Sweden to control and check, in detail, what the authorities do and for what they spent our money. You can call those laws a control function for the democracy and prevent the possibility for corruption.
About the VAT excuses. If the vat is known in checkout, it can be added to the price tag. I understand that national TV commercials can't add all the different vats across the country, but then you could add on the price tag something like "+ $1.00 vat" in small lettering.
16:30 Here in Poland unless it's something that requires building new building or change integral structure of existing building for which you need to get permission you can do whatever. Unless you live in old building that needs to have some elements like wooden window frames in set style to keep historical value of the place. Places like that has designated restorers you can ask if you can do something if you're not sure, but if you do something without their permission you can be fined.
I suggest you watch a RUclips video by Second Thought called 'Why The United States Can't Handle Crises' to see why the US has so much sugar in your food and drinks. The title might seem a bit misleading but if you watch you'll understand. There are 3 topics covered and all 3 will be relative to things you've talked about in this video and others you've done before and things you've also talked about. Second Thought are a great channel and probably have many videos for you to cover and create content about the US. The answer is NO to all your questions, these certainly don't happen in England or the UK. Love your channel BTW, you two are funny! 😜🇬🇧
If you pay a waiter 2.30 $ an hour it's easy to have free water and refills. If they had to pay the German minimum wage of 12 € they might think twice about giving anything freely!
You have high import duties on sugar because you don't grow it yourself, so you have modified everything to use HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) as a substitute. _By definition, sugar is sucrose, a disaccharide, made up of two sugars (glucose and fructose) bound together, that is naturally made by and found in all green plants. Sugar found in the food supply is harvested from sugar beets and sugar cane_
Homeowners Association - generally the outdoor spaces, e.g. parks, roads, pavement’s, are maintain by the local government (council). There are some enclosed housing areas that have managed spaces like your Housing Associations but it’s not that common.
In Greece we have a special tax for home ownership. Average 300 euros per year. Drug ads are only allowed for simple drugs, such as for a headache, for a drug that does not require a prescription.
Hi, I am from South Africa and the only medication regularly advertised here is over the counter stuff(Headache tabs, Flu symptom suppressors etc.). Anything that requires a doctor prescription is rarely advertised(It might be illegal but not sure). We do however get a lot of adds for alcohol ;). It may also have something to do with the fact that traditionally TV consumption is on the decline and more online shows/podcast things are being consumed. I myself almost never watch "normal" TV and mostly consume things on RUclips/Netflix etc.
Do you remember the documentary called supersize me where the journalist went to McDonald's for breakfast lunch and dinner and if he was asked if he wanted supersize! he had to have it. At the end of a month! he had put on significant weight but also had heart issues.😢
We do have something similar to an HA but ours are sane and there are rules and regulations in place to keep them sane. Directly translated it's called housing cooperative and we pay a fee monthly to it for upkeep.
In the Netherlands we sort of have home owners associations, but as far as I know it's only for condominiums(like they said in the video about the origin of HOA's). Which makes sense, everyone buys an apartment in the building and pays into a fund which is used for the maintenance of the building. Also in the Netherlands municipal rules about what you can and can't do to your house are quite strict, in most places bright colourful doors/walls etc are a big no no.
@@PPfilmemacher Here in Germany one finds some of the "crazy" regulations of the US HOA, rather in allotment associations (regulations on planting, community services, height and type of hedges, etc.).
I think the question "what do you do?" is just a conversation starter. Most people have some kind of job, so you have a good chance to start with something and go from there. Yeah, there might be some "judging" but often its just that some jobs are more interesting to talk about than others. I don't mind people to ask, and I don't mind to ask either. If you are worried that people might judge you about your job, then get over your insecurity. Or find a different job. Or just move conversation to something different that you are more comfortable with. Take the question about the job as what it is: a question about your job. Assuming that others will judge is basically judging on its own. 😜
We don't have HOAs in Austria in generell. There are such things as Bauschutzzonen, protected building areas, that are supposed to ensure that newer buildings match to older, historically built ones aesthetically, though they have -sadly- been made much less severe. The idea was to protect older/historical areas eg. in the outskirts of Vienna. Of course companies found loopholes and ways around them, such as purchasing an old building, letting it rot till it was no longer deemed reparable, then bulldozing it. There are also such things as Klaingartensiedlungen, conglomerates of small gardens with usually very small houses, that are not necessarily inhabited constantly. Those are usually societies with their own rules and, afaik, building restricitons that come along. But they are more likely the exception than the norm, and a lot of them are actually disappearing.
I quite like your rambling style of talking whatever you want to talk about because this way at least I personally get to know what the life is like there instead of the glamorised or infamous things that are shown on TV - reality is more interesting than fantasy, at least from it you learn more useful information. It is quite weird that the teachers sometimes have to fund the basic teaching materials themselves, it brings to mind this movie I love called "Freedom Writers" which is kind of based on true story and the teacher has to spend her own money on novels (she teaches English or literature or however you call it in English) because the school only provided her with abridged, tatty versions of the originals for the students. Her own money! It would be so weird if the teachers in Finland would do that because the school provides us with the exercise books from elementary to middle school and in high school you have to buy them by yourself because of all the different courses you want to take (imagine the amount of money the school would loose if it had to fund all the hundreds of thousands of books we use for three years, especially when one subject could have like ten courses (like we had so many history, philosophy and psychology courses in our high school) and then renew them because they would get ruined quite quickly and get new editions to boot). So yes, teachers should be more highly regarded as they are because they have to go through all this never ending stupidity that is ignorant children who should be taught how to be proper functioning future adult. But as they are not regarded highly, the end result is ever disappointing end result which is humanity. Sorry, I personally don't regard people highly, so my comments are kind of... dissing our whole existence in general. The only medicine they advertise in Finnish or Estonian TV (I'm Estonian, that's why I mention it) is just basic allergy, indigestion or pain medicines, be it in tablet, gel or medicinal patch form. And they never tell you the side effects, only that if you get any, turn to your family doctor or the apothecary. No brain tumours, collapsed lungs or bloody nose mentioned. But the VAT! Holy shit it is confusing. I once was in San Fran for a week and it was so confusing when I thought I had to pay something around certain sum and when I went to pay it, it was totally different price. You'll get used to it but it still is weird that it is not automatically included in the price, like certain percentage for a certain product groups, like in Finland there's like 24% VAT for clothing, etc. 14% for food, liquids, etc., 10% for medicine, books, etc. and so on and so forth. All included in the final price, no need to rack your brain with all the math you're not even good at (I'm talking about my lack of math skills). And speaking of San Fran, the food portion sizes really were very huge compared what I'm used to see in restaurants in Europe, like double the amount. I barely could finish the food over there which was a pity as it was quite delicious.
In Portugal you can only get most of the medical "drugs" if prescribed by a doctor, only pills for small health problems like headaches, colds, cough, etc. with 0 known side effects or at least not health hazardous are not prescribed and sometimes advertised.
In Canada the minimum wage is determined by the consumer price index which is a measure of how much everyday items cost to purchase. This means the minimum wage changes according to changes in the consumer price index. The cost of living varies between provinces so then the CPI and minimum wage also varies between provinces. In Manitoba where I'm from right now the minimum wage is $13.50 and changes as inflation affects prices. If you work in any of the gratuity industries you may get paid less than minimum wage but I don't know how that works. We also have a tipping expectation and a proper tip would be around 15% to 20%. I also agree with the Europeans that people no matter what their job should be paid by their employer what their labor is worth.
The most positive about this format I can tell is: this two fellow “muricans” are not screaming all the time. HOA-fee is covered and called different but it is a thing. We pay a “rainfall-tax” pending on the area of roof surface and how much rainwater in average gets drained into public drainage system. 🙈 All that besides the property tax and so on. Assault rifles are for protection against tyranny. Alcohol is definitely killing more people annually than firearms.
In Sweden, the teacher's salary is at the average salary in Sweden, but the teachers have a lot of free time. A longer summer vacation than other professions and so much paid extra time, about one day a week without teaching that is supposed to be used for teaching preparation and correcting exams. So the big advantage of the teaching profession is more free time than other professions with the same salary. The students in the Swedish school each get their own laptop and no shortage of teaching materials. Both the students and the teachers get a free cooked lunch until they arrive at the University. Similarly, the boeks are free up to the University. AT the university, tuition is still free, but they have to get the books and food themselves. but at the same time they receive a subsidy from the state and the opportunity to borrow more interest-free which must be paid back every year to be fully paid at the age of 55. It doesn't cost the government that much because the loan is paid in from former students who pay off their student debt. So old students send in money for new students to borrow from in principle. For the state and the student, it is a win-win situation. They become more educated and earn more money later, so they will pay more tax with the higher salary to the state. Anything that has a medical effect must not be advertised, no matter how small the medical effect is. Therefore, health food is only strengthening and useful. But if you actively go to the manufacturer's site yourself, they list a lot of medical effects as "information". No one can decide what you should do or how it should look except the City Board you live in. If it is a health hazard or it is more disturbing as noise where you live, people can complain to the city. As you may not set up a junkyard on the lot unless it is an industrial area. You may not build on an extra floor of the house if it has been determined that it is an area with 1-storey houses. Guess there is more freedom in Sweden than in the USA! Parks and such are the City's obligation to take care of for the tax money they receive. In Sweden, according to the law, 4 weeks of paid vacation are available, but 100% have 6 - 7 weeks of paid vacation through the union agreement. Sweden's law does not allow extra mark-ups on the price. It is a defacto agreement that that product costs as much as the price indicates. Changing the price is breaking the contract. There is a 25% tax imposed by the state, but it must be included in the price. Service personnel must be paid by the employer. You usually round up to the nearest bill so you don't have to keep coins, but it's at most $1 for a restaurant meal, usually less. but no one expects to receive Tips. A bit humiliating to throw them a few coins that they gave to a street dog and not a professional. Children's beauty pageant, haven't heard of it, but I think the social services probably examined the parents then, whether they are suitable to take care of children or the children were better off with some foster parents. The big problem with US food should not be that they are big, but that it is almost only sugar. 50% of US residents are sick with Diabetes or diabetes. But the food tastes really sweet too. Everything is drenched in the cheap but disgusting corn sugar. I always have the slightest bit of sugar in my coffee. They dug up some medieval graves in a big city nearby. All had perfect teeth with no cavities. But that was before the era of industrial sugar. Diabetes was a completely unknown disease at the time. However, broken bones were a common cause of death at the time. Bones could not be repaired and many infectious diseases ravaged unhealthy cities then. Swedish public toilets have fully closed doors, but on the other hand, they are not usually divided into men's and women's toilets, but are usually the same for all sexes. But you get a fully enclosed room with sink to yourself. Firearms must be stored in approved gun safes that are as safe as safes and they must only be bolted in place. So even if you get a break-in, the thieves won't get access to the weapons. I see a lot of people keep their jewels and money in the gun safe because that's usually the hardest place to get things from.
Here in germany, you'll only see pharma ads for meds that can be sold over the counter. It makes no sense to advertise prescription drugs since the pharmacy is bound to give you the cheapest variant there is (for free).... unless you want to pay the difference to get a special brand. And even for over the counter things like Aspirin or Ibuprofin they will also point you to the cheapest offer.
in estonia there are some drug ads but prescription drug commercials are banned. and instead of listing the side effects they just say read the damn pamphlet and/or consult with your doctor.
our waterworks, roads and many lawns are public - they are mainained with public money - that's what taxes are for. What I can't grasp is why do you pay somone to maintain those (HOA) and ALSO pay taxes on your properety - that's basically double taxation! :O
In south Africa we have complexes (what you might call gated communities) where those who live there pay a levy to maintain common areas. You get this also when living in flats (translation apartments). All other homes you would only pay property taxes and municipal fees
our municipality in the netherlands decides what you can and cant do with your house. some residents let you build your own house what you want. some residents build houses that look all the same and cant be changed what so ever. it really depends. but no we dont have home HOAs tax
In the Netherlands McDonalds and burger king have sodadrinks like 0,20 0,33 and 0,50 L no free refills,... in the US starts with the 0,50, 0,75 or 1,00 L and free refills...we pay 140,00 p month health care insurence some more and some less depends on coditions, only above 375,00 you get a return in one year spend....give or take... Basic schools and teachers are payed by the gouverment funded by taxis we all pay
Please react to danish forest kindergarten, i would loooove to see your opinion on that, cause what I've seen it's Soo different between Americans getting really worried for the children and others just think it's cool. I promise to watch it three times if you react! ❤️btw love your videos, found your first video and where so confused I couldn't find more, cause you seem so comfortable infront of the camera, have watched ever video ever since and love your channel. Keep it up and never change your style! It's so relaxing!
Friendliest country ive visited. Tipping unusual and most conversations started with me tryng to say something in Danish followed by the phrase HELLO ENGLISH...it was like being mauled by a large friendly dog...always a good experience🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🍟🍟🍟🍟🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩👍😁🇩🇰
Did a quick search re France starting the Home Owners Loan, nothing. I found a few about America starting it. * It is believed that HOAs were first established in the US in the mid-1800s. Over the course of the first hundred years the number of HOAs was relatively small. (needs more research)
regarding sales tax, the majority of large companies sell the same items across different countries in the EU, all with their own respective tax rates, yet the sticker price is the whole price in every country, the American system seems to exist for no reason that could stand to scrutiny
I got a steak meal on a restaurant in Lowell, mass. back in 91 on a work trip there. The amount on the plate for me alone would have been Sunday dinner for me my wife and my then 2 younger kids home in Norway. Just ridiculous. And i did not order a big meal as such. All my workmates ordering different types of meals got similar amounts.The starters would have been enuff food for a dinner back home.🤣😎😈🇧🇻
Agree with most of these things. You guys also filling in tax forms gets me - 66 now and worked all my life, never filled in a tax form. Last few years of working below the tax threshold has always seen my tax rebates pop up automatically. Hated the "tax" on purchases and think your tipping culture is horrendous. A business that cannot pay its staff a living wage really should not be in business. I do tip here, because I am happy with the service or the waiter - and an VERY happy not HAVING to tip. Did do that in the US, and got shouted at a few times - but walked out anyway - since I had no intention of going back. Also noticed the attempts to "short change" me whenever I had to pay with or break a larger bill. Got very used to counting change carefully, and nearly every time got an apology and the correct amount. Your drinking laws seem crazy too.
Off topic but i need to say it 😀. Brian looks like Jay Weinberg one of my favourite drummers, that's one of the reason why I watching your videos and I like your reactions.
Love your commentary and just fun little stories that you guys share. Hi from Vancouver, Canada. Check out some “What’s something that Europe has changed in your mind as an American.” Videos. For something a little different, would love to see you react to some “Not Just Bikes” channel videos about the contrast of European and North American infrastructure. His channel is amazing. He’s a Canadian from Toronto that has now moved to the Netherlands with his family.
In the UK my doctor tells me what I need. I think that's mostly the same there, but I imagine some rich folks can rock up at the doc and say gimme this! Here, prescription pharmaceuticals can not be advertised because we don't have a completely privatised health care system. U can choose private if you're rich enough but everyone gets healthcare regardless.
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To give someone access to a deadly weapon while simultanously not trusting the same person to handle a can of beer responsibly is something i´ll never get into my mind...
It’s pretty insane how most people here view it as just a regular thing
I was in Niagara and decided not to go over to the US partly because, as a Brit, i like a beer with my food (or without food) but compared to what im used to, i found american beer very much "like making love in a canoe"
Yes, and the fact that you carry a gun to protect yourself from other people could have a gun is crazy
@@nikkihayes5411 From England: I went to an off licence in the States and after looking at the % alcohol I decided on a "malt liquor". I asked why it wasn't called beer? I was told that anything called beer had to be less than 3% !!!
@@simonpowell2559 aaah! Puritans🍺🍺🍺🍺🍻🍺🍺🍺🍺🍻😈
Incoming joke:
A Texas rancher came to Australia to visit one of our cattle stations. The Aussie answered all of his questions but couldn’t help but notice that the rancher kept telling him that “everything was bigger and better in Texas.” So when the Texan saw a lot of kangaroos bounding across the fields, he exclaimed, “What the heck are those things!?” The Aussie replied, “Don’t you have rats in Texas?”
🤣 - I legit laughed out loud when I read this
A Texan rancher was visiting Ireland and came across an Irish farmer leaning on his gate. "How big is your farm?", asked the Texan. The Irish farmer told him that he owned 100 acres of land. The Texan laughed out loud and boasted, "It takes me 3 days to drive around the border of my land". The Irish farmer said, "I used to have a car like that".
In the UK there aren’t pharmaceutical ads like in the US, the only things that can be advertised are over the counter medicines like headache pills, cold remedies etc. It’s seen as the responsibility of your doctor to provide what he thinks you need for your health.
I'm 28 and I live in Eastern Europe. I have so far never ever in my life even seen a real gun up close in real life. I have never known anyone who owns a gun. I dont even know what a real gunshot would sound like in real life. I mean, I know some people who go to shooting ranges and shoot there as a hobby every now and then but thats it. Its really crazy to me what a huge part guns are in the everyday life of an american when tis something I rarely even have a rational thought about.
Shortly after I got to the US (I'm from Australia), I was at a cinema and ordered a small Coke. When the girl put it on the counter, I thought she had mistakenly got me a large Coke. I then looked up and saw the sizes of the drink containers and was shocked to see how big they were. The large size was bloody ridiculous.
Therefore the beer gets smaller. But i don't know if they serve beer in cinemas in the USA
9/10 of it is ice in America. If you ask for no ice then not only would you get a weird look but your glass would only be 1/10 of cola and the rest of the glass empty. Money is Money here Mr Australia.
Theater drinks are especially over sized. That's because they charge insane amounts of money for anything at a theater. They give you an additional five cents of drink to make you feel better about the extra $5 you're paying.
I'm surprised they don't say, would you like a little fat with that, because that is what you're getting lol.
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Thank you guys for your effort! And don't apologize for talking much, this is literally the reason why I am here every week. There are far too many channel that would have watched that video silently and ended with a simple "wow that was interesting, thanks for watching, see you next time!". Well, that is not a reaction, that is not what I wanna see. So keep up the good work and thanks again!
Thank you very much for the kind words! We love to converse a lot while doing these videos to give our full opinions and to simply just speak what’s on our minds. We are so glad you enjoy it! ✌️
Here in the Netherlands they can only advertise over the counter drugs, never prescription drugs. Which I think is as it should be.
Same in New Zealand.
@@cadifan Yeah. Although, there are whispers of changes coming - to the point of not allowing them. I guess we'll soon find out.
Same in Belgium
I think it's safe to say that it's the same in the whole EU.
Same in the uk
What blew my mind when I was in Virginia and stopped to get fuel, I found I could get fuel, alcohol, guns and ammunition all at the same store, that's one hell of a combination.
It’s wild in certain states of USA!
I suppose you have to ask for high explosives and detonators.
i heard a suggestion once ... instead of using "what do you do for a living" as an icebreaker ... ask "what do you do that makes you happy" 🤯🤯🤯🤯 ... I started doing that and boy have my conversations changed and responses ... "that is such a great question" ... it really opens up the conversation and makes a person more than their job.
As you rightfully said, it is VERY hard to buy a gun here in Europe, and even if you had , for some bizarre reasons, the contacts to buy contraband guns, a kid couldn't afford to buy one anyway
If a kid wants to buy a gun he's most likely already a criminal, so they probably could afford it.
I don´t know... But I also feel like here in Europe, guns are considered something that "weak" men use, or people who can´t defend themselves... And Ive seen this before: Like, if two guys have a stupid fight at a bar, and one of the two pulls out a gun.. All of his friends, classmates or coworkers, are ALWAYS going to consider that person a "half" a man. Or, to be more specific (and I NEVER use this word) he will ALWAYS be considered a "pssy" by other guys.
WOW. Canadian here. I didn't know it was legal in the US to pay below minimum wage and expect tips to make up the difference. That's nuts.
"For risks and side effects, read the package leaflet and ask your doctor or pharmacist. "
In Germany his sentence is mandatory under drug advertising. No need to list aaaaaall effects.
This is because prescription drugs are not advertised in Germany. In the United States, the law requires that contraindications be stated, but does not specify the speed of the audio on TV. Therefore, they comply with the law by placing the contraindications in a way that no one can understand.
Re television adverts - just imagine watching (or listening on radio) to a channel on which the programmes are not interrupted by commercials. The BBC says hi.
Sarcasm start: it makes totally sense to sell ammunition in a pharmacy because used the right way it will cure ALL diseases ... end of sarcasm.
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Thanks for the content. I'm really enjoying your channel. I'm from Canada and I feel like we fall in the middle - Many things here are similar to countries in Europe but many things are closer to how you do things in the US. For example, we do have pharmaceutical ads, our taxes aren't included in the price on the tag, some of our bathroom stall doors are like yours, and our obesity / portion size / sugar issues are similar to the USA. We also tip here but all jobs are required to pay at least minimum wage whether they get tips or not. In my province (Nova Scotia) I believe minimum wage is between $13 and $14 / hour. We don't have home owners association fees, we have paid vacation (I get 4 weeks paid and I have the option to take up to two weeks unpaid if I want but I think the minimum is 2 weeks paid for any job), and our gun laws are much more strict. You can't just buy guns at a store like Walmart, there are vigorous background checks. and most guns are illegal. I find these videos really informative on how many differences / similarities there are between different countries.
Thank you very much for the nice words! Also thanks for informing us about that information! 👍🏻
In Germany there are advertisments for basic low risk pharma products. Like coughing syrub, Aspirin, Some Vitamin and Mineral supplements and ointments. But if you need a presdriscription to get it, it doesn't get advertised ( I think it is even forbidden)
learning about one another is the most important thing. only education works against prejudice, fear and all that bunch.
I've yet to visit a country in Europe that shows adverts for pharmaceutical companies. It doesn't happen in England where I live. When I visited America in 2012, I found it almost unbearable to watch TV especially sports. Americans must be extremely patience to put up with that.
Honestly it’s one of the reasons we don’t watch live tv. Sooo many ads ruin the viewing pleasure especially the pharmaceutical ads
In Poland we have some commercials of drugs and it always ends with 2x speed "Before using read the piece of paper attached or reach a doctor or farmacologist (idk how to translate farmaceuta??) because not-correct using may cause health issues or death". It's always the same text, it never mentions any details. Vacation - we have 16 holidays I believe (easter, christmas, independence day, all saints day, etc.), each of these days is day off, PAID time off (PTO). We also have different types of contracts, but the most basic one gives you around 20 days off (first 2 years I believe) and after that time you get 26 days off per year. And what's more interesting - there is a requirement that each employee (on that specific type of contract) needs to have at least one PTO which lasts 14 days in a row or more, because that's the period of time which is considered as good to forget about work and recover fully. The rest of those days we can use however we want - single days, two days, use all of them at the same time, whatever. And american cars - in Poland we sometimes see people having such cars, but most people would think "why would he need such a big car, it's parked and still sticks out on the road, it's inconvenient, it probably needs a lot of fuel, why, is that car owner an idiot or does he have small pp?". That's because we don't need to use a car to buy 5 tons of food supplies. In our culture it is normal to just take your bag, walk 1-3km to a shop, buy stuff and make dinner for 2-4 days. Then when everything is eaten, we can go there again, and when there is something specific to buy, we can use our convenient-size cars to drive, park easily, buy whatever we need and continue our normal lives. :) We also have a lot of walking lanes, cycling lanes, basically we can move around our cities and villages without having a car which is great for kids.
Yeah but when it comes to drugs those are only non-prescription ones such as light painkillers like paracetamol
Yep, commercials or any public wides-spread communication about prescription drugs is illegal in PL. In the US you can have a commercial for e.g. psychotropic medication, which seems wild.
“United States of America” commonly shortened as “America” or “the States” but never “the United”. 😂
I'm French and have never heard of something like homeowners association, so don't blame it on me please
We don’t have home owners fees. Our council tax goes to paying for some of the things mentioned.
But absolutely no one is going to come and tell you what aesthetic your house is. I have the freedom to paint my door whatever colour I want to, or not bother to cut my grass.
In fact people are often encouraged to not cut their grass in early spring for the wild life.
The only exception is if your garden becomes a health hazard. But people generally keep their gardens looking nice because of a sense of community.
In Germany, we have something similar like the homeowner association pay in some suburbs. Let's say someone builds 20 houses that are somewhat connected and sells them to 20 families. Every family that buys a house in this complex agrees the house is part of the complex and has to follow the rules that are regulated by a meeting every year of the 20 owners. And they also pay to a fund that pays for things like waste disposal, Street cleaning, snow cleaning, beautification of landscapes or maybe facilitiemanagement when no one of the 20 families does it. So it does exist, just not that high.
Co-ownership exists in France but we know it before buying, not after. The amount of the costs must be communicated to the buyers otherwise the deed of sale cannot be signed.
Our servers are paid by their employer, so the cost of the service is in the price of the dishes, including taxes. We don't trap the consumer in Europe, it's always tax included (everywhere) and service included. If a meal is displayed at 50€ we pay 50€. You can leave one or two euros if the service was good but no obligation.
Just found you guys, I can tell you, I can't think of a country I would rather live in less than the United States,
There are so many free countries where you can live in and have a lovely work life balance.
I'm UK based.
It isn't gun ownership that is your problem, it's responsible gun ownership. How many shooting were done by people who a actually bought the gun they used?
It's people who don't secure the gun they own that makes gun ownership a joke. In the UK (where you can buy guns when licensed) you are REQUIRED to provide a secured gun safe and prove it before you can even get a license from the licensing authority - which is the local Police, so they know "you", and actually visit your home to determine it will be stored securely - again before you are issued a license. How does that infringe someone wish to own a gun if they're responsible enough to deserve one?
If your argument for gun ownership is self defense and protection then your problem is the reason! If you don't feel safe then your policing has failed and you have a different much bigger problem, because your entire infrastructure and society is failing if you aren't safe enough to live your life without contemplating a shootout with some criminal or crazy governmental regime...
Take a look at UK gun licensing laws, there's plenty of RUclips videos. Guns aren't illegal as is reported and repeated way too often. But private gun ownership is a privilege not a right, and you prove yourself "fit and responsible" enough to to own one, and of course must have a good reason to own one too.
it's like hanging out with friends - i like your style.
Belgium, here.. every year there's an action for the elementary school to raise some money. The children sell cookies and the one with the biggest sell gets a price. The money is used to lower the price of field trips, so everybody can join.
only reason for not including tax in price is marketing - after all the cashier has to add the tax at the register. Closest thing to beauty pegant we got in Poland are TV takent shows like Got Talent with kids, The Voice Kids etc
Not the only reason in some States it is illegal to include the price. Others can for specified products like fuel. Some for street vendors. It is easier to not include it anywhere.
@@grahamsmith9541 isn't that just effect of companies lobbying to appear to have cheap products?
@@GdzieJestNemo Probably is.
@@grahamsmith9541 Not probably, but 100% certain.
Australia - tax included in price. It’s called GST (Goods & Services Tax) and it’s a flat 10% nationally with some basics excluded, such as unprocessed food.
Greenland should also be blue on the map because its part of the Danish kingdom and some of its laws :)
From what I know, only New Zealand has prescription drug advertisements the same way the USA. Other countries, like here in Norway, may only have ads for vitamin supplements or other over the counter items.
As for food and drink, the differences between the USA and European countries are bigger than just portion sizes and sugar content. European countries have banned a lot of harmful chemicals that the FDA permits.
It seems that the way Americans think about guns is different compared to many European countries, because here we generally only use guns for hunting or sports (competitions). Gun laws differ from country to country, but generally speaking European countries tend to be stricter in terms of background checks, shooting practice, safe storage, magazine capacity and what guns are allowed for purchase. For example, here in Norway the limit is 10-round magazines, and you won't find any fully automatic weapons. Switzerland is probably one of the most permissive European countries regarding guns, and yet their gun homicide rate per capita is way below the US, because they have a different gun culture and still some stricter laws.
on the topic of what you were speaking about right at the beginning, i just like hanging out and you guys are amusing to me and crack me up. I love podcasts and reaction videos and that's the vibe i get from you guys, mix of both.
In Romania we do have HOAs (sort of). In an apartment bloc all owners (cause something like 85% of the people own their homes) vote for a “president” or “administrator” that is in charge of managing the stairwell, elevator, reception area, basement, attic, roof, the outside facade and the gardens around the building - employing a cleaning service for common areas, a plumber, an electrician, repainting, various repairs and renovation. Each resident pays a nominal fee that goes into a common cost bucket that is used for these purposes. They do not have the rights to dictate what the people do to their own homes, unless it is an illegal mod (like tearing down a load bearing wall). Then the admins of multiple buildings in an area associate further in a neighborhood association where they have more power in relation to the city so they can negotiate better deals with repair companies or city hall to get subsidies for renovating buildings (usually roofs or facades which are more expensive). They also manage the water provider - there’s no private water provider (i don’t think). But again, unless it’s something illegal, they don’t interfere and cannot fine anyone without getting the police involved.
Some people abuse their position, but usually they’re useful. Like if I have an emergency and don’t know who to call for a plumbing issue, I would call the admin and they will call and send the contracted plumber or come and fix it themselves if it’s easy. Sort of like a superintendent.
House neighborhoods don’t have this.
Well in most countries here in Europe, if not all, as far as I know it is illegal to do commercials about medicine that you can only got with prescription. Other than that you will see some commercials about pharmaceuticals, but only those you can buy without prescription. They arent as silly and weird as the US commercials.
In Northern Ireland Subway would technically be classed as cake because of sugar content. In England we actually have sugar tax!!!
Not just technically umder EU legislation 1% is the maximum allowable sugar content in bread. Subway bread 10% of the weight of the flour was sugar.
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In Germany you can not carry a gun (unless it is your profession) but you can carry a beer in the open. Since we have a mandatory broadcasting fee for the state owned tv/radio etc., this comes nearly without commercials and is not much biased. The private broadcasters rely on advertising. Without enough viewers some stuff is not shown or gets cancelled and others gets prime time. But advertising for prescription drugs is not allowed for any.
LOL at ÖR not being biased
Cane sugar (otherwise known as white death) has mainly been replaced by sweeteners in the uk .
New Hamshire has no sales tax on clothes. Learned that by surprise but that got me, it was sales saeson too, a nice and warm Tommy hilfiger winter coat for 78 dollars.
We don't do home owner association in France that much.
I thought there was a universal guy code at the urinal. It seems to apply in all the countries I've been to. You always leave one free inbetween whenever possible and you only look straight ahead or down and not left or right.
focus on your business
We have condeminium fees in Euope, but only if you live in a block of flats, not n a neighberhood.
In Finland when I was in elementary school at late 90's or 94 ,95. We did collect funds but those were for last year's vacation we did with the whole class, some parents volunteered as eyekeepers so we didn't run away.😅
We don't have pharmaceutical ads here, except for really mild medicines that you can buy over the counter, such as anti indigestion tablets, or products where the active ingredient is a mild painkiller, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. Even then, a chemist will only sell you up to a certain amount in one go. Most medicines can only be prescribed by a doctor and are not readily available from other sources.
Well in Germany it is usually ending with
For risks and side effects, read the package leaflet or ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Yeah ❤️ In Sweden at the 70s in school we make things and going around and sell this on door belling but the different is that this was money for a wood hiking in the forest 🌍👀 or a ski tripp to mountains 🌍👀 or a good boat tripp in the Swedish archipelago at the sea and we get many of this traveling as kids and its because the naturlife is very important in swedish life 🌍👀 And was i realice year after was that the money we children bring to the pott was maybe 10% of the real cost.🌍👀 And something as was important was that the teachers always say that it was because we sell this things 👍🏼🌍👀And my kids doing the same in their schools 🌍👀 And somethings as are really good on this 2 or 3 days tripp is that you as a parent can see the difference from before and after the tripp 🇸🇪❤️🇺🇲❤️🇸🇪 And you 2 are awsome persons to listening on 👍🏼👏As my old Grandma always say (Its hard to see the shit if just standing in it every day) i think u 2 are smarter and wiser then a ordinary US people ❤️🇺🇸You 2 are more down to Earth people 🇸🇪❤️🇺🇸❤️🇸🇪 And i love the old Swedish guy you have on your Tshirt.❤️🇸🇪❤️🧬
We don’t have HOA in the U.K. but we pay rates to the local council, which covers that type of thing as far as I know. There are some other setups like “private estates” etc. which have their own rules also various types of residents associations. however most have to pay rates to the local council or body for street cleaning lighting parks etc. Like your channel all the best from Scotland. Now living in London it is pretty much the same. Subscribed
I like how you guys talk before and after.
Texas is no that big, Australain has a farm bigger than Texas called Alice Creek Station and every state in Australia is bigger.
Had to check out how much bigger. Aussie here .
* Anna Creek Station has an area of 23,677 km2 (9,142 sq mi; 5,851,000 acres). It is 8,000 km2 (2,000,000 acres; 3,100 sq mi). It is over seven times the size of the United States' biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 3,340 km2 (830,000 acres; 1,290 sq mi).
Two reasons the sales tax is added after: 1) Food items are tax free when purchased to take home, but are taxed if you're going to eat at the restaurant. 2) In the USA they are required to tell us how much we pay in tax. Citizens must be informed. In Europe they pay far more in tax, but it's charged to the manufacturer so the buyer never gets to see it. They have deliberately hidden the taxes to so it's easier to raise taxes. In the USA raising the sales tax leads to protests. In Europe, the public usually has no idea they raised taxes.
In Sweden we have a law ”offentlighetsprincipen” (the principle of publicity), that make it possible for any citizens of Sweden to request documentation, further any decision that the government or other public institution do must by law be documented. Exceptions are when it comes to national security, and sensitive topics that affect an individual (health/social problems, etc.), those are not public.
Therefor the authorities cannot hide anything. The we also have a law regarding freedom of the press, that make it forbitten for the authorities to investigate how the press got the information. It is easy to be a whistleblower in Sweden.
For example our prime minister’s declaration is a public document that could be requested, in the same mine. I request of public documents must be managed by the authorities within three days.
Those laws are primary made for making it possible for everyone in Sweden to control and check, in detail, what the authorities do and for what they spent our money. You can call those laws a control function for the democracy and prevent the possibility for corruption.
Here in Australia we pay council rates, which is similar to your home owners association. This money goes to maintaining your area and infrastructure.
I'm buying some medicine only for their side effects. 😂
Home owner association in the Netherlands is only used in appartement buildings to maintain the outside of the building and shared spaces
Here in Greece (yes, I moved from gdansk, Poland, to Athens, Hellas) They have Stevia in light drinks. Stevia i a plat based sugar alternative.
About the VAT excuses. If the vat is known in checkout, it can be added to the price tag. I understand that national TV commercials can't add all the different vats across the country, but then you could add on the price tag something like "+ $1.00 vat" in small lettering.
16:30 Here in Poland unless it's something that requires building new building or change integral structure of existing building for which you need to get permission you can do whatever. Unless you live in old building that needs to have some elements like wooden window frames in set style to keep historical value of the place. Places like that has designated restorers you can ask if you can do something if you're not sure, but if you do something without their permission you can be fined.
I suggest you watch a RUclips video by Second Thought called 'Why The United States Can't Handle Crises' to see why the US has so much sugar in your food and drinks. The title might seem a bit misleading but if you watch you'll understand. There are 3 topics covered and all 3 will be relative to things you've talked about in this video and others you've done before and things you've also talked about.
Second Thought are a great channel and probably have many videos for you to cover and create content about the US.
The answer is NO to all your questions, these certainly don't happen in England or the UK.
Love your channel BTW, you two are funny! 😜🇬🇧
If you pay a waiter 2.30 $ an hour it's easy to have free water and refills. If they had to pay the German minimum wage of 12 € they might think twice about giving anything freely!
You have high import duties on sugar because you don't grow it yourself, so you have modified everything to use HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) as a substitute.
_By definition, sugar is sucrose, a disaccharide, made up of two sugars (glucose and fructose) bound together, that is naturally made by and found in all green plants. Sugar found in the food supply is harvested from sugar beets and sugar cane_
No home owners association in Australia.
Our service staff get paid upwards of AUD$21 per hour.
It's illegal in the UK to advertise Pharmaceuticals, we ge3t the occasional Advert for over the counter type Medication but, that's it.
Homeowners Association - generally the outdoor spaces, e.g. parks, roads, pavement’s, are maintain by the local government (council). There are some enclosed housing areas that have managed spaces like your Housing Associations but it’s not that common.
In Greece we have a special tax for home ownership. Average 300 euros per year. Drug ads are only allowed for simple drugs, such as for a headache, for a drug that does not require a prescription.
Don't forget the "tax" we pay through electricity bill!!
But it's way less than what I had to pay when I studied in NY...
Hi, I am from South Africa and the only medication regularly advertised here is over the counter stuff(Headache tabs, Flu symptom suppressors etc.). Anything that requires a doctor prescription is rarely advertised(It might be illegal but not sure). We do however get a lot of adds for alcohol ;). It may also have something to do with the fact that traditionally TV consumption is on the decline and more online shows/podcast things are being consumed. I myself almost never watch "normal" TV and mostly consume things on RUclips/Netflix etc.
Do you remember the documentary called supersize me where the journalist went to McDonald's for breakfast lunch and dinner and if he was asked if he wanted supersize! he had to have it. At the end of a month! he had put on significant weight but also had heart issues.😢
In the netherlands we tip,but the servers get payed real good,so its a bonus
We do have something similar to an HA but ours are sane and there are rules and regulations in place to keep them sane. Directly translated it's called housing cooperative and we pay a fee monthly to it for upkeep.
The funny thought of my mechanics telling me the "side effects" of buying so-and-so aftermarket parts double speed...
LOL :D
In the Netherlands we sort of have home owners associations, but as far as I know it's only for condominiums(like they said in the video about the origin of HOA's). Which makes sense, everyone buys an apartment in the building and pays into a fund which is used for the maintenance of the building. Also in the Netherlands municipal rules about what you can and can't do to your house are quite strict, in most places bright colourful doors/walls etc are a big no no.
Same here in germany
Same in the UK. And historical areas or old buildings have restrictions on appearance.
@@PPfilmemacher Here in Germany one finds some of the "crazy" regulations of the US HOA, rather in allotment associations (regulations on planting, community services, height and type of hedges, etc.).
Here in Germany a waitress with almost three years of practise gets about 2,750 $/month. 4 Weeks payed vacation and tips come on top.
In England our taxes (Council Tax) is itemised. We are shown the percentage going to the emergency services, policing and refuge management.
I think the question "what do you do?" is just a conversation starter. Most people have some kind of job, so you have a good chance to start with something and go from there. Yeah, there might be some "judging" but often its just that some jobs are more interesting to talk about than others. I don't mind people to ask, and I don't mind to ask either. If you are worried that people might judge you about your job, then get over your insecurity. Or find a different job. Or just move conversation to something different that you are more comfortable with. Take the question about the job as what it is: a question about your job. Assuming that others will judge is basically judging on its own. 😜
We don't have HOAs in Austria in generell. There are such things as Bauschutzzonen, protected building areas, that are supposed to ensure that newer buildings match to older, historically built ones aesthetically, though they have -sadly- been made much less severe. The idea was to protect older/historical areas eg. in the outskirts of Vienna. Of course companies found loopholes and ways around them, such as purchasing an old building, letting it rot till it was no longer deemed reparable, then bulldozing it. There are also such things as Klaingartensiedlungen, conglomerates of small gardens with usually very small houses, that are not necessarily inhabited constantly. Those are usually societies with their own rules and, afaik, building restricitons that come along. But they are more likely the exception than the norm, and a lot of them are actually disappearing.
I quite like your rambling style of talking whatever you want to talk about because this way at least I personally get to know what the life is like there instead of the glamorised or infamous things that are shown on TV - reality is more interesting than fantasy, at least from it you learn more useful information.
It is quite weird that the teachers sometimes have to fund the basic teaching materials themselves, it brings to mind this movie I love called "Freedom Writers" which is kind of based on true story and the teacher has to spend her own money on novels (she teaches English or literature or however you call it in English) because the school only provided her with abridged, tatty versions of the originals for the students. Her own money! It would be so weird if the teachers in Finland would do that because the school provides us with the exercise books from elementary to middle school and in high school you have to buy them by yourself because of all the different courses you want to take (imagine the amount of money the school would loose if it had to fund all the hundreds of thousands of books we use for three years, especially when one subject could have like ten courses (like we had so many history, philosophy and psychology courses in our high school) and then renew them because they would get ruined quite quickly and get new editions to boot). So yes, teachers should be more highly regarded as they are because they have to go through all this never ending stupidity that is ignorant children who should be taught how to be proper functioning future adult. But as they are not regarded highly, the end result is ever disappointing end result which is humanity. Sorry, I personally don't regard people highly, so my comments are kind of... dissing our whole existence in general.
The only medicine they advertise in Finnish or Estonian TV (I'm Estonian, that's why I mention it) is just basic allergy, indigestion or pain medicines, be it in tablet, gel or medicinal patch form. And they never tell you the side effects, only that if you get any, turn to your family doctor or the apothecary. No brain tumours, collapsed lungs or bloody nose mentioned.
But the VAT! Holy shit it is confusing. I once was in San Fran for a week and it was so confusing when I thought I had to pay something around certain sum and when I went to pay it, it was totally different price. You'll get used to it but it still is weird that it is not automatically included in the price, like certain percentage for a certain product groups, like in Finland there's like 24% VAT for clothing, etc. 14% for food, liquids, etc., 10% for medicine, books, etc. and so on and so forth. All included in the final price, no need to rack your brain with all the math you're not even good at (I'm talking about my lack of math skills). And speaking of San Fran, the food portion sizes really were very huge compared what I'm used to see in restaurants in Europe, like double the amount. I barely could finish the food over there which was a pity as it was quite delicious.
In Portugal you can only get most of the medical "drugs" if prescribed by a doctor, only pills for small health problems like headaches, colds, cough, etc. with 0 known side effects or at least not health hazardous are not prescribed and sometimes advertised.
In Canada the minimum wage is determined by the consumer price index which is a measure of how much everyday items cost to purchase. This means the minimum wage changes according to changes in the consumer price index. The cost of living varies between provinces so then the CPI and minimum wage also varies between provinces. In Manitoba where I'm from right now the minimum wage is $13.50 and changes as inflation affects prices. If you work in any of the gratuity industries you may get paid less than minimum wage but I don't know how that works. We also have a tipping expectation and a proper tip would be around 15% to 20%. I also agree with the Europeans that people no matter what their job should be paid by their employer what their labor is worth.
The most positive about this format I can tell is: this two fellow “muricans” are not screaming all the time.
HOA-fee is covered and called different but it is a thing.
We pay a “rainfall-tax” pending on the area of roof surface and how much rainwater in average gets drained into public drainage system. 🙈
All that besides the property tax and so on.
Assault rifles are for protection against tyranny.
Alcohol is definitely killing more people annually than firearms.
in germany there are no homeowner association fees. here it is the state and the city / county who has to take care of it. its covered through taxes.
In Sweden, the teacher's salary is at the average salary in Sweden, but the teachers have a lot of free time. A longer summer vacation than other professions and so much paid extra time, about one day a week without teaching that is supposed to be used for teaching preparation and correcting exams. So the big advantage of the teaching profession is more free time than other professions with the same salary. The students in the Swedish school each get their own laptop and no shortage of teaching materials. Both the students and the teachers get a free cooked lunch until they arrive at the University. Similarly, the boeks are free up to the University. AT the university, tuition is still free, but they have to get the books and food themselves. but at the same time they receive a subsidy from the state and the opportunity to borrow more interest-free which must be paid back every year to be fully paid at the age of 55. It doesn't cost the government that much because the loan is paid in from former students who pay off their student debt. So old students send in money for new students to borrow from in principle. For the state and the student, it is a win-win situation. They become more educated and earn more money later, so they will pay more tax with the higher salary to the state.
Anything that has a medical effect must not be advertised, no matter how small the medical effect is. Therefore, health food is only strengthening and useful. But if you actively go to the manufacturer's site yourself, they list a lot of medical effects as "information". No one can decide what you should do or how it should look except the City Board you live in. If it is a health hazard or it is more disturbing as noise where you live, people can complain to the city. As you may not set up a junkyard on the lot unless it is an industrial area. You may not build on an extra floor of the house if it has been determined that it is an area with 1-storey houses. Guess there is more freedom in Sweden than in the USA! Parks and such are the City's obligation to take care of for the tax money they receive. In Sweden, according to the law, 4 weeks of paid vacation are available, but 100% have 6 - 7 weeks of paid vacation through the union agreement. Sweden's law does not allow extra mark-ups on the price. It is a defacto agreement that that product costs as much as the price indicates. Changing the price is breaking the contract. There is a 25% tax imposed by the state, but it must be included in the price. Service personnel must be paid by the employer. You usually round up to the nearest bill so you don't have to keep coins, but it's at most $1 for a restaurant meal, usually less. but no one expects to receive Tips. A bit humiliating to throw them a few coins that they gave to a street dog and not a professional. Children's beauty pageant, haven't heard of it, but I think the social services probably examined the parents then, whether they are suitable to take care of children or the children were better off with some foster parents. The big problem with US food should not be that they are big, but that it is almost only sugar. 50% of US residents are sick with Diabetes or diabetes. But the food tastes really sweet too. Everything is drenched in the cheap but disgusting corn sugar. I always have the slightest bit of sugar in my coffee. They dug up some medieval graves in a big city nearby. All had perfect teeth with no cavities. But that was before the era of industrial sugar. Diabetes was a completely unknown disease at the time. However, broken bones were a common cause of death at the time. Bones could not be repaired and many infectious diseases ravaged unhealthy cities then. Swedish public toilets have fully closed doors, but on the other hand, they are not usually divided into men's and women's toilets, but are usually the same for all sexes. But you get a fully enclosed room with sink to yourself. Firearms must be stored in approved gun safes that are as safe as safes and they must only be bolted in place. So even if you get a break-in, the thieves won't get access to the weapons. I see a lot of people keep their jewels and money in the gun safe because that's usually the hardest place to get things from.
We have 21% VAT in the Netherlands but its already included in the price.
Here in germany, you'll only see pharma ads for meds that can be sold over the counter. It makes no sense to advertise prescription drugs since the pharmacy is bound to give you the cheapest variant there is (for free).... unless you want to pay the difference to get a special brand. And even for over the counter things like Aspirin or Ibuprofin they will also point you to the cheapest offer.
in estonia there are some drug ads but prescription drug commercials are banned. and instead of listing the side effects they just say read the damn pamphlet and/or consult with your doctor.
our waterworks, roads and many lawns are public - they are mainained with public money - that's what taxes are for. What I can't grasp is why do you pay somone to maintain those (HOA) and ALSO pay taxes on your properety - that's basically double taxation! :O
14:24 Zero commercials for medication in Australia.
In south Africa we have complexes (what you might call gated communities) where those who live there pay a levy to maintain common areas. You get this also when living in flats (translation apartments). All other homes you would only pay property taxes and municipal fees
our municipality in the netherlands decides what you can and cant do with your house. some residents let you build your own house what you want. some residents build houses that look all the same and cant be changed what so ever. it really depends. but no we dont have home HOAs tax
In the Netherlands McDonalds and burger king have sodadrinks like 0,20 0,33 and 0,50 L no free refills,... in the US starts with the 0,50, 0,75 or 1,00 L and free refills...we pay 140,00 p month health care insurence some more and some less depends on coditions, only above 375,00 you get a return in one year spend....give or take... Basic schools and teachers are payed by the gouverment funded by taxis we all pay
Please react to danish forest kindergarten, i would loooove to see your opinion on that, cause what I've seen it's Soo different between Americans getting really worried for the children and others just think it's cool. I promise to watch it three times if you react! ❤️btw love your videos, found your first video and where so confused I couldn't find more, cause you seem so comfortable infront of the camera, have watched ever video ever since and love your channel. Keep it up and never change your style! It's so relaxing!
Friendliest country ive visited. Tipping unusual and most conversations started with me tryng to say something in Danish followed by the phrase HELLO ENGLISH...it was like being mauled by a large friendly dog...always a good experience🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭🍟🍟🍟🍟🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩👍😁🇩🇰
@@nikkihayes5411: just take f'ing good care, because we do! ❤🇩🇰✌️🍻
Did a quick search re France starting the Home Owners Loan, nothing. I found a few about America starting it.
* It is believed that HOAs were first established in the US in the mid-1800s. Over the course of the first hundred years the number of HOAs was relatively small.
(needs more research)
regarding sales tax, the majority of large companies sell the same items across different countries in the EU, all with their own respective tax rates, yet the sticker price is the whole price in every country, the American system seems to exist for no reason that could stand to scrutiny
I got a steak meal on a restaurant in Lowell, mass. back in 91 on a work trip there. The amount on the plate for me alone would have been Sunday dinner for me my wife and my then 2 younger kids home in Norway. Just ridiculous. And i did not order a big meal as such. All my workmates ordering different types of meals got similar amounts.The starters would have been enuff food for a dinner back home.🤣😎😈🇧🇻
Agree with most of these things. You guys also filling in tax forms gets me - 66 now and worked all my life, never filled in a tax form. Last few years of working below the tax threshold has always seen my tax rebates pop up automatically. Hated the "tax" on purchases and think your tipping culture is horrendous. A business that cannot pay its staff a living wage really should not be in business. I do tip here, because I am happy with the service or the waiter - and an VERY happy not HAVING to tip. Did do that in the US, and got shouted at a few times - but walked out anyway - since I had no intention of going back. Also noticed the attempts to "short change" me whenever I had to pay with or break a larger bill. Got very used to counting change carefully, and nearly every time got an apology and the correct amount. Your drinking laws seem crazy too.
Off topic but i need to say it 😀. Brian looks like Jay Weinberg one of my favourite drummers, that's one of the reason why I watching your videos and I like your reactions.
Love your commentary and just fun little stories that you guys share. Hi from Vancouver, Canada.
Check out some “What’s something that Europe has changed in your mind as an American.” Videos.
For something a little different, would love to see you react to some “Not Just Bikes” channel videos about the contrast of European and North American infrastructure. His channel is amazing. He’s a Canadian from Toronto that has now moved to the Netherlands with his family.
In the UK my doctor tells me what I need. I think that's mostly the same there, but I imagine some rich folks can rock up at the doc and say gimme this! Here, prescription pharmaceuticals can not be advertised because we don't have a completely privatised health care system. U can choose private if you're rich enough but everyone gets healthcare regardless.
@21:30 Taxes high at 10% !?!? The general VAT here in Norway is 25%, edibles are usually 15%.
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If you guys haven't seen the movie Little Miss Sunshine it's brilliant. It's got Steve Carell in it.
Check out differences between US and UK MacDonald's and I have a feeling Subway was banned from using American bread in the UK