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No Americans hate fluorescent lights.. we tolerate their presence. But we do not enjoy them. This is especially true with women, who say that trying on clothes in fluorescent lighting makes you look fat and pale. Yes schools really do have all those different clicks, and they have different areas that they hang out in the school. So if you want to find a specific click, you simply need to know where that click resides on school grounds. Absolutely have the group showers. It used to be required, but now because of embarrassment you're allowed to not shower. But it still is group showers, they've never made them private. Now the teams will use them still if you play football baseball whatever.. but just general PE class, most kids will simply change clothes but not shower. Which honestly we live in South florida.. it doesn't matter if you've been playing football or just standing around.. you're going to be the same level of sweaty haha. The last house we lived in, we didn't have a dog door.. so we just left the back door literally hanging open, so the dog could come in and out 24/7 even when we weren't home. We just figured the dog would keep burglars from coming inside. Totally works.. the only intruder in our house.. I woke up one Saturday and with my eyes still foggy from sleep, I see a giant pitbull in my living room. Who are you I ask? Just in my dog rounds the corner.... She had brought a friend over haha. Yes we ask somebody if they have cable... And they literally still run a cable from the telephone pole to your house. In America if you just put an antenna on the TV you can get a couple of stations And they're not bad, this is where all your football games or the president talking would happen. But then if you pay for cable they will run cable to your house and this can get you as many channels as you want.. you can even request the cable company pick up television companies they don't already have. After all you're paying so you can request what you want. You can even get international sports.
Eating pancakes every day would be insane. No one does that. If we're in the house we don't lock it. But we also don't just walk into other people's houses (unless they're close friends or family). We knock on their door like civilized people.
I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I've had pancakes. As far as leaving our doors unlocked it depends on where you live. I leave mine unlocked during the day and lock it when I go to bed at night. I'm my high school the girls had separate shower stalls and the boys had one big shower room. But I think it was different in other schools.
Exactly Lisa. I was fortunate to have two great roommates for my Freshman and Sophmore years. They were both in my wedding party and remain good friends at age 63
I lived in the dorms when I attended Penn State and had a roommate. I think this is another issue of Brits not comprehending the US population. When I was in college at PSU, there were about 10,000 students living in the dorms. It would be really expensive and take up a lot of room on the campus to have one room for every one of the 10,000 or so students that are living in the dorms. I, personally, liked having a roommate. We became good friends and helped each other a lot. I think it's good to have someone else to go to the caf with and navigate together where stuff is located in campus.
I eat pancakes maybe three times a year. Fluorescent lights give me headaches. Yes, Americans say "how you holding up?" The number of commercial depends on the show. Yes, cliques are real but not so bad, many intermingle. No, we don't eat tubs of ice cream when we're sad. No, swinging doors are not common. I showered together in one school and separately in another. Yes, I shared a room in a dorm at University but our schools are much, much larger. I forget to lock my door now and again but usually no, it's just TV mostly. Cable TV is called that because it's comes in through an actual cable. Not everyone has it. I have a satellite.
I have to agree with pretty much everything said here. I only eat pancakes maybe once a year. It is more common for people who go to a restaurant for breakfast. I think cliques are still a big thing in schools. When I was in school, back in the 70s and 80s, we did have to shower together…and yes I hated it! Leaving your door unlocked?…..definitely not these days. Back in the day we did though!
@@aaronmerritt2709 LOL ! I'm 71 and I have never said, "How are you holding up ?" I say, "How ya doin' ?" Get a laugh sometimes on that. If someone asked me how I was "holding up" I would ask "How I am holding up what ?" expecting more info on that question (yes, I'm a wise guy - no one has ever asked me that). - Advanced citizen from NH.
"How you are holding up" tends to be regional. Not used in some areas. Swinging doors used to be more popular, but not went out of favor in the '90s. Some people do eat an entire pint or small size ice cream as comfort food.
“How ya holdin’ up?” Is definitely used-but specifically in an instance when to know the person is going through some personal challenge. Maybe it’s been a long and harrowing day at work, or they’re having to temporarily endure an unpleasant situation, or even something serious like they’ve lost a loved one. 😢
No one eats pancakes everyday, that would be insane lol colleges do have shared dorms and individual ones but they're more expensive. Cliques exist but kids do tend to mix, nothing at all like the movies, at least that was my personal experience, everyone was friendly toward each other. My high school had private showers but no one ever used them.
I was born in 1950 and have lived on the west coast most of my life. For children in the 50s, cereal from a box with milk and sugar and sometimes a sliced banana on top was our usual breakfast. Hungry adults ate eggs and bacon and toast with butter.plus coffee. Others like my grandmother ate a dish of fruit or a half of a grapefruit with toast and coffee. Pancakes with maple syrup were a bit of a treat, usually on Saturdays or especially Sundays. Some weekend mornings Mom would make French toast with butter and powdered sugar on top. I was a bit of a chub and would melt butter and add raspberry jam, then pour syrup over the top. A big treat was having pancakes for dinner, usually with bacon on the side! Breakfast for dinner~ major hit with us children!!
I'm sure tradish breakfasts are different in the different areas of the states. In the Southern states, I've read that grits and ham were a usual breakfast. Weather makes a difference, too. I grew up in Seattle where it is cold and rainy in the winter, so my Mom often cooked oatmeal for us, which we would top with brown sugar and milk or cream. Yum.
I'll go through all of these from my experience as a pretty, run-of-the-mill American. 1. Nobody eats pancakes everyday, we're fat, but not that fat. If you eat breakfast it's usually something quicker. I eat pancakes more for dinner than breakfast. 2. Absolutely. Florescent lights are terrible and especially if you have them in your house, (which was common in the 70's and 80's). 3. I'd say it, if you know the person you are asking is going through a trying time (like lost a loved one, etc.) 4. It's true, broadcast TV averages about 15 minutes of advertising per hour, which is one reason I don't watch much broadcast TV. 5. School cliques are real, but they mix a lot more than the movies would have you believe. 6. True, but only the smaller tubs usually. The large gallon-size tubs of ice cream are meant for groups, like a kid's birthday party or something. 7. Swinging doors are a very 1970's feature in a house. They exist, but not that much. It makes me think of 3's Company. 8. We call in PE too, and it used to be true, but isn't really anymore. There are some schools that still have them, but more and more have remodeled/updated and gone to individual shower stalls. 9. Sharing a room in college is expected for at least your freshman year unless you pay extra. Where I went to college it was considered a bit snobbish to insist on a private room. Most off-campus apartments had 3 bedrooms with 6 people living in the apartment. 10. This is only true in some special circumstances. I would only walk into my very best friend's house without knocking and waiting for someone to answer. I do leave me front door unlocked now when I am home a lot, but no one just walks in except my kids and my sister, brother-in-law etc. 11. Cable is a blanket term for paid-television that goes back to when you had to have a literal cable pulled into your house to get it. So you have broadcast or "over-the-air" TV which is usually just the main networks, then you have cable, which may or may not have premium cable channels like HBO, which cost more than basic cable. Above that you have satellite like DirecTV and Dish, then you have Streaming, which is just over the internet, which is how a lot of people get their entertainment now.
#10 was absolutely true in smaller towns in the United States back in the 1950s and 60s. Doors were only locked at night. But today, not even the smallest towns leave doors unlocked.
@@paulakayjohnson5065 I'll disagree with you there. I have a lot of relatives in smaller towns and as long as someone is home (in the daytime), the door will be unlocked.
I Love Lucy had a lot of the swinging door thing as well so I think it was common even as far back as the 40's but definitely something you'd only find in an older home now.
Small town America usually leave the back door house entrance unlocked if someone is home. Front door locked and apartment dwellers always lock the door.
“How are you holding up?” is if someone is going through a traumatic experience, such as a death in the family, divorce, etc. Probably common in media because those things happen a lot in media, whereas are usually rarer IRL. PE group showering is awful. I refused, which is not great, but I just couldn’t. It was even worse for the guys, because there is so much toxic masculinity tied to the locker room.
No one showers at school anymore. Most people eat pancakes only occasionally. Most people don’t even buy the giant tubs of ice cream. That’s more a large family or gathering kind of thing. Swinging doors aren’t common at all. Never seen one in a house. I can’t imagine leaving my house unlocked in a neighborhood with close houses. I’ve lived mostly in the country with a long driveway. No one is getting to my door without me knowing. Cable is a physical cable that comes into your house to a receiver and you have access to hundreds of broadcast channels or WiFi access to streaming content. Lots of Americans have ditched cable for streaming services, but honestly plenty are like my family where we have cable and also subscriptions to 6-7 streaming services.
When I was 18 I Joined the US Navy, so my "dorm room" was a compartment shared with hundreds of other men. It was the largest berthing compartment on that carrier. Shared a shower room and head with them all, and in that day there were no walls separating the toilets, so you had conversations with your buddies while taking care of business. I just can't relate to your priority on privacy, but we are all a product of our environment.
Regarding the high school cliques, yes they existed back when I was in high school in California (late 80s) but the “bullying” wasn’t discussed or labeled as much as it is now. People sorta grouped off on their own depending on who they were comfortable hanging out with….i.e. all the theatre/drama kids hung out together, all the skateboarders, band kids, jocks, etc. Looking back, seems it was less based on ethnicity and more about people’s shared interests. Back then, labels regarding your ethnicity and/or sexual orientation weren’t “the thing” like it is now. In hindsight, I think it was better that way 🤷🏻♀️
I share the same story, in CA, public school, but late 90s. Most cliques at my school were generally based on shared interest (clubs/student activities). And there were no "rival" groups. No Grease or West Side Story type stuff. I remember the popular kids being way too into themselves to even care about bossing around or bullying people. No one got swirlies or trash canned (at least not like they do in every 80s movie). You joked around with your friends a little, but we still do that today. But my close post high school friend went to an all girl private school during the same time and she has very different stories. She said many girls were really mean and the teachers looked the other way on a lot of their behavior. Like Gossip Girl gives her anxiety. She can't watch it.
@@ninapisani25 I'm with y'all here. I went to HS in the mid-80's (FLA). "Bullying" wasn't a thing. It was...but you fought it out after school (for guys). Cliques were a real thing but like you said, it wasn't a "West Side Story" type of thing. Most of us kept to ourselves but some of us (me) floated amongst a few of them. Can't speak for girls but things are much more...sensitive...now days.
I too am a 80s high schooler and have to agree with the bullying. And as far as showering, back then it was something we all did and it sucked as bad as you would thought it did lol. Today im not sure if they still have to do it. The ulocked door thing would be only advisable in country/ subburbs not citys especially today lol
Not only is it common to share a dorm room in college, it is common to do so in graduate school. In my first year in college, the bathrooms and shower rooms were shared between males and females. There were shower stalls with curtains, and the toilets were standard bathroom stalls. I dont know how the women handled it. This was back in 1977.
Love love love pancakes, which is why they're such a treat... MAYBE four or five times a year. Not an every day thing for anybody I've ever known. Cereal, fruit or sweet buns/donuts/pastries are most common breakfast items, NOT the massive pancakes/waffles/eggs/bacon/sausage feasts you often see on TV. I'm 65 and have only seen swinging doors in a US house once, and they were in the doorways to the kitchen of my in-laws home. That house was a shrine to mid-century ('50s-early '60s) modern, so I suspect that if you see them in US TV and movies, the shows were produced in... or trying to invoke... that time period. What you described on closet doors may have been bi-fold doors, which do not swing as much as fold up on fixed tracks. Those are still popular for closets. Smaller pint containers of ice cream for the depressed folks... yeah that happens. Larger "tubs"... not so much. Communal showers in high schools existed in my day but virtually nobody ever used them after regular PE classes. Yes, we call it Physical Education, too... typically shortened to "PhysEd" or just "PE". "Gym class" is common as well. Back to the showers... sports teams often DID use them after games/matches. Older fluorescent tube and circular lights were evil devices worthy of complaint with their ghastly color spectrum and often flickering output. Those were often found in kitchens, bathrooms and garages... occasionally in closets. Not so often in general living spaces. Modern screw-in compact fluorescent bulbs don't really suffer from these issues any longer and can be had with incandescent-matching 2700°K "Warm White" or 5000°K "Daylight" color temps, but have become almost as outdated as incandescent lighting given the wide array of LED styles available at decent prices these days. "How are you holding up?" is a fairly common inquiry directed towards someone when you know that they are dealing with a hardship or something profoundly negative in their life... loss of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness, etc. It's what we ask when we REALLY want to know, rather than the cursory "How are you?" that passes for "Hello" here. Most limitations on the number/length of commercial breaks were eliminated some time ago, but most broadcast networks typical show about 22 minutes of actual programming in a 30 minute time slot, and 42-44 minutes in an hour-long show. Even shows produced for commercial-free streaming services often have those obvious break points in them to allow them to be sold into syndicated ad-supported networks in the future. Traditional multichannel TV service providers in the US primarily fall into two categories... "satellite" (which required your very own dish in your yard or on your roof) or "cable", where the provider physically wires the streets of cities and towns with (originally) coaxial and/or (more recently) fiber optic cables, distributing programming via those cables from their "headend", which is where they aggregate the programming. Popularity of both of these services is falling off, but the cable providers are typically also one of the major (and sometimes only) internet service providers in any given area, so many of us who have "cut the cord" from cable really haven't, as our internet service used for streaming service comes over the very same cables. Cliques do exist, but I don't think they are as rigidly defined as often depicted in movies and TV. I actually fit in with several groups in my high school days and moved easily between them... I belonged to the academic nerds, the band nerds, the jocks and the gearheads (cars & motorcycles). I commuted from home for college/university, but 2-person dorm rooms were quite normal at most schools at the time. When my kids went away to school in the '00s, they had shared dorm rooms freshman year but moved into rented apartments/houses with private bedrooms later on.
Those big ice cream tubs are mostly used for birthday parties or large gatherings. For my daughter’s birthday we used it so everyone could have ice cream and cake :) But my ex would sometimes eat out of the regular sized ice cream tubs at times esp when it’s almost halfway gone
Yes, we share rooms in college dorms. It's actually required for at least a year. It's considered an important learning experience to learn how to get along with different types of people, to share and compromise and tolerate others' differences. It's actually fun, and you get over your modesty and pettiness pretty quickly. I'm a much more tolerant and accommodating person now :-)
Universities do worry about student isolation & were hesitant to put frosh in rooms by themselves. The size of some schools can really swallow up some folks.
I feel like I got lucky my freshman year: the girl I was paired with was in the same major as I was (don't know if that was random or purposeful), and we always got along. Unfortunately the next year, she decided to room with a friend she had made, but lucky for me, my next roommate (randomly assigned) almost always stayed the night at her boyfriend's throughout the fall semester. In the spring semester she moved down the hall, and I effectively had a double room to myself. The caveat was that I had to keep the other part of the room clean-ish in case someone was suddenly in need of a new room mid-term (i.e. there was an unresolvable conflict with the current roommate), but that day never came.
I had a private room my freshman year of college because the girl who was assigned to my room decided to live in a different dorm. I lived on the Honors floor so not just anyone could live there
@@ki11atj49 Fluorescents are long tubes usually in a recessed ceiling fixture - they're almost exclusively for commercial use, offices, schools, etc. They're falling out of favor as even more efficient options become available. The early fluorescents could case a weird color tint (barely perceptible, but the room could look slightly green or yellow, for example - definitely not a flattering color) and were subject to flickering (usually when they were nearing the end of their useable life).
I’m in my 50’s and have lived all over the U.S. (except the South - closest I got was Oklahoma.) Not in order; here goes! (Sorry this is TL;DR. But you asked, so…🤷♀️😂) 1. Pancakes: MYTH. We made them on some weekend mornings. Most days our typical breakfast was a bowl of cereal (usually cold, but sometimes oatmeal in the winter) with a class of milk. 2. Fluorescent lights: TRUE, for tube fixtures especially: the flicker gives some people headaches. Not many would actually complain, but some would. Some people dislike the “cold” feeling of fluorescent lighting, but wouldn’t complain about CFLs. 3. Communal showers after PE (also known as “gym class” in many places): TRUE, when I was growing up in the 1970’s-80’s. Traumatizing! I never once used one, but many girls did. Shudder 😳 4. Ice cream: TRUE, for pint-sized tubs, after a breakup, etc. Those large tubs are for parties! The typical size used to be the half-gallon, though pints are gaining ground. 5. Walking into someone else’s house: MYTH. We always wait to be let in, though longtime friends may call out “Come on in!” rather than personally open the door, if they’re expecting you. (To facilitate this, they’d often have left the door ajar.) Leaving doors unlocked might happen in a small town or in a nicer suburb. NOT in a larger city, or a less-safe suburb. And essentially everyone locks their doors at night. 6. Swinging doors: MYTH. Only in restaurants. Or maybe in a very, very few houses built in the 1970’s. 7. School cliques: TRUE, though not along such strict lines as depicted in movies. Jocks; popular kids; stoners/burnouts; honors kids; theater/drama kids…but many people were just in the general pool. 8. Sharing a dorm room: TRUE, for the vast majority of students, at public or private colleges. Schools usually have a very small number of single rooms, which may be assigned by lottery to juniors or seniors. It can actually be quite fun, if you hit it off with your roommate or (especially after the first year) have chosen each other. Some schools (including most larger public universities) have only a portion of their students living in dorms. Especially after the first year or two, most students move off campus, sharing an apartment or a house with a number of friends. 9. Cable TV: TRUE, though less so in the age of streaming services like Netflix. In the 1970’s-80’s, most people just watched regular local/network TV using an antenna. Richer folks had cable, with a variety of tiers/packages: HBO or Showtime were premium channels, requiring subscription to a “basic package” of dozens of other random channels, most of which you’d never want to watch anyway 🙄. Oh, and this is when CNN became a thing. And the Home Shopping Network. And ESPN, which is hugely popular with sports fans. Shows/content would come on at specified times - on-demand content was very rare. It would be delivered through an actual coaxial cable, with a connection point usually on the living room wall alongside an electrical outlet. People had to pay extra to get a splitter and run cable to other rooms. You had to subscribe to get the cable box, an electronic device which could unscramble the signal coming in through the cable. Alternatively, some people used a satellite dish to capture signals broadcast from orbit. Cable/satellite TV gradually permeated society, to the point where those of us who don’t have cable are less the norm. However, with ubiquitous Wi-Fi and the surge in on-demand streaming services, within the past 5-10 years more people have “cut the cord,” i.e. unsubscribed from cable. This was a fun video. I hope you’ll do more!
Totally agree with this poster! A pint of ice cream is very easy to eat when you feel sad but a large tub (meant for parties) isn’t usually eaten by a single person (well, not very many, I guess). A small cake or pie can also be eaten when you are sad. 😜. Let me add… I remember the day I ate a whole Sara Lee Banana Cake to “comfort” me! Anyone else out there remember those delicious cakes in the freezer department of your food store? I wish they would come back with them, especially now during Covid. 😥
Older dorm rooms did share sleeping areas. However, newer dorm rooms are typically built with separate bedrooms and a common livingroom, kitchen, & bathroom.
@@csprtn1 Yep! 20 years ago when I left college they were starting to tear down the old dorms and replace them with suites that had individual rooms with a common living/kitchen areas. Now days that's becoming the norm.
Best post of explanations. However in our PE locker rooms only boys had communal showers. Remember we are the country with peek a boo bathroom doors compared to you. 😁😉
Leaving the entry door unlocked in American homes varies with one's living location and upbringing. We have many home invasion robberies and lock our doors out of self-preservation, perhaps not so much in rural areas, but definitely in the city. Most of us demand our privacy and think entering another person's home uninvited is totally wrong and is usually a sign of lower-class breeding. In some areas, you can be shot for doing so.
My father never locked the doors and always left lights on. He said if someone wanted to break~in, he wouldn't have to buy a new door, and with the lights on, they could see what they were taking! lol
I agree. I lived in a bad neighborhood once and always locked the door, even when I was home. I even had someone kick in my door in the middle of the night and I scared them off with a gun! Now I live on a farm and don’t have to lock the door. I still lock the door when I leave the house. I can’t stop that habit now.
1:38 We agree that there's a lot of advertisements on television; when we were young, a one-hour television show had only 46 minutes of programming. Well, now we're old, and it's 39-40 minutes. But, on the bright spot, we can't remember anyone EVER paying an annual tax to use their televisions.
You ever read your cable bill? Look at it again and tell me you aren't paying a "tax". Sure...they don't CALL it a tax but seriously? We ARE paying a tax. Don't be fooled by the names of the "charges".
The only thing I can think of about the swinging doors is that they’re in older houses. So if you’ve never stayed in an old house in America, you probably would not have seen one. As for showering at school, that used to be a requirement in the 80s and back but it’s not a requirement anymore to shower at school. The only time I can think of it being a requirement is if you take a swim class but that’s to wash off your body before and after you get in the pool. As far as I know, we would just shower in our bathing suits. Idk if boys do the same thing in their locker room though
I know of one older house that a swinging door between kitchen and dining room. I also only showered after swimming (and left the suit on). This wasn't mentioned, but I see on TV/movies people making fun of others' bodies while charging, but when I was in HS, we were all so self- conscious that we were more worried about people looking at us than looking at others.
1. We don’t really eat pancakes everyday lol. At least in my life experience, I eat either eggs or oatmeal on a more regular basis. 2. It really depends. Some people have migraines and it triggers it. Some people don’t really mind. 3. We say that a lot when people are going through a tough time. 4. A lot of times (esp. for 1 hour TV programs) 5. At least in my high school experience, there were groups, but they did intermingle for many things. There were like a group with just white guys, then the hood kids, then the sisterhood (which is the one I was in with a group of girls who I was friends with), the smart kids, the artsy kids, the kids that were just so extra, etc etc. 6. I don’t lol. Sometimes when I’m sad I don’t eat much. I wouldn’t even think about whole tubs of ice cream lol. If I do eat ice cream, I put it in a cup. 7. We don’t have swing doors. 8. We don’t. We don’t have time to shower after gym because time in between classes is very short (like 3-5 minutes). But school/public showers are individual stalls. 9. For the most part, we do. There are some single rooms in dorms. When my sister was in college, her first and second year, she had a single room. Her friends each had roommates those two years. Her third year, she was in an on campus apartment with her friends. It has their 2-3 bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and living/dining area. 10. Not I don’t. When neighbors need something from us (which is a pretty rare thing), they’d just ring the doorbell. 11. We just call it TV. Please do a part two!! I’d love it!
Agree with most of it. The shower thing, at least for me, depended on what we did in gym class. If we swam, then we would get done in time to shower, and yeah we would have to shower in front of everyone (same sex)
I about died laughing at the tub of ice cream thing! Seriously though, the pancake thing is a myth, swinging doors is a TV thing. The shower thing is true and I agree with everything you said about it. It's brutal.
When I was in junior high school in the late 80's, we had to take showers together after our gym class. It was required and a part of our grade. I hated it !
This was a fun video! I loved Joel getting "passionate" about having to share a dorm room. But alas, it is true! I believe you can still get a single room, at least back in my day (; But it is more expensive.
I've never known an American who eats pancakes every day, lol. As far as the locking doors thing, it depends on location and honestly it's an older generation thing as well. People living in the country who know their neighbors are more likely to do this. You don't leave doors unlocked in the city. And yeah, we call it Cable or Satellite but less and less people are using either and are switching completely to things like Netflix, Hulu, etc. Long commercial breaks are one of the reasons.
This description mixes the categorizations of funding (public funding vs. commercial funding), delivery method (electronic cable and fiber optic cable vs. satellite), and delivery mode (push vs. on-demand). But Alix may have meant "broadcast tv" rather than "public tv" anyway.
My high school had communal showers but literally no one used them. Most colleges have shared rooms for at least the first year in my experience. I guess now you’d say “satellite” instead of cable but I feel like cable is still used. I’ll leave my door unlocked sometimes but only in the middle of the day or if I’m expecting someone. Also swinging doors in the kitchen are very dated! Most new homes wouldn’t have those.
@Kristina I’m in Southern California & I don’t know a single person who still has cable. Everyone either has streaming or a satellite dish. I say they’re interchangeable terms because you get cable networks on satellite tv…
@Kristina No, they're not interchangeable. There was a time when satellite TV was more rural since you had to have space for a giant satellite dish on your property. Now, they're smaller than a lot of TVs. Very posh homes might very well still have a swinging kitchen door.
This was a really funny one! Swinging doors? Nope. Communal showers after PE? Yes. I had the same roommate all through college. In the dorms, and later out of them.Pancakes every morw? Nope.
In rural areas it's still quite common to not lock doors (I know a few people who don't actually have locks on their doors). That being said, entering the home of someone you don't know without knocking and being invited in is a particularly good way to get yourself shot.
Sharing a room in college is so real! I had to share a tiny room with one other person (we didn’t even have our own bathroom, we shared a communal bathroom with 18 other guys) and it still cost $10,000 a semester just for that room, not including tuition… But, most college students get an apartment or rental home their second year because it’s so much bigger and usually cheaper
I’ve only left my door unlocked in one place I’ve lived in but at the time I lived in the country with very few neighbors and I also had a very territorial 90 pound dog! He was better than any lock available
Fresh pancakes for breakfast daily is a myth. Ice cream tub when your depressed, That is individual, personally I don't know if anyone who does that. We NEVER showered together at school when I attended but my parents age group did but there were individual shower stalls similar to at the gym. Roommates in college is true, groups in high school true. Swinging doors I think that's depends on region. We NEVER leave our doors unlocked here but again I think that's depends where you live. Great video.😀
I could imagine someone taking down a pint of Ben and Jerry's or something like that, maybe. I don't think think many people at all would eat a 4 quart tub either
Pancakes everyday for breakfast? That is a total myth. First off, we don't have time to make pancakes at home before breakfast every day because we're too busy trying to get ready for work. Second, most Americans don't buy pancakes at fast food restaurants everyday. They would be more likely to eat a breakfast sandwich or hash browns and coffee. But not every day
@@kevinrussell3501 With thru hikers hiking the AT it's a thing when they get 1/2 way (trail is 2193 miles) to stop in Pine Grove Furnace store in PGF, Penn. and eat a 1/2 gal of ice cream without getting sick. Most that attempt it achieve it but if they ever hike the trail a second time very few do it that time. They learned not to, LOL ! See my link to one group's video on this challenge in another comment It's actually called The 1/2 Gallon Challenge. (ice cream doesn't come in 1/2 gallon containers anymore they have to add an extra pint to that to make it a full 1/2 gallon of ice cream).
@Rosie ! I know Joel goes to Florida..I wondered why they wouldn't know the answers..I think to literally I guess..it would be good content if there were some things they really don't know. Oh well.
There are places where people don't lock their doors. We call it Canada. I have met Canadians who don't lock their doors and they do it because they trust their neighbors. I have actually had Canadians ask me if I believe that all my neighbors are criminals. It's just a difference in perspective.
I'm a Canadian too. I do lock the door at night and when I'm leaving our home unattended for more than 30 minutes. I've lived in the same house for 18 years. I could have left the door unlocked all that time and it wouldn't have made any difference. I don't know anyone in Canada who has ever been robbed. I don't lock my car in my driveway either. Nice to not live in fear.
I think pancakes are the best breakfast food. That being said, I'd probably hate them after a couple weeks if I ate them everyday. Only time I think anyone asks "how are you holding up" is if you had someone die close to you (spouse/child/parent). My middle school and high school both had locker room showers you were encouraged to use after P.E. I graduated in '96 so not sure about now. I was never comfortable with this myself. It is usually called cable TV or satellite in the US. I think most people lock their doors. It's a good way to get robbed otherwise
Pancakes for breakfast not every day. I HOP the pancake restaurant is fun it's a treat gone there with e kids on vacation. At home it's a weekend thing and a special treat no time Monday-Friday. "How you holding up" you might hear this at a funeral when speaking to.relative of the departed. Cable TV is still common cable usually means the TV is set to receive more channels, Disney, HBO, ESPN , News channels, some have Dish network just means you have a satellite dish hooked up to your TV. Swinging doors depends on age of house and design it's set up to make it easy to bring food out of the kitchen to the dinning room. PE gang shower yes it's still used my high school gym had 2private stalls for girls on their periods. No biggie quickly go in splash water on yourself get out no one I knew really showered in them did that at home. And yes there are well defined groups in high school, jocks those are the ones who Excell a sports is football, basketball, basebal,l girls field hockey, tennis, track remember scholarship are awarded for college. If you're good at a sport. Nerds the brainy ones they're going to college usually medical, or sciences. They're not all Asian. Bullies term speaks for itself, burn outs the drug user or alcololic sad but true, and there are mean girls and boys. Lights never heard anything about lights . Love your channel. Hope you can come over for Thanksgiving American holiday. We might not be able to make it home for Christmas but we made it home for Thanksgiving
How're you holding up is pretty common in some places. In others it might be something like: How are you doing? with a seriously concerned face or something. Yes, often after the loss of a loved one or after some other very sad circumstance has occurred.
@@mistyceleste I agree with this and I probably misworded what I said. On second thought about this someone could ask this for many traumatic life changing events, but mostly death and illness. I could see someone asking this if the factory closed, the tornado took out your house, you're going through divorce, etc. I know if it's just a Tuesday and you ask me this, I'd probably just stare blankly back at you and say something like... ummm.. fine?
I wouldn't dream of walking into someone's house. You knock or ring the bell and wait for the door to be answered. Since my daughter seems to have missed this lesson, I have taken to locking at all times.
People do definitely not eat whole cups of ice cream and you only buy those huge ones if you're having a party but I've never bought the ones that size
Leaving the front door unlocked very much depends on where you live. In cities, no. In safer low crime suburbs or rural areas, some people do during the day.
I’ve recently moved from the US, having accepted a teaching gig in Nottingham. As an American, I feel it is my God-given, patriotic duty to provide insight into your questions. Hey, it’s our way. Do Americans really eat pancakes every day for breakfast? Good lord. Not every day, but when we do, they are epic…monstrosities with pieces of cheesecake buried within, whipped cream on top, and sprinkles no doubt in the shape of a face. Great, now I’m hungry for pancakes. Side Note: We do have the International House of Pancakes restaurant. It’s our version of the United Nations. Do Americans complain about florescent lights in real life? Definitely! I can’t stand them! They’re harsh, overbearing, and annoying to the point of distraction…oh wait, they sound like Americans. Dammit. Do Americans actually say, “How you holding up”? We’re more likely to ask, “How’re you doing?” I think it’s likely because fewer and fewer Americans can hold actually themselves up and the expectation for them to do so has waned. (See pancakes above) Do Americans really have commercial breaks on TV every 10 minutes? Yes, and it’s getting much worse, even to the point where entire plot lines revolve around products. This opinion brought to you by Apple. Do Americans really have school “cliques”? Yes, and it’s one of the best parts of growing up, right up there with acne and realizing that most of what we learn in school can be better delivered via Schoolhouse Rock (look it up!). The schools have all incoming students watch “The Breakfast Club” and “Reefer Madness” upon entering. OK, maybe not “The Breakfast Club”, but they did show “Reefer Madness”. I was the strange kid who though the resulting madness actually looked like fun. Side Note: You two would DEFINITELY be with the drama kids (that’s a complement coming from a burnout). Side Note #2: Don’t worry about the charge to send merch to the states. Americans will pay insane amounts for shipping and not even bat an eye. Sadly, we’ve grown to accept it as part of life like tipping or the inability to ever touch our toes. Do Americans actually eat entire tubs of ice cream when they’re sad? This one is somewhat a myth…generally because we don’t restrict ourselves to just when we’re sad. Other popular reasons include things such as, “My child has just turned 5 years old”, or “It’s Wednesday”. Do Americans actually have swinging doors in their houses? Nah, swinging went out in the 1970s. Oh, doors. Yeah, those pretty much died out in the 70’s as well. They were, however, all the rage for saloons in the old west. If you see a resurgence in salooning, invest in swinging doors immediately! Do American kids actually shower together after P.E.? It’s sad, embarrassing, and it’s true. It’s a really great way to make the most awkward time of one’s life just that much more meaningful. I’m working on a theory that the practice still exists today to keep mental health counselors running at full capacity. On a positive note, it was a great way to hone one’s skill in creativity. To be excused from participating in the group shower, it sometimes took a great deal of imagination and “selling it”. My personal favorites were grieving over the loss of a family member and Ebola. Do Americans actually share a room during college? Sadly, this one is true. Schools justify it by claiming that through shared accommodations, “You will make a friend for life.” It generally doesn’t however and serves to reinforce your disliking of all humans and questioning one’s own worth. (See the previous reference to mental health counselors) Do Americans really leave their front door unlocked? Only at night. In our minds nothing good happens at night. That must be true because they only show Wendy Williams during the day. Do Americans actually call TV cable? Ha! Yes! In our defense, however, the word “cable” is comforting because it encourages visions of something rope-like with which to hang ourselves when the bill arrives. Insanely expensive. Ya know, thinking about these questions makes me proud to be an American, with freedom coursing through my veins and thoughts of manifest destiny dancing in my head. Now to feed my eagle and reorganize my handgun drawer.
In older American homes (we're talking homes built around 1930s-1950s), there was often a swinging door between the kitchen and the dining room so that food and dishes, etc., could be transported between rooms without your "guests" getting a full view of your (messy) kitchen. Commercials on cable (yes, we call it that) are ridiculous - for a half hour show, often it's 7 minutes of show, then 4 minutes of commercials, 7 minutes show, 4 minutes commercials, 4 minutes show, 2 minutes commercials, 2 minutes show. A 2 hour movie will often take 3 hours to show on TV, and even then they will have edited it "to run in the time allotted". Cable was supposed to end commercials, but the average break is around 4 minutes now, and many shows cheat by running a break and coming back to say something like "Coming up, on (show title)", show 10 seconds of a scene that's "coming up", then go to another commercial break. And WE PAY FOR THIS. This is why those of us who can go to streaming - even some of the free services have much less commercial time.
Those swinging doors were kind of big in the 70s, maybe into the 80s, but new home since don't have them installed anymore. Yeah like "The Golden Girls" 80s tv show had one between the kitchen and front room. At least I don't see them in homes since the 80s. I think the idea was to carry food out from the kitchen with your hands full into the dinning/living room area, but still have the kitchen closed off from sight.
Pancakes, no. TV breakfasts are very unrealistic. Fluorescent lights, yes, many of us complain! Shared dorm rooms, yes, yes. 🥺. I had my own room the last two years.
It’s fun to hear your impressions of the culture of my country. It makes me realize that I likely get a good many things I think I know about the culture of the UK slightly wrong too. 1) pancakes for breakfast *everyday*: not that I’m aware of, as a general rule, though I’m sure there are some that indeed do. 2) complaints about fluorescent lights: some people are sensitive to how fluorescent lights strobe (including people prone to seizures). It really depends … some people simply don’t like them for aesthetic reasons also. 3) “How you holding up?” Yes this a common phrase that is heard across America under the appropriate circumstances. 4) commercial breaks during television programs: an hour long commercial tv program has 43 minutes of content while the other 17 minutes are taken up with commercial breaks (on average). A made for TV movie that is meant to run 90 minutes will have around 70-some minutes of content and a 2 hour movie that is made for tv will have around 90 minutes to 100 minutes of content. 5) cliques in High School: people hang out with people with similar interests, so yes, cliques tend to form in high schools - however, the way they are depicted by Hollywood is grossly exaggerated. 6) eating ice cream when you’re upset: this depends on the person and is, by far, something a woman would be expected do more than a man. Why? I’ve no idea. 9) swinging doors: first, swinging doors are mostly found in dining rooms and kitchens; second, unless it’s a ranch style house or an old house it’s not a feature you’re likely to see. 8) communal shower after P.E. (Phys Ed): yes I had to do that. Yes I hated it. It is not a myth. 9) college roommate: having a roommate in the college dorm is not mandatory, but a single room costs more, so students opt for the less expensive option. This isn’t *always* true. In some cases space is at a premium, so double occupancy is necessary for everyone to have a room - during my years at college sometimes I had my own room and sometimes I had a roommate. 10) leave front door (house) unlocked: this depends on who you’re talking about and the location. I never leave my door unlocked, but I lived in a large city for a good portion of my life and know better. However, I grew up in a little town where you could trust your neighbors - my parents never had to lock their house or car. Certain friends knew that when they came over, just come right in. By the way they did lock up if we went out of town. In the city with doors locked I was burglarized four times in 18 years. My parents with their doors open in the small rural town for around 40 years never had any issues. So, it depends on where you are and your level of trust. 11) TV = cable. In the US there is broadcast TV that you can get with an antenna - ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and sometime FOX and/or the CW plus any local independent staton(s). That is just TV. Cable is what you get when you pay the cable television company for as many as hundreds of channels of programming. And yes, now cable tv is required to be digital but it is still delivered via coaxial cable. One can also opt to use internet based providers and skip the cable company, but they are still called cable providers if they stream the same sort of content. Or you can get apps like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBOMax, and so on and get your content a la carte. At that point it is not called “cable” - you are simply streaming.
@@HomoErectusSum if that was my only typo, then I did exceptionally well on this one. Thank you. I always enjoy a visit from the Grammar Nazis - as much as I love the Fashion Police and the Library Fine Cops. Just the best of the best!
A few years back I went on holiday in S Korea, and a Korean college student asked me “Do Americans really..” I responded, “America is a melting pot of all different cultures. All Americans do not do the same things.” Joel & Leia, You two are so funny. I think you are just trying to get viewers to respond to these silly comments. I took the bait. Good job 😂.
It's so funny as an American that I disagree with every single opinion on myth or truth. Love the channel and always wish I could answer your questions while I'm watching.
Sharing a dorm room is one of those horrific character building experiences where you learn that other people come from very weird families! You learn to appreciate your own parents and siblings so much more! But most of us move into apartments after the first year. People who live in urban areas sure as hell don't leave their doors unlocked. We don't even leave our windows open.
-Pancakes are usually a weekend thing for me -Love fluorescent lights -Yes we say that if something bad happened in the persons life -Yes, lots of commercials -School groups are a thing but not that intense -I would eat a small like pint of ice cream -I don’t have swinging doors in my house, some houses do, maybe not as common as it used to be -Yes, it’s a community shower at school but I showered in a bathing suit -Yes most college dorms are like that but you can get ones that don’t -I don’t leave my door unlocked but yes some people do -yes it’s cable, it depends on your provider and you can get more channels/enhanced programming
I personally really love pancakes but I make them maybe once every month or so. Living with a roommate in college is very much a thing in the dorms (I shared a 10ft x 20ft room with 2 others). High school cliques are very much a thing, and locker room showers are there but no one uses them bc no one wants to get naked at school. Usually you just change into other clothes, reapply deodorant and hope you don’t stink when you go to math class. Calling it cable is absolutely true but it’s outdated like you said. It’s called cable bc you need to pay to have a certain outlet in your house that only works for landlines and TVs to be activated, then you pay for access to certain channels. Although now usually ppl just individually purchase different streaming platforms. If you still have cable you’d say you have cable but most ppl will be like “I have Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, HBO max, etc.”
@@jwb52z9 The problem is that there's too many streaming services now to get all the channels you want. So, you end up paying as much as you pay for cable/satellite in the end. Streaming does have one benefit though. You can cancel at any time, so you can alternate which streaming services you want from month to month.
@@jwb52z9 for sure, I just found that having streaming platforms and no cable is cheaper for me with the plans I use. I know it’s not that way for everyone tho
We had swinging saloon doors from our kitchen to the dining room but they were a hassle and the novelty wore off so we disconnected the springs so they stayed open.
For me it isn't all fluorescent lights, just the long tubes. For some reason they give me a headache. The newer compact fluorescent bulbs are no problem. Not sure what the cause actually is (flicker?). So, yes, some of us don't like them, but I've rarely heard anyone complain about them.
@@robertsitch1415 Unless you have Epilepsy and I can assure you, people, who live with Epilepsy, are acutely aware that there is a pulsing almost flickering all the time, but you're correct, the end of the life of the light does increase its strobe-like flickering detectable to the average person. to someone with Epilepsy, they might as well use a strobe light. (sarcasm)
Definitely want to see more of these types of episodes and I like how Joel is so passionate about his own room and I bet most of them are true and also could you guys do a check video so we can find out if you guys where right or wrong
Some houses back in the 60's and 70's had what were called "Saloon Doors" between rooms like a kitchen or dining room. The same swinging doors you see in the entrance to a saloon or bar in a western style movie. Sharing a dorm room is common for younger college students as it helps keep the cost down. Dorm rooms at many colleges go for several thousand dollars a month on top of the 10's of thousands of dollars for the education. Back in the 70's and 80's we left the house doors unlocked and we even left the keys in the ignition in our cars in the driveway. No way that is happening these days! Your tv stations transmit to your house through a cable or an antenna.
As far as the locks and keys in the ignitions, that pretty much depends on where you live. A lot of people still are able get away with that... but not much longer, I fear.
Pancakes every day? No, just some days. Complain about flourescent lights? No How you holding up? Yes Commercial breaks every 10 minutes? Yes School cliques? Sort of, yes, but there's plenty of mixing of groups Eating full tub of ice cream when upset? No Swinging doors in homes? Rarely in homes, common in restaurants Communal showers after PE/gym class? Yes College roommates sharing bedroom? Yes Leave front door unlocked? Mostly just in rural areas, not like on TV Do we call TV "cable"? Used to, but it's dying off, replaced by streaming
Yes, we share rooms in college. Sometimes 3-4 per room. They don’t consider us adults. Yes, in some areas the front door is unlocked. I don’t, but some do. We refer to “TV” according to what service we have. Like cable, satellite. Or if we have Netflix, etc.
Swinging doors are a thing of the past. They swing for convenience. When you have both hands full of plates of food you just push open with your shoulder or hip
This was a fun video! Pancakes are usually a weekend thing. Cliques are real. Communal showering was real, but I used to skip it. Swinging doors are in older homes, that haven't been remodeled. People in rural places might leave their doors unlocked, but we don't do that in the big cities (I live in LA)! We do share a dorm room at University, and yes, we do love the comfort of ice cream...but not a tub of it! More like, a pint of Hagan Daas.
I think for the doors unlocked one it largely depends on where you live in America. If you live in a major city or a bad part of town, I would not do that. But my house leaves the door unlocked because we trust our neighbours. We even gave my next door neighbour the passcode to the door. It was a relief we did because while we were out of town, the alarm company sent us a message that our fire alarm went off, my neighbour went into the house and checked every room to make sure there was no fire and it was a false alarm and reported back. The fire department was called and they came and did a follow up inspection and turned off the alarm.
I don't do the same breakfast every day. Last time I had pancakes: 7 months ago? // YES I complain about florescent lights all the time. // And yes TV commercials are insidious ... which is why I disconnected from cable the minute I left my parents' house! Ha! // And I do say, "How are you holding up?," SPECIFICALLY to friends who I already know are going thru some kind of extended difficulty in life. // And yes in the 90s there were really those types of high-school (and middle-school) cliques. that may have changed since then? // Never eaten more than a single bowl of ice cream when I'm sad. But I have drunk a whole bottle of wine by myself ... ;) // no swinging doors in any house I've EVER been inside. // NEVER showered in P.E. We just changed back into our regular clothes regardless of how much we had sweated. The teachers don't leave you time to shower anyhow. // Yes everybody shares dorm rooms in college. Maybe there are rare exceptions, but never seen solo rooms. I actually liked it, as an only child it was a unique experience! // NO we NEVER leave our houses unlocked!! // Yes to "cable" as a generic description for any subscription TV. you're "unplugged" if you use only online subscriptions like Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu.
@@johnp139 my dads college is very underfunded. Tuition isn’t the only way a college makes money. If it was, only the richest of the rich could afford to go
Lol memories! Yup, sadly we had jocks, burnouts, and band creatures. We also had “the rail” (the 1st 2 tables next to the entrance) in the cafeteria where only certain people were allowed to sit.
We don't eat pancakes *everday* but they are a popular breakfast food. "How you holding up?" is a common phrase but it's usually contextual. Like, you'd ask that of someone who you know is going through a rough time in their life like the death of a loved one or a serious medical problem. We do have cliques, but they're not as clearly defined as in movies. Most kids don't belong to just 1 clique. They're usually part of 2 or 3 different cliques, but there are so many different cliques that it may come across the way it does in "Mean Girls". Never heard of someone eating an entire tub of ice cream, but ice cream is known as a comfort food. Comfort foods are foods people commonly eat when they are depressed or sad etc. Swinging doors in houses are common in older houses. We had swinging doors when I was about 5 (late 80s, early 90s) in one of my childhood homes. Kids showering together probably depends on how nice the school is. Better schools or private schools may have private showers, but my school did have it that way. Yes, we share rooms in college. The college I attended had 2 rooms with a common bathroom/shower and each room had 2 students. I lucked out and had a great room mate. We had movie/TV show nights and we were both gamers so we played games together lol. Common in my area for friends and family to just walk into the house. Depends on how well you know your neighbors whether it would be acceptable for then to just walk in. I often tell friends who are coming over "door is unlocked, just come in". Do call TV "cable", but it's usually distinguished from stuff like Netflix. "Cable TV" is TV from a TV provider, but there are different cable companies. Most people get their TV through cable and internet providers like DirecTV or Charter Cable. My friends and I just pay for internet and then use streaming services instead of having cable.
I used the showers when I had PE as the last class of day. If I had it earlier in the day we usually didn’t have time to shower, change and get to the next class on time. But some schools have pools and if you take swim class you will need shower.
I often used to think most American homes have a huge filter coffee maker that makes enough coffee for the day. I think that might have been more common-place in the past as most my US friends now have Keurig pods instead! And as a Brit, I totally share the annoyance about fluo lighting. Headache city!
I have every method of making coffee there is. Keurig, 12-cup filter, pour over doohickey, french press, electric kettle AND vintage percolator. I'm equally devoted to my tea as well. Can't force me to drink a soda though.
@@lucylulusuperguru3487 - Interesting you should say that about coffee (and soda). I definitely agree about soda. I may have 2 or 3 at most, during a year. Not so much for health reasons, but just because I don't otherwise care for it. As to coffee, I also only drink about 2-3 cups a year, for the same reason I feel about soda, whereas my wife drinks 2-3 cups a day. It's not that I don't like it, but as a routine, it's just not my thing. I prefer a cup of Builder's tea of a morning (meaning, double strength), with just a bit of sugar and a good splash of milk in it, and that's all for me of a day, regarding caffienated beverages, and that implies, that when I desire a cup of coffee, I want it as I want my tea; Builders in style, and that is true. In reverse order, and just my own opinion, I think the old fashioned percolator is a sure fire way to destroy coffee. As to to a French press, we have one, but for some reason, and I can't define why, it is seldom used. As to drip coffee, either thru a 'Mr Coffee' type machine, or just a plain old water poured over grounds in a cone shaped plastic trap for a filter, with fresh coffee grounds for each cup, is what we use. Even when we entertain, which is seldom for more than 6 or 8 at a time, maybe 3 or 4 times a year (but for the Covid thing) depending on season, they are mostly of family and friends, so that if after dinner, I go make 'coffee', I make it one cup at a time, for each guest, thru that funnel/filtered thing. I actually have 3 of them, two kept in the basement storage until needed, so even tho everyone doesn't get their coffee at the same time, it's soon enough done, usually well done, by 10 minutes from start. Age before beauty, women and children first, being the guidelines to my server. Server, meaning assistant, who is often a guest that I am engaged in a serious, humores (or delireaus) discussion with, who accompanies me to make the coffee. If I am left abandoned, my wife will excuse herself, and play that role, so that I am never left alone. Usually, it is mostly de-caf I make of an evening, so even the kids can have a tiny cup, as they like to be included, as if adults, and I very much remember being in their shoes. So, I ask around, Regular or De-Cafe (taking orders). Unless I feel (as if I'm the Doctor), that someone really needs fully caffienated coffee, I send them decaf, just as the others (not that it is noticed), but said, by me, and delivered to them, as 'caffienated'. This is one of the advantages of making it a cup at a time, for a particular person, as no one questions it. As to the Keurig, if I understand correctly, you not only have to pay several hundreds of dollars for the machine, but even if you do buy one, now you will pay for coffee, in a tea bag, to the tune of $35 per pound, which, I am sorry, is highway robbery, if that is actually true. If you want good coffee at a reasonable price, just use a drip cone filtered thing, with your favorite bean. If you want to get fancy, buy an Aeropress, which is all the rage amongst coffee snobs, as the better sort of French press, but who am I to say? As to me, what I find ruins the best of, and the run of the mill both, is time, under heat, much as a percolater, and a Mr Coffee do. When I'm on the road, even I can find a bit of coffee enjoyment, at a 7/11 or even a McD's, as the coffee never stays heated, at least of the morning.
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You two will fit in with the rich kids
No Americans hate fluorescent lights.. we tolerate their presence. But we do not enjoy them.
This is especially true with women, who say that trying on clothes in fluorescent lighting makes you look fat and pale.
Yes schools really do have all those different clicks, and they have different areas that they hang out in the school.
So if you want to find a specific click, you simply need to know where that click resides on school grounds.
Absolutely have the group showers.
It used to be required, but now because of embarrassment you're allowed to not shower.
But it still is group showers, they've never made them private.
Now the teams will use them still if you play football baseball whatever.. but just general PE class, most kids will simply change clothes but not shower.
Which honestly we live in South florida.. it doesn't matter if you've been playing football or just standing around.. you're going to be the same level of sweaty haha.
The last house we lived in, we didn't have a dog door.. so we just left the back door literally hanging open, so the dog could come in and out 24/7 even when we weren't home.
We just figured the dog would keep burglars from coming inside. Totally works.. the only intruder in our house.. I woke up one Saturday and with my eyes still foggy from sleep, I see a giant pitbull in my living room.
Who are you I ask?
Just in my dog rounds the corner.... She had brought a friend over haha.
Yes we ask somebody if they have cable... And they literally still run a cable from the telephone pole to your house.
In America if you just put an antenna on the TV you can get a couple of stations
And they're not bad, this is where all your football games or the president talking would happen.
But then if you pay for cable they will run cable to your house and this can get you as many channels as you want.. you can even request the cable company pick up television companies they don't already have. After all you're paying so you can request what you want. You can even get international sports.
In most US colleges, dorm rooms are shared. In PE classes (at least in the 80s and 90s) showers are shared. 🙁
@@Bozemanjustin Nobody complains about fluorescent lighting. I'm 62 and never once heard anyone complain.
Yes on cliques but not so pronounced
Eating pancakes every day would be insane. No one does that.
If we're in the house we don't lock it. But we also don't just walk into other people's houses (unless they're close friends or family). We knock on their door like civilized people.
I feel like you need to incorporate an American consultant for videos like this since you can’t hear us all yelling at our screens when you’re wrong 😂
The pancake one is definitely a myth. Most of us are too lazy or busy to make pancakes every morning
I don't like pancakes myself I prefer French toast.
Who has the time to make pancakes every day? Geez! Total BS.
Yeah more like a weekend thing or a special occasion like a holiday in the morning or for vacation.
Yeah no one eats pancakes everyday, if anything just a bowl of cereal or PBJ or something
I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I've had pancakes. As far as leaving our doors unlocked it depends on where you live. I leave mine unlocked during the day and lock it when I go to bed at night. I'm my high school the girls had separate shower stalls and the boys had one big shower room. But I think it was different in other schools.
Exactly Lisa. I was fortunate to have two great roommates for my Freshman and Sophmore years. They were both in my wedding party and remain good friends at age 63
I lived in the dorms when I attended Penn State and had a roommate. I think this is another issue of Brits not comprehending the US population. When I was in college at PSU, there were about 10,000 students living in the dorms. It would be really expensive and take up a lot of room on the campus to have one room for every one of the 10,000 or so students that are living in the dorms. I, personally, liked having a roommate. We became good friends and helped each other a lot. I think it's good to have someone else to go to the caf with and navigate together where stuff is located in campus.
I eat pancakes maybe three times a year. Fluorescent lights give me headaches. Yes, Americans say "how you holding up?" The number of commercial depends on the show. Yes, cliques are real but not so bad, many intermingle. No, we don't eat tubs of ice cream when we're sad. No, swinging doors are not common. I showered together in one school and separately in another. Yes, I shared a room in a dorm at University but our schools are much, much larger. I forget to lock my door now and again but usually no, it's just TV mostly. Cable TV is called that because it's comes in through an actual cable. Not everyone has it. I have a satellite.
I have to agree with pretty much everything said here. I only eat pancakes maybe once a year. It is more common for people who go to a restaurant for breakfast. I think cliques are still a big thing in schools. When I was in school, back in the 70s and 80s, we did have to shower together…and yes I hated it! Leaving your door unlocked?…..definitely not these days. Back in the day we did though!
How you holding up, really? I'm from Pennsylvania and only advanced(older) citizens say that.
Yep. I have never used the phrase, “how you holding up?”. EVER and I’m almost 60 years old.
@@aaronmerritt2709 LOL ! I'm 71 and I have never said, "How are you holding up ?" I say, "How ya doin' ?" Get a laugh sometimes on that. If someone asked me how I was "holding up" I would ask "How I am holding up what ?" expecting more info on that question (yes, I'm a wise guy - no one has ever asked me that). - Advanced citizen from NH.
"How you are holding up" tends to be regional. Not used in some areas. Swinging doors used to be more popular, but not went out of favor in the '90s. Some people do eat an entire pint or small size ice cream as comfort food.
“How ya holdin’ up?” Is definitely used-but specifically in an instance when to know the person is going through some personal challenge. Maybe it’s been a long and harrowing day at work, or they’re having to temporarily endure an unpleasant situation, or even something serious like they’ve lost a loved one. 😢
Agree! Only use it if you know if someone is going through some tough times
Agree
Not in California. Never heard a live person use the expression.
@@rustydog1236 Same. In California we would say, "How are you doing?"
Yes, I was a "nerd" in high school, we would meet every morning and have pancakes and complain about the lighting
Excellent sarcasm....
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Everything you said except I was a jock who had to walk through swinging doors. That damn lighting.
@@Deanstanley and after a really tough day at school my mom would ask how I was holding up and give me a tub of ice cream
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I think Joel and Lia need to find an American friend to have in their videos and bounce questions off of.
Younger kids in America think that there are cliques but then you get there and there's not any
No one eats pancakes everyday, that would be insane lol colleges do have shared dorms and individual ones but they're more expensive. Cliques exist but kids do tend to mix, nothing at all like the movies, at least that was my personal experience, everyone was friendly toward each other. My high school had private showers but no one ever used them.
My high school had a shared shower though no one ever showered.
That means they were unisex showers?
My grandfather genuinely eats pancakes and eggs and sausage or bacon everyday for breakfast. But he’s actually the only person I know who does it.
DICTION POLICE: You want EVERY DAY here. As two words, it means EACH DAY; as one word it means HABITUAL, ORDINARY, USUAL.
@@abigailfezer177 DICTION POLICE: You want EVERY DAY here. As two words, it means EACH DAY; as one word it means HABITUAL, ORDINARY, USUAL.
Pancakes every day?! No. That is a Sunday breakfast thing in our house as well as family and friends.
We never ate pancakes ever
Maybe once every year or two. I don’t know one person who eats pancakes daily .
I was born in 1950 and have lived on the west coast most of my life. For children in the 50s, cereal from a box with milk and sugar and sometimes a sliced banana on top was our usual breakfast. Hungry adults ate eggs and bacon and toast with butter.plus coffee. Others like my grandmother ate a dish of fruit or a half of a grapefruit with toast and coffee. Pancakes with maple syrup were a bit of a treat, usually on Saturdays or especially Sundays. Some weekend mornings Mom would make French toast with butter and powdered sugar on top. I was a bit of a chub and would melt butter and add raspberry jam, then pour syrup over the top. A big treat was having pancakes for dinner, usually with bacon on the side! Breakfast for dinner~ major hit with us children!!
I'm sure tradish breakfasts are different in the different areas of the states. In the Southern states, I've read that grits and ham were a usual breakfast.
Weather makes a difference, too. I grew up in Seattle where it is cold and rainy in the winter, so my Mom often cooked oatmeal for us, which we would top with brown sugar and milk or cream. Yum.
We have a family tradition of cooking Swedish pancakes (similar to crepes,) but they are only a special occasion breakfast for holidays and birthdays.
Pancakes everyday?! That's too much of a hassle to do everyday. Once in a while is okay.
Mainly on the weekends
@@noahremnek3615 yes! The cleanup alone is a commitment.
Who the fuck has pancakes every day?
DICTION POLICE: You want EVERY DAY here. As two words, it means EACH DAY; as one word it means HABITUAL, ORDINARY, USUAL.
@@HomoErectusSum actually, both work in this instance because the video made it sound like a habitual act.
Who can eat an entire tub of ice cream? A pint maybe, but not half-gallon.
In school, back in the day, kids did shower together after P.E. though they weren't required to even shower.
I'll go through all of these from my experience as a pretty, run-of-the-mill American.
1. Nobody eats pancakes everyday, we're fat, but not that fat. If you eat breakfast it's usually something quicker. I eat pancakes more for dinner than breakfast.
2. Absolutely. Florescent lights are terrible and especially if you have them in your house, (which was common in the 70's and 80's).
3. I'd say it, if you know the person you are asking is going through a trying time (like lost a loved one, etc.)
4. It's true, broadcast TV averages about 15 minutes of advertising per hour, which is one reason I don't watch much broadcast TV.
5. School cliques are real, but they mix a lot more than the movies would have you believe.
6. True, but only the smaller tubs usually. The large gallon-size tubs of ice cream are meant for groups, like a kid's birthday party or something.
7. Swinging doors are a very 1970's feature in a house. They exist, but not that much. It makes me think of 3's Company.
8. We call in PE too, and it used to be true, but isn't really anymore. There are some schools that still have them, but more and more have remodeled/updated and gone to individual shower stalls.
9. Sharing a room in college is expected for at least your freshman year unless you pay extra. Where I went to college it was considered a bit snobbish to insist on a private room. Most off-campus apartments had 3 bedrooms with 6 people living in the apartment.
10. This is only true in some special circumstances. I would only walk into my very best friend's house without knocking and waiting for someone to answer. I do leave me front door unlocked now when I am home a lot, but no one just walks in except my kids and my sister, brother-in-law etc.
11. Cable is a blanket term for paid-television that goes back to when you had to have a literal cable pulled into your house to get it. So you have broadcast or "over-the-air" TV which is usually just the main networks, then you have cable, which may or may not have premium cable channels like HBO, which cost more than basic cable. Above that you have satellite like DirecTV and Dish, then you have Streaming, which is just over the internet, which is how a lot of people get their entertainment now.
Yes to all of this except #10. I definitely lock our front door all the time! I know people who don't though. 🤷♀️
#10 was absolutely true in smaller towns in the United States back in the 1950s and 60s. Doors were only locked at night. But today, not even the smallest towns leave doors unlocked.
@@paulakayjohnson5065 I'll disagree with you there. I have a lot of relatives in smaller towns and as long as someone is home (in the daytime), the door will be unlocked.
I Love Lucy had a lot of the swinging door thing as well so I think it was common even as far back as the 40's but definitely something you'd only find in an older home now.
Small town America usually leave the back door house entrance unlocked if someone is home. Front door locked and apartment dwellers always lock the door.
“How are you holding up?” is if someone is going through a traumatic experience, such as a death in the family, divorce, etc. Probably common in media because those things happen a lot in media, whereas are usually rarer IRL.
PE group showering is awful. I refused, which is not great, but I just couldn’t. It was even worse for the guys, because there is so much toxic masculinity tied to the locker room.
Sharing a dormitory room can be a nightmare or a blast, depending on who you get as a roommate.
No one showers at school anymore. Most people eat pancakes only occasionally. Most people don’t even buy the giant tubs of ice cream. That’s more a large family or gathering kind of thing. Swinging doors aren’t common at all. Never seen one in a house. I can’t imagine leaving my house unlocked in a neighborhood with close houses. I’ve lived mostly in the country with a long driveway. No one is getting to my door without me knowing. Cable is a physical cable that comes into your house to a receiver and you have access to hundreds of broadcast channels or WiFi access to streaming content. Lots of Americans have ditched cable for streaming services, but honestly plenty are like my family where we have cable and also subscriptions to 6-7 streaming services.
When I was 18 I Joined the US Navy, so my "dorm room" was a compartment shared with hundreds of other men. It was the largest berthing compartment on that carrier. Shared a shower room and head with them all, and in that day there were no walls separating the toilets, so you had conversations with your buddies while taking care of business. I just can't relate to your priority on privacy, but we are all a product of our environment.
We say "how are you holding up?" when someone has been through something difficult like a death or job loss, etc.
Regarding the high school cliques, yes they existed back when I was in high school in California (late 80s) but the “bullying” wasn’t discussed or labeled as much as it is now. People sorta grouped off on their own depending on who they were comfortable hanging out with….i.e. all the theatre/drama kids hung out together, all the skateboarders, band kids, jocks, etc. Looking back, seems it was less based on ethnicity and more about people’s shared interests. Back then, labels regarding your ethnicity and/or sexual orientation weren’t “the thing” like it is now. In hindsight, I think it was better that way 🤷🏻♀️
I mostly agree. I think there's something to be said for there being significantly less suicide as well as any kind of school violence.
I share the same story, in CA, public school, but late 90s. Most cliques at my school were generally based on shared interest (clubs/student activities). And there were no "rival" groups. No Grease or West Side Story type stuff. I remember the popular kids being way too into themselves to even care about bossing around or bullying people. No one got swirlies or trash canned (at least not like they do in every 80s movie). You joked around with your friends a little, but we still do that today.
But my close post high school friend went to an all girl private school during the same time and she has very different stories. She said many girls were really mean and the teachers looked the other way on a lot of their behavior. Like Gossip Girl gives her anxiety. She can't watch it.
@@ninapisani25 I'm with y'all here. I went to HS in the mid-80's (FLA). "Bullying" wasn't a thing. It was...but you fought it out after school (for guys). Cliques were a real thing but like you said, it wasn't a "West Side Story" type of thing. Most of us kept to ourselves but some of us (me) floated amongst a few of them. Can't speak for girls but things are much more...sensitive...now days.
I too am a 80s high schooler and have to agree with the bullying. And as far as showering, back then it was something we all did and it sucked as bad as you would thought it did lol. Today im not sure if they still have to do it.
The ulocked door thing would be only advisable in country/ subburbs not citys especially today lol
Cliques are DEFINITELY real
Not only is it common to share a dorm room in college, it is common to do so in graduate school. In my first year in college, the bathrooms and shower rooms were shared between males and females. There were shower stalls with curtains, and the toilets were standard bathroom stalls. I dont know how the women handled it. This was back in 1977.
Cable means that you receive television programming literally over a cable, rather than an antenna.
The large tubs of ice cream you showed is intended for parties. As for the swinging doors in homes, that was a design fad in the 80s and 90s.
There were a lot of them also, in homes built in the early 1900s like the ones in the neighborhood I grew up in
Never leave the door unlocked- ever!
Love love love pancakes, which is why they're such a treat... MAYBE four or five times a year. Not an every day thing for anybody I've ever known. Cereal, fruit or sweet buns/donuts/pastries are most common breakfast items, NOT the massive pancakes/waffles/eggs/bacon/sausage feasts you often see on TV.
I'm 65 and have only seen swinging doors in a US house once, and they were in the doorways to the kitchen of my in-laws home. That house was a shrine to mid-century ('50s-early '60s) modern, so I suspect that if you see them in US TV and movies, the shows were produced in... or trying to invoke... that time period. What you described on closet doors may have been bi-fold doors, which do not swing as much as fold up on fixed tracks. Those are still popular for closets.
Smaller pint containers of ice cream for the depressed folks... yeah that happens. Larger "tubs"... not so much.
Communal showers in high schools existed in my day but virtually nobody ever used them after regular PE classes. Yes, we call it Physical Education, too... typically shortened to "PhysEd" or just "PE". "Gym class" is common as well. Back to the showers... sports teams often DID use them after games/matches.
Older fluorescent tube and circular lights were evil devices worthy of complaint with their ghastly color spectrum and often flickering output. Those were often found in kitchens, bathrooms and garages... occasionally in closets. Not so often in general living spaces. Modern screw-in compact fluorescent bulbs don't really suffer from these issues any longer and can be had with incandescent-matching 2700°K "Warm White" or 5000°K "Daylight" color temps, but have become almost as outdated as incandescent lighting given the wide array of LED styles available at decent prices these days.
"How are you holding up?" is a fairly common inquiry directed towards someone when you know that they are dealing with a hardship or something profoundly negative in their life... loss of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness, etc. It's what we ask when we REALLY want to know, rather than the cursory "How are you?" that passes for "Hello" here.
Most limitations on the number/length of commercial breaks were eliminated some time ago, but most broadcast networks typical show about 22 minutes of actual programming in a 30 minute time slot, and 42-44 minutes in an hour-long show. Even shows produced for commercial-free streaming services often have those obvious break points in them to allow them to be sold into syndicated ad-supported networks in the future.
Traditional multichannel TV service providers in the US primarily fall into two categories... "satellite" (which required your very own dish in your yard or on your roof) or "cable", where the provider physically wires the streets of cities and towns with (originally) coaxial and/or (more recently) fiber optic cables, distributing programming via those cables from their "headend", which is where they aggregate the programming. Popularity of both of these services is falling off, but the cable providers are typically also one of the major (and sometimes only) internet service providers in any given area, so many of us who have "cut the cord" from cable really haven't, as our internet service used for streaming service comes over the very same cables.
Cliques do exist, but I don't think they are as rigidly defined as often depicted in movies and TV. I actually fit in with several groups in my high school days and moved easily between them... I belonged to the academic nerds, the band nerds, the jocks and the gearheads (cars & motorcycles).
I commuted from home for college/university, but 2-person dorm rooms were quite normal at most schools at the time. When my kids went away to school in the '00s, they had shared dorm rooms freshman year but moved into rented apartments/houses with private bedrooms later on.
DICTION POLICE: You want EVERYDAY here. As two words, IT means EACH DAY; as one word it means HABITUAL, ORDINARY, USUAL.
Americans might eat pancakes on an occasional weekend, but, daily, No Way.
Those big ice cream tubs are mostly used for birthday parties or large gatherings. For my daughter’s birthday we used it so everyone could have ice cream and cake :)
But my ex would sometimes eat out of the regular sized ice cream tubs at times esp when it’s almost halfway gone
Yes, we share rooms in college dorms. It's actually required for at least a year. It's considered an important learning experience to learn how to get along with different types of people, to share and compromise and tolerate others' differences. It's actually fun, and you get over your modesty and pettiness pretty quickly. I'm a much more tolerant and accommodating person now :-)
Universities do worry about student isolation & were hesitant to put frosh in rooms by themselves. The size of some schools can really swallow up some folks.
I feel like I got lucky my freshman year: the girl I was paired with was in the same major as I was (don't know if that was random or purposeful), and we always got along. Unfortunately the next year, she decided to room with a friend she had made, but lucky for me, my next roommate (randomly assigned) almost always stayed the night at her boyfriend's throughout the fall semester. In the spring semester she moved down the hall, and I effectively had a double room to myself. The caveat was that I had to keep the other part of the room clean-ish in case someone was suddenly in need of a new room mid-term (i.e. there was an unresolvable conflict with the current roommate), but that day never came.
I had a private room my freshman year of college because the girl who was assigned to my room decided to live in a different dorm. I lived on the Honors floor so not just anyone could live there
Yeah some people share the whole 4 years
It's not required everywhere. I never lived on campus.
Haha, I definitely know more people who complain about fluorescent lights than eat pancakes daily 🤣
I don't even know what fluorescent lights even means which is kind of sad so I can say I've never heard of anyone really complaining about them
@@ki11atj49 Fluorescents are long tubes usually in a recessed ceiling fixture - they're almost exclusively for commercial use, offices, schools, etc. They're falling out of favor as even more efficient options become available. The early fluorescents could case a weird color tint (barely perceptible, but the room could look slightly green or yellow, for example - definitely not a flattering color) and were subject to flickering (usually when they were nearing the end of their useable life).
Aye, Lass! I think I could say the very same thing! Pancakes are the devil in my circle. Fluorescent lights are Hell.
🙋 fluorescent lights give Me a headache and I dislike pancakes! 🤣
I’m in my 50’s and have lived all over the U.S. (except the South - closest I got was Oklahoma.)
Not in order; here goes! (Sorry this is TL;DR. But you asked, so…🤷♀️😂)
1. Pancakes: MYTH. We made them on some weekend mornings. Most days our typical breakfast was a bowl of cereal (usually cold, but sometimes oatmeal in the winter) with a class of milk.
2. Fluorescent lights: TRUE, for tube fixtures especially: the flicker gives some people headaches. Not many would actually complain, but some would. Some people dislike the “cold” feeling of fluorescent lighting, but wouldn’t complain about CFLs.
3. Communal showers after PE (also known as “gym class” in many places): TRUE, when I was growing up in the 1970’s-80’s. Traumatizing! I never once used one, but many girls did. Shudder 😳
4. Ice cream: TRUE, for pint-sized tubs, after a breakup, etc. Those large tubs are for parties! The typical size used to be the half-gallon, though pints are gaining ground.
5. Walking into someone else’s house: MYTH. We always wait to be let in, though longtime friends may call out “Come on in!” rather than personally open the door, if they’re expecting you. (To facilitate this, they’d often have left the door ajar.) Leaving doors unlocked might happen in a small town or in a nicer suburb. NOT in a larger city, or a less-safe suburb. And essentially everyone locks their doors at night.
6. Swinging doors: MYTH. Only in restaurants. Or maybe in a very, very few houses built in the 1970’s.
7. School cliques: TRUE, though not along such strict lines as depicted in movies. Jocks; popular kids; stoners/burnouts; honors kids; theater/drama kids…but many people were just in the general pool.
8. Sharing a dorm room: TRUE, for the vast majority of students, at public or private colleges. Schools usually have a very small number of single rooms, which may be assigned by lottery to juniors or seniors. It can actually be quite fun, if you hit it off with your roommate or (especially after the first year) have chosen each other. Some schools (including most larger public universities) have only a portion of their students living in dorms. Especially after the first year or two, most students move off campus, sharing an apartment or a house with a number of friends.
9. Cable TV: TRUE, though less so in the age of streaming services like Netflix. In the 1970’s-80’s, most people just watched regular local/network TV using an antenna. Richer folks had cable, with a variety of tiers/packages: HBO or Showtime were premium channels, requiring subscription to a “basic package” of dozens of other random channels, most of which you’d never want to watch anyway 🙄. Oh, and this is when CNN became a thing. And the Home Shopping Network. And ESPN, which is hugely popular with sports fans. Shows/content would come on at specified times - on-demand content was very rare. It would be delivered through an actual coaxial cable, with a connection point usually on the living room wall alongside an electrical outlet. People had to pay extra to get a splitter and run cable to other rooms. You had to subscribe to get the cable box, an electronic device which could unscramble the signal coming in through the cable. Alternatively, some people used a satellite dish to capture signals broadcast from orbit.
Cable/satellite TV gradually permeated society, to the point where those of us who don’t have cable are less the norm. However, with ubiquitous Wi-Fi and the surge in on-demand streaming services, within the past 5-10 years more people have “cut the cord,” i.e. unsubscribed from cable.
This was a fun video. I hope you’ll do more!
Totally agree with this poster! A pint of ice cream is very easy to eat when you feel sad but a large tub (meant for parties) isn’t usually eaten by a single person (well, not very many, I guess). A small cake or pie can also be eaten when you are sad. 😜. Let me add… I remember the day I ate a whole Sara Lee Banana Cake to “comfort” me! Anyone else out there remember those delicious cakes in the freezer department of your food store? I wish they would come back with them, especially now during Covid. 😥
Satellite and cable tv both come in thru a coaxial cable hence why it's called cable.
Older dorm rooms did share sleeping areas. However, newer dorm rooms are typically built with separate bedrooms and a common livingroom, kitchen, & bathroom.
@@csprtn1 Yep! 20 years ago when I left college they were starting to tear down the old dorms and replace them with suites that had individual rooms with a common living/kitchen areas. Now days that's becoming the norm.
Best post of explanations. However in our PE locker rooms only boys had communal showers. Remember we are the country with peek a boo bathroom doors compared to you. 😁😉
Leaving the entry door unlocked in American homes varies with one's living location and upbringing. We have many home invasion robberies and lock our doors out of self-preservation, perhaps not so much in rural areas, but definitely in the city. Most of us demand our privacy and think entering another person's home uninvited is totally wrong and is usually a sign of lower-class breeding. In some areas, you can be shot for doing so.
My father never locked the doors and always left lights on.
He said if someone wanted to break~in, he wouldn't have to buy a new door, and with the lights on, they could see what they were taking!
lol
I agree. I lived in a bad neighborhood once and always locked the door, even when I was home. I even had someone kick in my door in the middle of the night and I scared them off with a gun! Now I live on a farm and don’t have to lock the door. I still lock the door when I leave the house. I can’t stop that habit now.
1:38 We agree that there's a lot of advertisements on television; when we were young, a one-hour television show had only 46 minutes of programming. Well, now we're old, and it's 39-40 minutes. But, on the bright spot, we can't remember anyone EVER paying an annual tax to use their televisions.
You ever read your cable bill? Look at it again and tell me you aren't paying a "tax". Sure...they don't CALL it a tax but seriously? We ARE paying a tax. Don't be fooled by the names of the "charges".
Two people usually share a dorm room in college- a solo room would be very pricey
We had a swinging door when I was a kid, but I think they’re a style from the 70’s.
It was a 70s fad and it was not popular. They're dangerous
My house has a swinging door between the kitchen and dining room. We did not put it in, but I love it. My house was built in the early 60's.
I grew up in a neighborhood of old big Victorian homes and most had swinging doors. Loved those old beautiful houses
The only thing I can think of about the swinging doors is that they’re in older houses. So if you’ve never stayed in an old house in America, you probably would not have seen one. As for showering at school, that used to be a requirement in the 80s and back but it’s not a requirement anymore to shower at school. The only time I can think of it being a requirement is if you take a swim class but that’s to wash off your body before and after you get in the pool. As far as I know, we would just shower in our bathing suits. Idk if boys do the same thing in their locker room though
I know of one older house that a swinging door between kitchen and dining room. I also only showered after swimming (and left the suit on). This wasn't mentioned, but I see on TV/movies people making fun of others' bodies while charging, but when I was in HS, we were all so self- conscious that we were more worried about people looking at us than looking at others.
1. We don’t really eat pancakes everyday lol. At least in my life experience, I eat either eggs or oatmeal on a more regular basis.
2. It really depends. Some people have migraines and it triggers it. Some people don’t really mind.
3. We say that a lot when people are going through a tough time.
4. A lot of times (esp. for 1 hour TV programs)
5. At least in my high school experience, there were groups, but they did intermingle for many things. There were like a group with just white guys, then the hood kids, then the sisterhood (which is the one I was in with a group of girls who I was friends with), the smart kids, the artsy kids, the kids that were just so extra, etc etc.
6. I don’t lol. Sometimes when I’m sad I don’t eat much. I wouldn’t even think about whole tubs of ice cream lol. If I do eat ice cream, I put it in a cup.
7. We don’t have swing doors.
8. We don’t. We don’t have time to shower after gym because time in between classes is very short (like 3-5 minutes). But school/public showers are individual stalls.
9. For the most part, we do. There are some single rooms in dorms. When my sister was in college, her first and second year, she had a single room. Her friends each had roommates those two years. Her third year, she was in an on campus apartment with her friends. It has their 2-3 bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and living/dining area.
10. Not I don’t. When neighbors need something from us (which is a pretty rare thing), they’d just ring the doorbell.
11. We just call it TV.
Please do a part two!! I’d love it!
I agree with this message 👌
Agree with most of it. The shower thing, at least for me, depended on what we did in gym class. If we swam, then we would get done in time to shower, and yeah we would have to shower in front of everyone (same sex)
I about died laughing at the tub of ice cream thing! Seriously though, the pancake thing is a myth, swinging doors is a TV thing. The shower thing is true and I agree with everything you said about it. It's brutal.
I live in the south, and I've never heard of it. Maybe after a football game or something, but that's it. Def not in PE.
When I was in junior high school in the late 80's, we had to take showers together after our gym class. It was required and a part of our grade. I hated it !
This was a fun video! I loved Joel getting "passionate" about having to share a dorm room. But alas, it is true! I believe you can still get a single room, at least back in my day (; But it is more expensive.
I've never known an American who eats pancakes every day, lol. As far as the locking doors thing, it depends on location and honestly it's an older generation thing as well. People living in the country who know their neighbors are more likely to do this. You don't leave doors unlocked in the city. And yeah, we call it Cable or Satellite but less and less people are using either and are switching completely to things like Netflix, Hulu, etc. Long commercial breaks are one of the reasons.
And longer commercial and more frequent during big events like the superbowl
I’m not American but I don’t think everyone’s against the sharing accommodation some people like sharing rooms especially with your best friends
When I went to uni (in Edinburgh) in my first year I had to share a dorm room with TWO others!
No, pancakes for breakfast everyday would be wayyyyy too much.
In America, there’s basically public tv, cable tv (anything you pay for and isn’t a streaming service or satellite), or streaming/on-demand services.
This description mixes the categorizations of funding (public funding vs. commercial funding), delivery method (electronic cable and fiber optic cable vs. satellite), and delivery mode (push vs. on-demand). But Alix may have meant "broadcast tv" rather than "public tv" anyway.
My high school had communal showers but literally no one used them. Most colleges have shared rooms for at least the first year in my experience. I guess now you’d say “satellite” instead of cable but I feel like cable is still used. I’ll leave my door unlocked sometimes but only in the middle of the day or if I’m expecting someone. Also swinging doors in the kitchen are very dated! Most new homes wouldn’t have those.
Swinging doors 50’s and 60’s
@Kristina I’m in Southern California & I don’t know a single person who still has cable. Everyone either has streaming or a satellite dish. I say they’re interchangeable terms because you get cable networks on satellite tv…
@Kristina No, they're not interchangeable. There was a time when satellite TV was more rural since you had to have space for a giant satellite dish on your property. Now, they're smaller than a lot of TVs. Very posh homes might very well still have a swinging kitchen door.
That's exhausting
You still need cable for the internet
People may not be getting tv packages but most have to get internet from a cable company
This was a really funny one! Swinging doors? Nope. Communal showers after PE? Yes. I had the same roommate all through college. In the dorms, and later out of them.Pancakes every morw? Nope.
In rural areas it's still quite common to not lock doors (I know a few people who don't actually have locks on their doors). That being said, entering the home of someone you don't know without knocking and being invited in is a particularly good way to get yourself shot.
Sharing a room in college is so real! I had to share a tiny room with one other person (we didn’t even have our own bathroom, we shared a communal bathroom with 18 other guys) and it still cost $10,000 a semester just for that room, not including tuition…
But, most college students get an apartment or rental home their second year because it’s so much bigger and usually cheaper
I’ve only left my door unlocked in one place I’ve lived in but at the time I lived in the country with very few neighbors and I also had a very territorial 90 pound dog! He was better than any lock available
Fresh pancakes for breakfast daily is a myth. Ice cream tub when your depressed, That is individual, personally I don't know if anyone who does that. We NEVER showered together at school when I attended but my parents age group did but there were individual shower stalls similar to at the gym. Roommates in college is true, groups in high school true. Swinging doors I think that's depends on region. We NEVER leave our doors unlocked here but again I think that's depends where you live. Great video.😀
I could imagine someone taking down a pint of Ben and Jerry's or something like that, maybe. I don't think think many people at all would eat a 4 quart tub either
Pancakes everyday for breakfast? That is a total myth. First off, we don't have time to make pancakes at home before breakfast every day because we're too busy trying to get ready for work. Second, most Americans don't buy pancakes at fast food restaurants everyday. They would be more likely to eat a breakfast sandwich or hash browns and coffee. But not every day
@@kevinrussell3501 With thru hikers hiking the AT it's a thing when they get 1/2 way (trail is 2193 miles) to stop in Pine Grove Furnace store in PGF, Penn. and eat a 1/2 gal of ice cream without getting sick. Most that attempt it achieve it but if they ever hike the trail a second time very few do it that time. They learned not to, LOL ! See my link to one group's video on this challenge in another comment It's actually called The 1/2 Gallon Challenge. (ice cream doesn't come in 1/2 gallon containers anymore they have to add an extra pint to that to make it a full 1/2 gallon of ice cream).
The tubs of Ice Cream are for large family's....
It's not for someone that's sad....They should know that ! Joel is clueless !
Love that phrase "how you holding up?". I don't use it, but I think Americans want to be empathetic and that's a way to show you care.
Thanks!
I wish you two would record one of these with your patreons so after you are done they can tell you what is right or wrong and explain things.
@Rosie ! I know Joel goes to Florida..I wondered why they wouldn't know the answers..I think to literally I guess..it would be good content if there were some things they really don't know. Oh well.
There are places where people don't lock their doors. We call it Canada. I have met Canadians who don't lock their doors and they do it because they trust their neighbors. I have actually had Canadians ask me if I believe that all my neighbors are criminals. It's just a difference in perspective.
I'm a Canadian too. I do lock the door at night and when I'm leaving our home unattended for more than 30 minutes. I've lived in the same house for 18 years. I could have left the door unlocked all that time and it wouldn't have made any difference. I don't know anyone in Canada who has ever been robbed. I don't lock my car in my driveway either. Nice to not live in fear.
I think pancakes are the best breakfast food. That being said, I'd probably hate them after a couple weeks if I ate them everyday.
Only time I think anyone asks "how are you holding up" is if you had someone die close to you (spouse/child/parent).
My middle school and high school both had locker room showers you were encouraged to use after P.E. I graduated in '96 so not sure about now. I was never comfortable with this myself.
It is usually called cable TV or satellite in the US.
I think most people lock their doors. It's a good way to get robbed otherwise
Pancakes for breakfast not every day. I HOP the pancake restaurant is fun it's a treat gone there with e kids on vacation. At home it's a weekend thing and a special treat no time Monday-Friday. "How you holding up" you might hear this at a funeral when speaking to.relative of the departed. Cable TV is still common cable usually means the TV is set to receive more channels, Disney, HBO, ESPN , News channels, some have Dish network just means you have a satellite dish hooked up to your TV. Swinging doors depends on age of house and design it's set up to make it easy to bring food out of the kitchen to the dinning room. PE gang shower yes it's still used my high school gym had 2private stalls for girls on their periods. No biggie quickly go in splash water on yourself get out no one I knew really showered in them did that at home. And yes there are well defined groups in high school, jocks those are the ones who Excell a sports is football, basketball, basebal,l girls field hockey, tennis, track remember scholarship are awarded for college. If you're good at a sport. Nerds the brainy ones they're going to college usually medical, or sciences. They're not all Asian. Bullies term speaks for itself, burn outs the drug user or alcololic sad but true, and there are mean girls and boys. Lights never heard anything about lights . Love your channel. Hope you can come over for Thanksgiving American holiday. We might not be able to make it home for Christmas but we made it home for Thanksgiving
Pancakes are the worst breakfast food. I don't know anyone who eats them. Last time I had them was probably 5 years ago.
How're you holding up is pretty common in some places. In others it might be something like: How are you doing? with a seriously concerned face or something. Yes, often after the loss of a loved one or after some other very sad circumstance has occurred.
@@mistyceleste I agree with this and I probably misworded what I said. On second thought about this someone could ask this for many traumatic life changing events, but mostly death and illness. I could see someone asking this if the factory closed, the tornado took out your house, you're going through divorce, etc. I know if it's just a Tuesday and you ask me this, I'd probably just stare blankly back at you and say something like... ummm.. fine?
I wouldn't dream of walking into someone's house. You knock or ring the bell and wait for the door to be answered. Since my daughter seems to have missed this lesson, I have taken to locking at all times.
People do definitely not eat whole cups of ice cream and you only buy those huge ones if you're having a party but I've never bought the ones that size
Love how passionate Joel gets about the college dorms!
Leaving the front door unlocked very much depends on where you live. In cities, no. In safer low crime suburbs or rural areas, some people do during the day.
I’ve recently moved from the US, having accepted a teaching gig in Nottingham. As an American, I feel it is my God-given, patriotic duty to provide insight into your questions. Hey, it’s our way.
Do Americans really eat pancakes every day for breakfast?
Good lord. Not every day, but when we do, they are epic…monstrosities with pieces of cheesecake buried within, whipped cream on top, and sprinkles no doubt in the shape of a face. Great, now I’m hungry for pancakes.
Side Note: We do have the International House of Pancakes restaurant. It’s our version of the United Nations.
Do Americans complain about florescent lights in real life?
Definitely! I can’t stand them! They’re harsh, overbearing, and annoying to the point of distraction…oh wait, they sound like Americans. Dammit.
Do Americans actually say, “How you holding up”?
We’re more likely to ask, “How’re you doing?” I think it’s likely because fewer and fewer Americans can hold actually themselves up and the expectation for them to do so has waned. (See pancakes above)
Do Americans really have commercial breaks on TV every 10 minutes?
Yes, and it’s getting much worse, even to the point where entire plot lines revolve around products. This opinion brought to you by Apple.
Do Americans really have school “cliques”?
Yes, and it’s one of the best parts of growing up, right up there with acne and realizing that most of what we learn in school can be better delivered via Schoolhouse Rock (look it up!).
The schools have all incoming students watch “The Breakfast Club” and “Reefer Madness” upon entering. OK, maybe not “The Breakfast Club”, but they did show “Reefer Madness”. I was the strange kid who though the resulting madness actually looked like fun.
Side Note: You two would DEFINITELY be with the drama kids (that’s a complement coming from a burnout).
Side Note #2: Don’t worry about the charge to send merch to the states. Americans will pay insane amounts for shipping and not even bat an eye. Sadly, we’ve grown to accept it as part of life like tipping or the inability to ever touch our toes.
Do Americans actually eat entire tubs of ice cream when they’re sad?
This one is somewhat a myth…generally because we don’t restrict ourselves to just when we’re sad. Other popular reasons include things such as, “My child has just turned 5 years old”, or “It’s Wednesday”.
Do Americans actually have swinging doors in their houses?
Nah, swinging went out in the 1970s. Oh, doors. Yeah, those pretty much died out in the 70’s as well. They were, however, all the rage for saloons in the old west. If you see a resurgence in salooning, invest in swinging doors immediately!
Do American kids actually shower together after P.E.?
It’s sad, embarrassing, and it’s true. It’s a really great way to make the most awkward time of one’s life just that much more meaningful. I’m working on a theory that the practice still exists today to keep mental health counselors running at full capacity.
On a positive note, it was a great way to hone one’s skill in creativity. To be excused from participating in the group shower, it sometimes took a great deal of imagination and “selling it”. My personal favorites were grieving over the loss of a family member and Ebola.
Do Americans actually share a room during college?
Sadly, this one is true. Schools justify it by claiming that through shared accommodations, “You will make a friend for life.” It generally doesn’t however and serves to reinforce your disliking of all humans and questioning one’s own worth. (See the previous reference to mental health counselors)
Do Americans really leave their front door unlocked?
Only at night. In our minds nothing good happens at night. That must be true because they only show Wendy Williams during the day.
Do Americans actually call TV cable?
Ha! Yes! In our defense, however, the word “cable” is comforting because it encourages visions of something rope-like with which to hang ourselves when the bill arrives. Insanely expensive.
Ya know, thinking about these questions makes me proud to be an American, with freedom coursing through my veins and thoughts of manifest destiny dancing in my head.
Now to feed my eagle and reorganize my handgun drawer.
Feed your eagle... 😂😂😂😂
Baaahahaha! That made my day.
Hilarious and strangely accurate 🤣
Very well said.
This is entirely accurate.
In older American homes (we're talking homes built around 1930s-1950s), there was often a swinging door between the kitchen and the dining room so that food and dishes, etc., could be transported between rooms without your "guests" getting a full view of your (messy) kitchen. Commercials on cable (yes, we call it that) are ridiculous - for a half hour show, often it's 7 minutes of show, then 4 minutes of commercials, 7 minutes show, 4 minutes commercials, 4 minutes show, 2 minutes commercials, 2 minutes show. A 2 hour movie will often take 3 hours to show on TV, and even then they will have edited it "to run in the time allotted". Cable was supposed to end commercials, but the average break is around 4 minutes now, and many shows cheat by running a break and coming back to say something like "Coming up, on (show title)", show 10 seconds of a scene that's "coming up", then go to another commercial break. And WE PAY FOR THIS. This is why those of us who can go to streaming - even some of the free services have much less commercial time.
Those swinging doors were kind of big in the 70s, maybe into the 80s, but new home since don't have them installed anymore. Yeah like "The Golden Girls" 80s tv show had one between the kitchen and front room. At least I don't see them in homes since the 80s. I think the idea was to carry food out from the kitchen with your hands full into the dinning/living room area, but still have the kitchen closed off from sight.
Ha Ha, they did have one on the Golden girls, weird that you thought of that.
Pancakes, no. TV breakfasts are very unrealistic. Fluorescent lights, yes, many of us complain! Shared dorm rooms, yes, yes. 🥺. I had my own room the last two years.
Never heard one person complaint about fluorescent lights
It’s fun to hear your impressions of the culture of my country. It makes me realize that I likely get a good many things I think I know about the culture of the UK slightly wrong too.
1) pancakes for breakfast *everyday*: not that I’m aware of, as a general rule, though I’m sure there are some that indeed do.
2) complaints about fluorescent lights: some people are sensitive to how fluorescent lights strobe (including people prone to seizures). It really depends … some people simply don’t like them for aesthetic reasons also.
3) “How you holding up?” Yes this a common phrase that is heard across America under the appropriate circumstances.
4) commercial breaks during television programs: an hour long commercial tv program has 43 minutes of content while the other 17 minutes are taken up with commercial breaks (on average). A made for TV movie that is meant to run 90 minutes will have around 70-some minutes of content and a 2 hour movie that is made for tv will have around 90 minutes to 100 minutes of content.
5) cliques in High School: people hang out with people with similar interests, so yes, cliques tend to form in high schools - however, the way they are depicted by Hollywood is grossly exaggerated.
6) eating ice cream when you’re upset: this depends on the person and is, by far, something a woman would be expected do more than a man. Why? I’ve no idea.
9) swinging doors: first, swinging doors are mostly found in dining rooms and kitchens; second, unless it’s a ranch style house or an old house it’s not a feature you’re likely to see.
8) communal shower after P.E. (Phys Ed): yes I had to do that. Yes I hated it. It is not a myth.
9) college roommate: having a roommate in the college dorm is not mandatory, but a single room costs more, so students opt for the less expensive option. This isn’t *always* true. In some cases space is at a premium, so double occupancy is necessary for everyone to have a room - during my years at college sometimes I had my own room and sometimes I had a roommate.
10) leave front door (house) unlocked: this depends on who you’re talking about and the location. I never leave my door unlocked, but I lived in a large city for a good portion of my life and know better. However, I grew up in a little town where you could trust your neighbors - my parents never had to lock their house or car. Certain friends knew that when they came over, just come right in. By the way they did lock up if we went out of town. In the city with doors locked I was burglarized four times in 18 years. My parents with their doors open in the small rural town for around 40 years never had any issues. So, it depends on where you are and your level of trust.
11) TV = cable. In the US there is broadcast TV that you can get with an antenna - ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and sometime FOX and/or the CW plus any local independent staton(s). That is just TV.
Cable is what you get when you pay the cable television company for as many as hundreds of channels of programming. And yes, now cable tv is required to be digital but it is still delivered via coaxial cable.
One can also opt to use internet based providers and skip the cable company, but they are still called cable providers if they stream the same sort of content.
Or you can get apps like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBOMax, and so on and get your content a la carte. At that point it is not called “cable” - you are simply streaming.
you mean EVERY DAY. as two words in means EACH DAY; as one, it means USUAL, HABITUAL, ORDINARY.
@@HomoErectusSum if that was my only typo, then I did exceptionally well on this one. Thank you. I always enjoy a visit from the Grammar Nazis - as much as I love the Fashion Police and the Library Fine Cops. Just the best of the best!
A few years back I went on holiday in S Korea, and a Korean college student asked me “Do Americans really..” I responded, “America is a melting pot of all different cultures. All Americans do not do the same things.” Joel & Leia, You two are so funny. I think you are just trying to get viewers to respond to these silly comments. I took the bait. Good job 😂.
It's so funny as an American that I disagree with every single opinion on myth or truth. Love the channel and always wish I could answer your questions while I'm watching.
Sharing a dorm room is one of those horrific character building experiences where you learn that other people come from very weird families! You learn to appreciate your own parents and siblings so much more! But most of us move into apartments after the first year.
People who live in urban areas sure as hell don't leave their doors unlocked. We don't even leave our windows open.
There’s not really classified groups of people, it’s just whoever you’re friends with and *want* to hang out with
-Pancakes are usually a weekend thing for me
-Love fluorescent lights
-Yes we say that if something bad happened in the persons life
-Yes, lots of commercials
-School groups are a thing but not that intense
-I would eat a small like pint of ice cream
-I don’t have swinging doors in my house, some houses do, maybe not as common as it used to be
-Yes, it’s a community shower at school but I showered in a bathing suit
-Yes most college dorms are like that but you can get ones that don’t
-I don’t leave my door unlocked but yes some people do
-yes it’s cable, it depends on your provider and you can get more channels/enhanced programming
We are pancakes 5 years ago. They make you fat.
Nobody showered in school, that's ridiculous
Fluorescent lights were cheaper to operate than incandescent bulbs, now I have changed my fluorescents for LEDs.
I personally really love pancakes but I make them maybe once every month or so. Living with a roommate in college is very much a thing in the dorms (I shared a 10ft x 20ft room with 2 others). High school cliques are very much a thing, and locker room showers are there but no one uses them bc no one wants to get naked at school. Usually you just change into other clothes, reapply deodorant and hope you don’t stink when you go to math class. Calling it cable is absolutely true but it’s outdated like you said. It’s called cable bc you need to pay to have a certain outlet in your house that only works for landlines and TVs to be activated, then you pay for access to certain channels. Although now usually ppl just individually purchase different streaming platforms. If you still have cable you’d say you have cable but most ppl will be like “I have Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, HBO max, etc.”
Unfortunately, more Americans than some realize can't afford streaming, so we're still stuck with cable or Satellite at a very basic level.
@@jwb52z9 The problem is that there's too many streaming services now to get all the channels you want. So, you end up paying as much as you pay for cable/satellite in the end. Streaming does have one benefit though. You can cancel at any time, so you can alternate which streaming services you want from month to month.
@@jwb52z9 for sure, I just found that having streaming platforms and no cable is cheaper for me with the plans I use. I know it’s not that way for everyone tho
Joel, HILARIOUS 😂😂😂. "Hey Susie, can I borrow a cup of sugar?" Perfect accent!!!
Seriously, thank you so much for the great 😂😂😂.
We had swinging saloon doors from our kitchen to the dining room but they were a hassle and the novelty wore off so we disconnected the springs so they stayed open.
For me it isn't all fluorescent lights, just the long tubes. For some reason they give me a headache. The newer compact fluorescent bulbs are no problem. Not sure what the cause actually is (flicker?). So, yes, some of us don't like them, but I've rarely heard anyone complain about them.
It is the flicker and it can be so rapid that you don't realize they flicker. more like pulsating.
I find that florescent strip lights only flicker at a visible frequency if the lamp or the ballast is at the end of its life.
@@robertsitch1415 Unless you have Epilepsy and I can assure you, people, who live with Epilepsy, are acutely aware that there is a pulsing almost flickering all the time, but you're correct, the end of the life of the light does increase its strobe-like flickering detectable to the average person. to someone with Epilepsy, they might as well use a strobe light. (sarcasm)
Definitely want to see more of these types of episodes and I like how Joel is so passionate about his own room and I bet most of them are true and also could you guys do a check video so we can find out if you guys where right or wrong
Some houses back in the 60's and 70's had what were called "Saloon Doors" between rooms like a kitchen or dining room. The same swinging doors you see in the entrance to a saloon or bar in a western style movie. Sharing a dorm room is common for younger college students as it helps keep the cost down. Dorm rooms at many colleges go for several thousand dollars a month on top of the 10's of thousands of dollars for the education. Back in the 70's and 80's we left the house doors unlocked and we even left the keys in the ignition in our cars in the driveway. No way that is happening these days!
Your tv stations transmit to your house through a cable or an antenna.
As far as the locks and keys in the ignitions, that pretty much depends on where you live. A lot of people still are able get away with that... but not much longer, I fear.
Pancakes every day? No, just some days.
Complain about flourescent lights? No
How you holding up? Yes
Commercial breaks every 10 minutes? Yes
School cliques? Sort of, yes, but there's plenty of mixing of groups
Eating full tub of ice cream when upset? No
Swinging doors in homes? Rarely in homes, common in restaurants
Communal showers after PE/gym class? Yes
College roommates sharing bedroom? Yes
Leave front door unlocked? Mostly just in rural areas, not like on TV
Do we call TV "cable"? Used to, but it's dying off, replaced by streaming
Yes, we share rooms in college. Sometimes 3-4 per room. They don’t consider us adults.
Yes, in some areas the front door is unlocked. I don’t, but some do.
We refer to “TV” according to what service we have. Like cable, satellite. Or if we have Netflix, etc.
Swinging doors are a thing of the past. They swing for convenience. When you have both hands full of plates of food you just push open with your shoulder or hip
This was a fun video! Pancakes are usually a weekend thing. Cliques are real. Communal showering was real, but I used to skip it. Swinging doors are in older homes, that haven't been remodeled. People in rural places might leave their doors unlocked, but we don't do that in the big cities (I live in LA)! We do share a dorm room at University, and yes, we do love the comfort of ice cream...but not a tub of it! More like, a pint of Hagan Daas.
Individual pint of ice cream, but not a "tub", which I would consider the big 5 quart family size tubs.
I think for the doors unlocked one it largely depends on where you live in America. If you live in a major city or a bad part of town, I would not do that. But my house leaves the door unlocked because we trust our neighbours. We even gave my next door neighbour the passcode to the door. It was a relief we did because while we were out of town, the alarm company sent us a message that our fire alarm went off, my neighbour went into the house and checked every room to make sure there was no fire and it was a false alarm and reported back. The fire department was called and they came and did a follow up inspection and turned off the alarm.
Most people I know do not eat pancakes every single day. That is a myth.
We call it TV- but there’s cable - wires and a cable box, but most of us just have wifi- Roku and Amazon Fire stick
That’s why I have Prime! I hate paying shipping
Ice cream - only on TV. We share big tubs
I can eat an awful lot of ice cream to drown my tears. 💯%
I don't do the same breakfast every day. Last time I had pancakes: 7 months ago? // YES I complain about florescent lights all the time. // And yes TV commercials are insidious ... which is why I disconnected from cable the minute I left my parents' house! Ha! // And I do say, "How are you holding up?," SPECIFICALLY to friends who I already know are going thru some kind of extended difficulty in life. // And yes in the 90s there were really those types of high-school (and middle-school) cliques. that may have changed since then? // Never eaten more than a single bowl of ice cream when I'm sad. But I have drunk a whole bottle of wine by myself ... ;) // no swinging doors in any house I've EVER been inside. // NEVER showered in P.E. We just changed back into our regular clothes regardless of how much we had sweated. The teachers don't leave you time to shower anyhow. // Yes everybody shares dorm rooms in college. Maybe there are rare exceptions, but never seen solo rooms. I actually liked it, as an only child it was a unique experience! // NO we NEVER leave our houses unlocked!! // Yes to "cable" as a generic description for any subscription TV. you're "unplugged" if you use only online subscriptions like Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu.
My family keeps our door unlocked
In schools sometimes they require students to take showers after PE. From my experience it’s optional
My dad works at a college, and they can’t afford enough dorms for everyone to have a solo room
I’m glad I never lived in a dorm 😝
Can’t afford? For the prices that people are paying to attend college they all should get penthouse suites!
@@johnp139 my dads college is very underfunded. Tuition isn’t the only way a college makes money. If it was, only the richest of the rich could afford to go
@@johnp139 Hey someone has to pay the football coach a million dollars a year...
I’m laughing so hard at Joel talking about roommates. I hated having a dorm roommate. Hardest year of my life.
Lol memories! Yup, sadly we had jocks, burnouts, and band creatures. We also had “the rail” (the 1st 2 tables next to the entrance) in the cafeteria where only certain people were allowed to sit.
Pancakes every once in a while; not every day.
We don't eat pancakes *everday* but they are a popular breakfast food.
"How you holding up?" is a common phrase but it's usually contextual. Like, you'd ask that of someone who you know is going through a rough time in their life like the death of a loved one or a serious medical problem.
We do have cliques, but they're not as clearly defined as in movies. Most kids don't belong to just 1 clique. They're usually part of 2 or 3 different cliques, but there are so many different cliques that it may come across the way it does in "Mean Girls".
Never heard of someone eating an entire tub of ice cream, but ice cream is known as a comfort food. Comfort foods are foods people commonly eat when they are depressed or sad etc.
Swinging doors in houses are common in older houses. We had swinging doors when I was about 5 (late 80s, early 90s) in one of my childhood homes.
Kids showering together probably depends on how nice the school is. Better schools or private schools may have private showers, but my school did have it that way.
Yes, we share rooms in college. The college I attended had 2 rooms with a common bathroom/shower and each room had 2 students. I lucked out and had a great room mate. We had movie/TV show nights and we were both gamers so we played games together lol.
Common in my area for friends and family to just walk into the house. Depends on how well you know your neighbors whether it would be acceptable for then to just walk in. I often tell friends who are coming over "door is unlocked, just come in".
Do call TV "cable", but it's usually distinguished from stuff like Netflix. "Cable TV" is TV from a TV provider, but there are different cable companies. Most people get their TV through cable and internet providers like DirecTV or Charter Cable. My friends and I just pay for internet and then use streaming services instead of having cable.
I haven't eaten pancakes for breakfast in many years, I did eat them relatively often as a child.
When I was in high school, literally nobody showered after PE. But yes, the showers do exist - just nobody used them.
We used them in middle school, and was required, but in high school, it was our choice.
I used the showers when I had PE as the last class of day. If I had it earlier in the day we usually didn’t have time to shower, change and get to the next class on time. But some schools have pools and if you take swim class you will need shower.
I often used to think most American homes have a huge filter coffee maker that makes enough coffee for the day.
I think that might have been more common-place in the past as most my US friends now have Keurig pods instead!
And as a Brit, I totally share the annoyance about fluo lighting. Headache city!
12 cup drip coffeemakers? Sure. 12 cups lasting all day? Ha! That's for just before you go to work.
Our coffee makers are like the Brits electric kettles. 12-cup coffee makers are standard for homes.
@@JDoors 😂 I approve this comment!
I have every method of making coffee there is. Keurig, 12-cup filter, pour over doohickey, french press, electric kettle AND vintage percolator. I'm equally devoted to my tea as well. Can't force me to drink a soda though.
@@lucylulusuperguru3487 - Interesting you should say that about coffee (and soda). I definitely agree about soda. I may have 2 or 3 at most, during a year. Not so much for health reasons, but just because I don't otherwise care for it.
As to coffee, I also only drink about 2-3 cups a year, for the same reason I feel about soda, whereas my wife drinks 2-3 cups a day. It's not that I don't like it, but as a routine, it's just not my thing.
I prefer a cup of Builder's tea of a morning (meaning, double strength), with just a bit of sugar and a good splash of milk in it, and that's all for me of a day, regarding caffienated beverages, and that implies, that when I desire a cup of coffee, I want it as I want my tea; Builders in style, and that is true.
In reverse order, and just my own opinion, I think the old fashioned percolator is a sure fire way to destroy coffee.
As to to a French press, we have one, but for some reason, and I can't define why, it is seldom used. As to drip coffee, either thru a 'Mr Coffee' type machine, or just a plain old water poured over grounds in a cone shaped plastic trap for a filter, with fresh coffee grounds for each cup, is what we use.
Even when we entertain, which is seldom for more than 6 or 8 at a time, maybe 3 or 4 times a year (but for the Covid thing) depending on season, they are mostly of family and friends, so that if after dinner, I go make 'coffee', I make it one cup at a time, for each guest, thru that funnel/filtered thing.
I actually have 3 of them, two kept in the basement storage until needed, so even tho everyone doesn't get their coffee at the same time, it's soon enough done, usually well done, by 10 minutes from start. Age before beauty, women and children first, being the guidelines to my server.
Server, meaning assistant, who is often a guest that I am engaged in a serious, humores (or delireaus) discussion with, who accompanies me to make the coffee. If I am left abandoned, my wife will excuse herself, and play that role, so that I am never left alone.
Usually, it is mostly de-caf I make of an evening, so even the kids can have a tiny cup, as they like to be included, as if adults, and I very much remember being in their shoes.
So, I ask around, Regular or De-Cafe (taking orders). Unless I feel (as if I'm the Doctor), that someone really needs fully caffienated coffee, I send them decaf, just as the others (not that it is noticed), but said, by me, and delivered to them, as 'caffienated'. This is one of the advantages of making it a cup at a time, for a particular person, as no one questions it.
As to the Keurig, if I understand correctly, you not only have to pay several hundreds of dollars for the machine, but even if you do buy one, now you will pay for coffee, in a tea bag, to the tune of $35 per pound, which, I am sorry, is highway robbery, if that is actually true.
If you want good coffee at a reasonable price, just use a drip cone filtered thing, with your favorite bean. If you want to get fancy, buy an Aeropress, which is all the rage amongst coffee snobs, as the better sort of French press, but who am I to say?
As to me, what I find ruins the best of, and the run of the mill both, is time, under heat, much as a percolater, and a Mr Coffee do.
When I'm on the road, even I can find a bit of coffee enjoyment, at a 7/11 or even a McD's, as the coffee never stays heated, at least of the morning.
So, in the UK, high school kids just go straight to their next class all sweaty and stinky without showering after gym class? That's gross!🥵
do they have an american gym class? run track, baseball, stuff like that?
@@miked4349 Does who?