Um there are a lot of people in the MLB that are not American... MLB is the top league for baseball, which is a sport played in the US, Japan (it's huge there), Canada, many Latin American and Caribbean countries, and I'm sure there are some other countries I'm forgetting. There are multiple players from those countries that participate in the MLB, and therefore, the World Series. The name stems more from historical reasons, like the comment above indicates.
@@iangreenway5580 I get what you're saying, and the only two countries that have teams in the MLB are the US and Canada. The World Series is viewed in multiple countries. My point was that many countries are represented through players. The name is really irrelevant though because it began from a magazine's name that sponsored it or something like that. It's really not that big of a deal. Your original comment just said the only people taking part are Americans, which isn't true at all.
Also it makes it easier for literally everyone. I cannot comprehend why all the US currency is almost identical, it must make is so difficult to find the right notes!
@D Anemon I'm from the most Western side of Europe, and the average of our wages is also quite low. And specially these kind of jobs have a low wage, so tips are welcomed for sure, unless somebody decides to give cents. That's insulting.
"you can buy condoms at 18" I literally shouted "what!" at the screen. Here, anyone can buy condoms. Sure a 10yo going in to buy a pack of Strawberry Flavored XL with studs, might raise a few eyebrows. But there is no law or rule stopping them from doing it.
Ditto! I was like 18 to buy condoms? So a lot of those under 18 are having sex unprotected cause they can't buy protection? No wonder teenage pregnancy is a big thing O.O
one thing that stands out to me is pledging allegiance to the flag. i was so confused when i found out people actually did that, if you did that here people would think you were some fanatic nationalist or something lmao
The metric system is taught when you're about 5-6 years old. It makes more sense and is easy. "It's too late" is a poor excuse in my opinion but everyone's different
I had to learn to convert to metrics in my 30s. It is possible! It takes a while, but it is easier than you would think. And metric temperatures seem low at first, but you soon figure it out!
@@phillipridgway8317 as someone from Malaysia that uses metric system i find it really irritating when my thermodynamics lecturer suddenly put a few questions in Fahrenheit. It's just wasted my time to convert it to celcius first instead of just adding 273 directly to the value of celcius to convert it to kelvin.
I had to adapt to two new currencies and an entirely new type of government in my lifetime while not having moved out of the country. It's possible to learn new things, even when older.
Actually, that's a common misconception. By the time the Pilgrims left Plymouth, the Religious Freedoms Act had already been passed. They didn't like religious freedom, because they believed they were right and everybody should follow their brand. One of the first things they did upon establishing themselves in America was to persecute and execute Quakers.
@@jenniedarling3710 I agree like if they did after a DNA test but if they just say it then it's annoying but to be honest all white Americans are European
"Im too old to change to the metric system"... and she is right...I mean, learning that 10 militimeters equal 1 centimeter and 10 of them 1 decimeter and 10 of them 1 meter............ and 1000 of them 1 kilometer, etc... is too hard for a adult to learn.
Just round up as your shop. The tag says "$4.28"? Then count it in your head as "$5.00" even. But then, we don't really use cash so it doesn't matter to us. Get on the plastic train people.
@@PongoXBongo what difference does it make to the price if it cash or card? The USA is the most backward and insecure banking system in the modern world. I can't even remember the last time I used cash but if I lost my card it would be useless to anyone without my cards electronic PIN number, which no one has. The USA has no such security.
@@stevegray1308 The point is that it doesn't make a difference. You don't need to worry about how much cash you're carrying if you just use debit or credit. So the exact price is irrelevant as long as you know you have enough in your account to cover it.
As a european one thing I find very weird about America is the fact that you have to buy water. Do you really not have clean water from the tap that you can drink?
As an American I find bottled water to be stupid and wasteful. We do have drinking fountains but many put their mouths on the spout because they sometimes don’t have great water pressure. I think that it would be better if we had ones for reusable water bottles scattered places. We have started to get them in schools since the pandemic hit but it’s not available enough places. Clean water is getting more scarce as time goes on and there needs to be a solution to that soon. I have heard about salt water straining but I’m not sure if it’s all that operational yet.
When I went to America I found that the tap water was disgusting, it genuinely didn't taste like actual water so I can 100% understand why they don't drink it lmao
@@Favourreacts The thing is, clean water does. In fact, it often tastes better. Problem is that the USA is still living like a third world country and doesn't have proper drinking water coming out of the taps.
@@TyrannosavageRekt Even in South Africa apart from some places where they have a warning not to drink tap water we can drink tap water and we are even more third world.
socialism isn’t bad, it’s just that america brainwashed people into thinking that anything remotely anti-capitalist was terrible during the cold war. and that mindset stuck.
It’s not America that brainwashes people it is Insurance Companies and Big Pharma who stand to lose huge profits when Governments( with taxpayers money) are the customer. They dictate the cheapest price on behalf of the people.
You could go rest. Many public bathrooms have furniture in the lady's in case you need to lay down. Also you might just want to wash your hands and nothing else. To just use toilet implies that I'm going to specifically use the toilet 🚽 when that may not be the case. Also the word toilet sounds so crass. I wouldn't mind using it amongst friends, but not on a date or at work. When you say toilet, you picture a toilet. I don't need my boss picturing me sitting on the toilet. It's just not a very polite word to use if you're not with people that you're close to, gross stuff comes to mind when using the word toilet.
@@daveaglasgow It's weirder to be so self-conscious about your ankles. Just go in and do your thing. You don't need floor to ceiling walls or little jingles to play to hide your natural noises.
The purpose on doing different coloured and shaped bills isn't jist for aesthetic, it's a useful way to quickly identify the amount of money ur paying. I'm half english half spanish, and in Spain we use euros. A 5 euro bill is the smallest, and it's green, ten euros is bigger and red. The same happens with 20, 50 and so on. It makes everything easier
@@Favourreacts exactly! the "fancy light show" in European bills is there so they're harder to counterfeit and in some cases, the size is used so that blind people can easily recognize the bills
Me too and I’m an American. An 18 year old had been able to fight in a war and take a life when they are not mentally developed yet and get ptsd but noo a margarita is too much.
@Mickey Finn I voted brexit and the way the EU as been acting with trying to block vaccines into other countries and fuck or fishing industry up. Shows you are an idiot to believe in that failing system how many countries have we had to bail out now because of this doomed experiment all remoaners are fools.
So a big part of the metric system and how it relates to Celsius, is that it all links up. 1 calorie is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 millilitre (or one cubic centimetre) of water by 1 degrees Celsius. It is also inherently easier to teach, as the units for measuring weight, volume, and distance are all on the same scale, and use the same terminology (mili, centi, deci, kilo, etc.). Also on a more personal level, I find the fact that you guys can have -10 as the weather and it still not be below freezing, just trips me out.
Same is true of the Imperial system, e.g. 1 gallon=10lb of water... Besides using base 10 is highly inconvenient as you can only divide 10 by 5 and 2. And -10 deg. is below freezing on just about any scale except Kelvin.
The only problem is that the metric system uses joules as a measure of energy, and kelvins for temperature. However, a change in temp of 1°C is also 1K so that's fine, celsius scale is just shifted for convenience as it's 0 for the melting point of water and 100 for the boiling point at normal pressure. A much better example of how connected the measurements are is that 1 ml of water at it's densest weighs 1 gram which is insanely convenient for measuring since you can weigh the water (or any mostly-water liquid such as milk or juice) and get a really accurate measure without having to bother with how much measuring cups/spoons can vary in volume. And obviously, what makes the metric system even more convenient is the prefix system which works for every measurement, other than time (sad)
You made some great points. What I find crazy is how can someone just walk into a school? Like just waltz in? In the UK most schools have gates. You'd need a card to get in or you have to go through the reception desk. When school starts the gate shuts. I could barely get into school when I was late, no way I'm waltzing in holding a gun 👀
Never mind gates my secondary school had doors that where locked once school had started. But that was because of a stabbing that happened and a young girl died because of it.
During the pandemic before lockdown my secondary school had the gates open like almost all the time because they didn’t want anyone to touch it and get infected so like I honestly didn’t know what the point was
If you think it's strange that cheer leading started with adult men, you'll be surprised to learn that both high heels and (modern) make-up were created initially for aristocratic men. Also about 100 years ago pink was masculine and blue was feminine.
actually, it's safer for children to start drinking at around 16. If they can only taste alcohol at 21, they go crazy and drink un healhty amount. If you can drink it in moderation (like here in europe) this won't happen.
Or when they are not legaly allowed to drink before 21, they will drink in secret. Kids in Europe start drinking before they are at the age to go to wild parties and learn how to not have to much while safely at home
@Mickey Finn yeah i'm half scottish and the scots have an interessting attitude towards alcohol. But the weather's so shit you need something to cheer you up
With respect, every country in the world has people who suffer from mental illness who are lost in the system or are neglected, the difference is europeans cant buy an AR15. I agree mental health has to be addressed but blaming mental health before blaming guns is like blaming a shark for biting after you jumped in its cage
yeah but it's very easy to get a gun even illegaly. Some European countries also don't have strict gun laws but still way fewer crimes... it's more about the American culture I believe...
@@freshlypainted the average person in Europe wouldn’t know where to get a gun. Gangsters and criminals can get them fairly easily but not Dave who’s had a shit day at the office and has reached breaking point. That’s the issue. Normal people snap everyday. Most normal people don’t have access to guns.
I feel sorry for Americans, I don’t want to pity people but I genuinely feel sorry for them. From my, a 11 year old British girl, point of view on American life style is just sad, I feel like most are intoxicated by ‘being great’ or having to prove their ‘greatness’ towards others, it kind of scares me as well. Why do Americans care so much about other peoples opinions on their country so much? I’m sorry if that sounds ignorant, but that’s a genuine question based on how I view the country personally. It’s strange to me how much America want to boast about things but when it comes to tragic events, they don’t take accountability? It’s confusing.
That’s a fair statement and as an American I have been pretty scared too. Also the “not taking accountability” is because we have had a narcissist for a President the past four years. Not that other political leaders had all the time before but it just got worse. Many would rally behind him because of how much it would ruin their career. It hasn’t been until now that people on his side spoke out and they have gotten death threats. Also thank you for your concern and you are right... politicians and Americans need to take more accountability. My generation is helping to make it happen. P.S I am an American that does not think our country is super great. It needs many improvements... it’s seems to have stopped in the 1950’s with our education system. Civil rights is getting better but also worse because of the divide so it makes people not interact with others outside of their political beliefs... at least that’s what I think. I’m interested to know what others think because I want to know that I’m not the only one seeing the issues that are taking place. Sometimes being on the inside makes you see things with different eyes. It’s our life and we have gotten used to it.
I see your point, but you have to admit that the British are also notorious for the same thing, I mean it's literally called "Great Britain" 😂 (I was just joking about this btw) A lot of British history is swept under the rug and not taught in schools when in my opinion it is very important to make sure that people are aware of what has happened in the past and the long-lasting effects of colonialism. For example, when I was in year 10 we were discussing the partition of India and the atrocities committed by the British and someone actually said to me we weren't taught about it so it definitely didn't happen. Also if you look at Brexit, it was based on nationalism and the idea that the UK is superior and better of without the EU and 'immigrants who come to steal jobs'. The US definitely has this sense of self-importance but so does the UK if that makes sense and many other countries for sure, I do think it is most obvious with the US though.
@@bhav2671 I’ve not read the whole thing but can I just say the phrase Great Britain refers to the size because when Northern Ireland joined Britain it became bigger therefore picking up the name Great Britain not that It’s actually great or anything just thought u should know
@@bhav2671 also I actually did learn about colonisation in history so yk, and I can confirm most people in Britain don’t actually like Britain, in fact most of our jokes consist of mocking ourselves 🥴😂
@@maddybell6150 Geographically, Great Britain is the largest island in the British Isles, comprising the mainland of England, Scotland & Wales, but, excluding offshore islands (Isle of Wight, Anglesey, The Shetlands etc). Politically, Great Britain is the main island plus the offshore islands - nothing to do with N Ireland, hence the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
I think it would be more logical to switch it around, drinking at 18 but not having a license until 21. It's weird that you can drive a literal death machine at 16 but you can't have a beer until 21.
The mad thing is, is that in the uk at the age of 5 you can have “sips” of alcohol and I’m not sure what age but before ur 18 you can drink under your parents supervision/permission. 18 is just when you can freely drink
It is not illegal to have your children drinking alcohol indoors from a young age. We found this helps because by the time they are 18 n legally drinking wiv mates in pubs, they are not such an embarrassment as they can handle it much better and not such a novelty because they have been drinking
@@eilidhdavidson2877 the law is they r able 2 drink at home from a young age. When I say mine drank, it was special occasions n started of very weak shandy or very little wine wiv lots of lemonade. It doesn't mean I opened a can n put it in front of them. Its limited n its built up wiv age. My kids r now 28 & 29. They have never caused a scene being under the influence. They have never had underage 'drinking parties' in secret because it never got 2 the point of rebelling teenage drinking. If u call that bad parenting, its u that has the problem. I have proof from my kids, I did right. Hope urs r as sensible when 16+
@@dilligaf73 And I can agree with this from the kids standpoint, as my parents are doing the same thing. I’m 16 now and have no desire to get drunk whatsoever, I just can’t see the point in it. So if that’s bad parenting I want to know what good parenting is- not letting your kid drink, only to let them get drunk into a stupor at 18 (when they probably have a licence) and inevitably cause some sort of scene or accident. No thanks.
"If it's not broken don't fix it" But it is broken when compared to the metric system ! Every single conversion in the metric system makes sense. 32 to 212 ? wtf? 0 (freezing) to 100 (boiling) makes so munch sense. You can even see it as percentages without calculating. Ask anyone, even those who don't know about the system. How hot from 0 (freezing) to 100 (boiling) is it ? It's just so freaking intuitive . Not to mention the rest of the inherent beauty of the metric system. 1000g are 1kg. 1kg of water is 1 liter (volume) wich is 1000 cubic centimeters, or 1 cubic decimeter. Which means 1g of water = 1cm^3 1 Meter is 100 centimeters wich means 1m/100. If we take 1m^2 and it rains enough to cover this 1m^2 with 1 Millimeter (1m/1000) of water (hight) it's equal to the volume of 1 Liter. It's just beatiful in all it's aspects and ratios, omg it's awesome. Also thats why the scientific community around the globe uses the metric system. Because it's awesome xD And yes the american scientists also use the metric system because they know what's good ^^
What baffles me most in fact is that they call themselves the land of freedom, and freedom of speech. But still it is one of the most censored countries in the world. A lot of European artists need to bring out a special "clean" US version of their songs
"How is having a gun is a God given right but healthcare isn't?" So succinctly and beautifully put Favour! As to drinking, most parents in Europe teach their children to drink responsibly from a young age, that doesn't stop some making stupid mistakes in their teen years. The UK started to go metric in the 60's I was studying engineering at the time and became very used to working with both systems. I must say that the metric system is far easier to work with, 1 litre of water takes up 1 litre of volume (1000 cc) and weighs exactly 1 kilo. As to school shootings, we had one in the UK at Dunblane in Scotland. The perp was a hunter and legal gun owner who had become mentally ill. The system failed in that as soon as his GP realised he was mentally ill he should have notified the police to confiscate his guns, there was no such system in place so the knee jerk reaction was to make the ownership of firearms much more difficult. As many Americans say, that has not prevented criminals from getting and using firearms, though it has been reduced to to very small numbers. The high cost of healthcare in the US is possibly one of the reasons you have so many shootings, because the mentally ill dont get treatment there as it is so costly.
But, really, why isn't drinking alcohol a god given right, or any drugs made from natural elements. The problem is, Americans think they are free, free to do anything, so long as there isn't a law against it, and if there is, well they are still free. Hold on, that sounds like pretty much every country in the world lol.
yeah, we use mph as speed limits, pints for some drinks like beer, but on all packages for food, drink, we use millilitres, litres, grams, kilograms etc. and we use measurements like metres, cm, mm. We use stone and Lb for weighting ourselves, but metric for everything else... weird we use a mix, makes no sense lol
@@josephon23 I use metric (ml l g mm m) if it is convenient to do so. On the other hand, I use imperial (fl oz pint oz lb inch foot yard furlong mile acre) when convenient. I have even used chains sometimes (a chain is the length of a cricket pitch between wickets; the strip that contains them is 10 feet wide, incidentally. None of this metric nonsense in this great sport).
yeah it's weird that school shootings are a thing, the only time I can think of a school shooting in the UK was in Dunblane in 1996, since then pretty much all legally owned guns were banned, and now you can't just easily walk into schools unless your a pupil or member of staff, even Australia which often does a lot of stuff differently, has a lot more stricter gun laws after what happened in Port Arthur. I agree about the whole thing about how it's weird that to America it's a god given right to be able to own a gun but not to have free health care, I hear that so many people get financially crippled because of their health, because you cannot predict when your health fails, I heard a story from of one my American friends that if you have cancer and you're poor you're basically f***ed. also is there really an age restriction for condoms in America?, In the UK you're able to get condoms at any age but I think if your under 13 you could get questioned but you cannot be physically stopped from getting condoms as there is no law restrictions for condoms in the UK.
Yeah I also find it weird that there is an age restriction on condoms. It is just banning people from safe sex basically, then therefore more teen pregnancies.
"How do you want me to completely relearn everything. I feel like it's too late." That is not true. It is never too late to learn new things. It just gets a bit more difficult. I was taught the Imperial system in school in the UK but learnt metric later and now use whichever is appropriate. You should never assume that it is too late to learn something.
@Rita Roork Most Americans lose their virginity at 18. So, wouldn't it be smart to sell them condoms? Also, why is sex immoral? And what does any of this have to do with Christianity?
As a Brit, the main thing that confused me when visiting the states, is the importance and culture of tipping you have over there lmao- here in UK the stated price includes VAT etc- so buying a product/ service with the expectation of throwing extra money after every purchase seemed strange
I'm not from the US, so I don't know for sure if this is true or not but I heard that restaurants get away with paying their waiters less than minimum wage because of the tipping culture. I was so shocked.
Different colors and sizes and textures on money (be it coin or paper) is a matter of inclusion, ppl with any kind of vision problem, be it datonism or even blindness have an easier time to tell money apart
I find it odd that you have to write what race you are when you’re looking for a job.. even at the airport when entering another country you have to write what race you are. It makes my blood boil and I want to cry for those that get discriminated because of their race. We are so much more than just our race, me being asian has nothing to do with any damn country.
Yes, TV commercials in the US. I remember when I was last in the US on holiday. I was watching some TV and it seemed like there were commercials every 5-10 minutes. And found that it it really disrupted what I was watching. Here in the UK, you'll only get 3 commercial breaks in an hour long TV show.
I'm in Australia and in the 1970's we converted from imperial to metric measurement. the whole country did that. I was teaching and nearly 30. It took a bit of effort, but in a year almost everyone in Oz (including my grandparents) were conversant with Metrics. It wasn't that hard!
Brits walk the line on metric vs Imperial, when you ask someone what their baby weighs they will tell you in pounds, and asks generally know their weight in stone and pounds. If you ask how far to the next town you will be told in miles not kilometers. The signs are in miles too. But most of the youngest generation would measure a room in metres/cm/mm while why mum would do this in inches and yards. Our milk is now in litres although older generation tend to still call them pibts even though they are not exactly 1 /2 pints. Our flour / sugar other ingredients are generally measured in grams and kg. Litres and ml. Temp def makes more sense in degrees C. That below zero is freezing.
Socialism in „American“ terms is equal to communism (due to the cold war), but socialism is actually in the middle of both ideologies. Europe has almost only social democracies which is closer to capitalism than communism so its between a capitalist country (e.g. USA) and a socialist country (e.g. Venezuela)
Le communisme et le socialisme sont la même chose. Les deux ont pour but d’atteindre l’égalité entre tous les hommes. Ce qui change, c’est que pour parvenir à ce but, le communisme veut une révolution du peuple car les riches ne voudront jamais partager leur richesses. Alors que le socialisme veut atteindre ce but en faisant des réformes (en créant des lois) et donc en restant démocratiques.
The fact that u have more gun murders in the US is simply because of them being legal (BTW, luv ur channel, and totally agree with ur way of thinking and ur musical tastes)
You said it would be a big deal to change to metric, but it will take u about 10 minutes to figure it out 100 cm is 1 m 1000 m is 1 km 0° is freezing point 100° is boiling It makes wayyy more sense then imperial
I have heard one good argument for Fahrenheit before, that the 0 and 100 ends of the scale are more useful for human sense of weather: 0=“really cold”, and 100=“really hot”. In that sense it is intuitive.
Just to get you on the right foot the n.h.s is classed and called a UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE PLAN, not a socialist healthcare PLAN,that's a very common idea🙂
Federal Referendum would be the only soloution to show regardless of parties there are issues that cross party lines. Seperate from your normal election. Have a public vote on 1. Guns, 2. Free Healthcare 3. Reforming Mental Healthcare provision etc...
Another thing that blows my mind is anyone is just allowed to walk into a school (I think ) like over here you have to go to the secretary’s office which is at the front of the school and then wait there to collect your kid like no one is allowed to go into the school
Weird America: jaywalking. : can get arrested for having your car parked facing in the "wrong" direction. : civilians allowed to Open carry ,wearing full military combat gear. I was astonished watching the 2020 riots to see what looked like gangs of paramilitary on the streets. :Most States do not have a minimum age for getting married.
In the UK the healthcare isn't free - it's paid for in taxes, but is provided free at the point of need. It's not a mark of socialism (we're a capitalist country), but the mark of a responsible government. :)
Everything is sixteen years in Britain. You can drink in a public place, like a pub, at sixteen, as long as someone over the age of eighteen buys it for you. At eighteen you can buy it yourself. The legal age of concent is sixteen, so that's when condoms become available. Also, I haven't seen any development issues with drinking at a younger age, except for having a higher tolerance. I've gone drinking with some friends from America, and they can't hold it.
The UK isn't fully metric, it's all a bit of a mix! I know my parents grew up with inches, feet, yards etc, but I (I am 27) was taught in school with the metric system. However everyone seems to work with both metric and imperial, as we talk about heights in feet generally and distance is all in miles in the UK
If you look down into your wallet, you can easily tell which notes you need to get based on what they look like. In America you have to take them all out to look at the number. It is soooo much easier. In the UK we are starting to transition to plastic notes, which are waterproof and pretty impossible to tear. Much better then paper
"No need to be so fancy"... well, the blind quite enjoy being able to tell bills apart thanks to size and grain. And Colours are quite practical when old bills start to fade and numbers become unreadable.
I'm not visually impaired but the mere knowledge that a larger bill means the value is greater literally makes it so easy. Inclusivity in such simple ways is amazing.
They have the right but the price of that ambulance would make many people think twice. Been in the US 4 years from Ireland and hope I never need emergency medical treatment. Medical debt is not a thing in other developed countries
... I mean, considering nobody from American other than Native Americans originated there, it's not hard to figure out why, historically, this has been such a big thing lol.
It is not just the UK that has free health and medical care. All Western European countries have free or very cheap healthcare. It is NOT socialism but decent living conditions in developed welfare states.
My parents started me on watered down wine with my meal when I was 5, as in France. I means I didn’t grow up with alcohol as an exciting taboo. No condoms till 18? Ridiculous! What about unwanted child pregnancy?
As a European it's weird that they live in 'the land of the free' and being scared seeing a police officer. Even weird is being arrested for drinking a beer on the streets or smoking a joint sitting on park bench.
America could do something about the school shootings, here in England Every school has a gate around it, yeah we did feel like we was in prison lol but looking back at it no one could get in or out without being acknowledged
Usually school shootings are perpetrated by people who are supposed to be there though, not outsiders. A gate isn't going to do anything when the killer is a student there.
Celsius for Americans: -273°C= absolute freezing point -1°C= water freezes 0°C = Water almost freezes, but no. (Freezing point) 18°C - 21°C= Average household temperature (depends who's household is it) 20°C = Nice warmy weather 25°C = Nice and warm weather. 30°C - 35°C = Very hot weather. 37°C= Average human body temperature. 60°C Chicken meat starts to cook, but slowly. 80°C - 110°C= Average temperature of a finnish sauna. 100°C= Water boils. 1,538°C= Iron melting point.
As someone who lives in Northern Ireland Flags are very common within both Irish and British communities when there's events such as the 12th July streets are covered in them. Same with police officers and guns in N.I you'll always see police patrolling with Assault rifles while most Police stations are built like military bases a leftover from the troubles. Everything else he mentioned at the start like Blocks are very strange to most Europeans as our cities just expanded over time leading to a more unique road system and layout of buildings. The money thing is something i really noticed in the UK and most European nations money (plastic money) tends to have a mix of sizes along with colours. the coins I adore in the UK and most of Europe you'll find some great looking coins.
Here in the UK, before Covid, we were so divided due to Brexit. But I am still amazed at how everyone in the UK pulled together and united once Covid hit our country. NHS workers and carers are the most respected at the moment. We all know how much they are giving, and risking their own lives, to help keep us alive. Today, we saw on the news how one elderly lady who was so ill with Covid that she wanted to give up, thanked the nurses that would not give up on her and nursed her back to life. She wrote a poem about them, in which she referred to them as ‘Angels with tired eyes’. I hope so much that the USA can find a way to unite again.
You should react to ChrisMD £10 Takeaway vs £1000 Takeaway (It also includes Harry from the Sidemen and Stephen who has appeared in some Sidemen videos)
Uk is such a imperial metric mess, on one hand we use miles, tons, feet, ounces and on the other we ALSO use km, kg, mm, cm, g and litres wre a little wonky lol
....... they should have changed it when I was young .... ? Do you not think this was the same for everyone else .... pick a date and introduce it. People will adapt. In the UK about half the population still use feet and inches, we still all use miles per hour .... it is a generation thing mostly and takes a long long time for complete change. Because you are such a young country, it seems like the American attitude is still like a teenager stamping their feet shouting I want it and I want it now ! Not mature enough to have a viewpoint that looks outside of it's own borders and see a bigger picture, able to consider other ideas. You don't seem to get the ' understanding of what's best for the country but maintains that selfish ' I Want, I Want ' and no one is gonna make me. But don't get me started on the silly flags everywhere and the hand on chest swearing allegiance stuff. Oh maybe you'd forgotten since the last time and need to be reminded where you are. Just looks like a huge national issue of insecurity to me, just like the ..... and God bless America at the drop of a hat and ... blah blah blah is the best in the world nonsense spouted out at any possible opportunity.
As an American I agree with everything that you said. We do use metric and there are cons to introducing it but I agree with the fact that people can adapt. It would take sometime to introduce things and rebuild infrastructure. There is some immaturity in the US. My generation is doing better but we are still far from perfect.
@@wittyblonde6728 Nice one - from England I can see so much potential for the US but still so so much said and done with not a lot of common sense. Hope you guys can recover from your ' us and them ' divisive attitudes on almost every subject ..... approach equality together ( or else it won't work ) stop the blame ' tit for tat ' politics cos when you do and this woke nonsense has faded away you will really forge ahead ...... Closest ally , I look forward to it. x .
@@paulc2689 Yeah America really does need to come together now more than ever. It’s hard because the main barrier that gets in the way of meaningful conversation is people wanting to remain morally virtuous by not associating with people that have different political beliefs. Many need to work on emotions not getting in the way regardless of the subject matter. Emotions such as anger, panic, or any other string emotion in general shuts off the logical parts of the brain. This reaction is why we saw what we did on January 6th. The pandemic has been such a major crisis that it paved the way for more conspiracies to surface. Big disasters seem to always need a big explanation I guess. You seem pretty kind and thank you :) we need as many allies as we can get.
the thing is that metric is much easier than american system. its so much more logical and its even numbers in literally everything. 10 cm is 1 dm. 10 dm is 1 meter. 1000 meters is a kilometre. 10 kilometres is 1 mile. very simple
It's technically correct- it comes from standardising and differentiating between Association Football and Rugby Football in 1863. Then Association got shortened to soccer by the British and remained that way (in the US) due to American Football being more popular than association football. The UK went back to almost exclusively using the term football in the 80s and Rugby Football became just Rugby 🏉 Generally in places with more than one type of football, association football is called soccer (eg Australia and Ireland)
Trust like football(soccer) you play with a ball with your foot n American football u play with your hands makes no sense American football should be called soccer or something.
When I went to America all the notes looking exactly the same really confused me, it's quicker/easier when the smaller notes are the cheapest and the bigger notes are the higher value
You see, I have no idea what you're talking about when you say "notes". My definition of notes is clearly different than yours. I'm going to go on a ledge here and say that you're talking about money.
Sports..... in America you have the “World Series” for baseball. But how can it be a World Series if the only people taking part are Americans???
Ian Greenway The tournament was inaugurated by a magazine called “The World”.
Um there are a lot of people in the MLB that are not American... MLB is the top league for baseball, which is a sport played in the US, Japan (it's huge there), Canada, many Latin American and Caribbean countries, and I'm sure there are some other countries I'm forgetting. There are multiple players from those countries that participate in the MLB, and therefore, the World Series. The name stems more from historical reasons, like the comment above indicates.
@@emobx02 and how many of these countries take part in the World Series???
@@iangreenway5580 I get what you're saying, and the only two countries that have teams in the MLB are the US and Canada. The World Series is viewed in multiple countries. My point was that many countries are represented through players. The name is really irrelevant though because it began from a magazine's name that sponsored it or something like that. It's really not that big of a deal. Your original comment just said the only people taking part are Americans, which isn't true at all.
Canada won The World series in 1992-93
Different sizes and different colours make it easier for blind or partialy sighted people to identify quickly.
Euro notes have the amount in Braile as well.
Americans don’t think about other people. Just “me now”
Also with the hologram strips on the paper money it’s harder to counterfeit it
Also it makes it easier for literally everyone. I cannot comprehend why all the US currency is almost identical, it must make is so difficult to find the right notes!
@@petervaughan9111 they want their citizens to be stupid
We don't tip as much in Europe because minimum wage is much higher
Most countries won't accept tips, like the French will laugh at it
@@jacklovejoy5290 Asian countries is a sign of disrespect to their honer or something like that
I live in a European country and our minimum wage is really low, so those standards are not applied to entire Europe.
yeah in some eastern european countries minimum wage is around 500 euros with 20% taxes so 400 euros for a month
@D Anemon I'm from the most Western side of Europe, and the average of our wages is also quite low. And specially these kind of jobs have a low wage, so tips are welcomed for sure, unless somebody decides to give cents. That's insulting.
"you can buy condoms at 18" I literally shouted "what!" at the screen. Here, anyone can buy condoms. Sure a 10yo going in to buy a pack of Strawberry Flavored XL with studs, might raise a few eyebrows. But there is no law or rule stopping them from doing it.
They’re handed out for free in most hospitals in Northern Europe. (Might be the same in the rest of Europe but I don’t know🙈)
@@lizzy3332 yes it is :)
Ditto! I was like 18 to buy condoms? So a lot of those under 18 are having sex unprotected cause they can't buy protection? No wonder teenage pregnancy is a big thing O.O
Yes! That is so weird!
and now you know why the US have so many more teen pregnancies ;)
Wait there's an age requirement for condoms?!?
Omg we were given them at 13 by the school nurse 😂
@@demi6434 👁👄👁
@@Favourreacts tbf we have a pretty low teen pregnancy rating so it works 😂
This was the thing that stood out for me. So weird and makes no sense.
@@demi6434 Yes and i bought some at the age of 12 (first girlfriend) 😅
one thing that stands out to me is pledging allegiance to the flag. i was so confused when i found out people actually did that, if you did that here people would think you were some fanatic nationalist or something lmao
pls it reminds me of a cult
True!! Never realized it was weird until I started doing these reactions 😅
it comes across as something they would do in some weird cult community.
The only other country that did that was nazi Germany
We don't do that anymore
The metric system is taught when you're about 5-6 years old. It makes more sense and is easy. "It's too late" is a poor excuse in my opinion but everyone's different
I had to learn to convert to metrics in my 30s. It is possible! It takes a while, but it is easier than you would think. And metric temperatures seem low at first, but you soon figure it out!
It's always too late for somebody.
@@phillipridgway8317 as someone from Malaysia that uses metric system i find it really irritating when my thermodynamics lecturer suddenly put a few questions in Fahrenheit. It's just wasted my time to convert it to celcius first instead of just adding 273 directly to the value of celcius to convert it to kelvin.
I had to adapt to two new currencies and an entirely new type of government in my lifetime while not having moved out of the country. It's possible to learn new things, even when older.
I also learn about how much liter is in a galon, feet tall in centimeters and how far is a mile in kilometer. We are learning new things everyday...
I find it odd why Americans define themselves firstly by their race and religion.
That goes deep into the founding of our country tbh
Exactly, the pilgrims were God bothers. That's why we drove them out.
Actually, that's a common misconception. By the time the Pilgrims left Plymouth, the Religious Freedoms Act had already been passed. They didn't like religious freedom, because they believed they were right and everybody should follow their brand. One of the first things they did upon establishing themselves in America was to persecute and execute Quakers.
Puritans.
@@jenniedarling3710 I agree like if they did after a DNA test but if they just say it then it's annoying but to be honest all white Americans are European
"Im too old to change to the metric system"... and she is right...I mean, learning that 10 militimeters equal 1 centimeter and 10 of them 1 decimeter and 10 of them 1 meter............ and 1000 of them 1 kilometer, etc... is too hard for a adult to learn.
the math is easy but the problem with adopting the new system isnt the math.
@@scottythedawg She said Im too old to learn a new system, she didnt say to implementing it. ;)
@@kikebautista2110 and the maths still isnt the barrier,
Yes, it's easy: 1km ~ 5furlongs, yes?
1 mile = 1.6 km
“The Queen on your dollar” we don’t have dollars, we have pounds in the UK.
The american ignorance use the word dollar like the word currency, because they are not knowing any other currenncy than theirs.
@@swissarmyknife7670 think is usd is only the tenth most valuable or highest currency🤣🤣🤣
We have euro. But nevemind...
@@glx333 yeah we had the sense to go nowhere near the Euro! 🤣
@@swissarmyknife7670 North Korea and USA don´t differ so much :D "Inside-a-bubble-countries"
The oddest thing is going into a shop in the USA and the price tag not being the price. Tax is added later.
It would stress me tf out
Just round up as your shop. The tag says "$4.28"? Then count it in your head as "$5.00" even. But then, we don't really use cash so it doesn't matter to us. Get on the plastic train people.
@@PongoXBongo what difference does it make to the price if it cash or card? The USA is the most backward and insecure banking system in the modern world. I can't even remember the last time I used cash but if I lost my card it would be useless to anyone without my cards electronic PIN number, which no one has. The USA has no such security.
@@stevegray1308 The point is that it doesn't make a difference. You don't need to worry about how much cash you're carrying if you just use debit or credit. So the exact price is irrelevant as long as you know you have enough in your account to cover it.
@@PongoXBongo I am not sure about you but I like to know what I am spending BEFORE I spend it. Doing anything other than that is definitely odd.
As a european one thing I find very weird about America is the fact that you have to buy water. Do you really not have clean water from the tap that you can drink?
No, I was always taught not to drink the tap water... Plus it doesn't taste as good as bottled
As an American I find bottled water to be stupid and wasteful. We do have drinking fountains but many put their mouths on the spout because they sometimes don’t have great water pressure. I think that it would be better if we had ones for reusable water bottles scattered places. We have started to get them in schools since the pandemic hit but it’s not available enough places. Clean water is getting more scarce as time goes on and there needs to be a solution to that soon. I have heard about salt water straining but I’m not sure if it’s all that operational yet.
When I went to America I found that the tap water was disgusting, it genuinely didn't taste like actual water so I can 100% understand why they don't drink it lmao
@@Favourreacts The thing is, clean water does. In fact, it often tastes better. Problem is that the USA is still living like a third world country and doesn't have proper drinking water coming out of the taps.
@@TyrannosavageRekt Even in South Africa apart from some places where they have a warning not to drink tap water we can drink tap water and we are even more third world.
socialism isn’t bad, it’s just that america brainwashed people into thinking that anything remotely anti-capitalist was terrible during the cold war. and that mindset stuck.
Was about to say this 👏🏻
Democratic socialism is on the increase in America.
It’s not America that brainwashes people it is Insurance Companies and Big Pharma who stand to lose huge profits when Governments( with taxpayers money) are the customer. They dictate the cheapest price on behalf of the people.
Socialism inst bad?, go live in Venezuela then.
@@pudelio_7447 it's capitalism that's the evil, anti democratic, corrupt.
I find it strange that Americans avoid saying toilet when in Europe the direction says that. I go to use the toilet, not have a rest or a bath.
They also have huge gaps between the door and frame for some reason, so you can clearly see in.
You could go rest. Many public bathrooms have furniture in the lady's in case you need to lay down. Also you might just want to wash your hands and nothing else. To just use toilet implies that I'm going to specifically use the toilet 🚽 when that may not be the case. Also the word toilet sounds so crass. I wouldn't mind using it amongst friends, but not on a date or at work. When you say toilet, you picture a toilet. I don't need my boss picturing me sitting on the toilet. It's just not a very polite word to use if you're not with people that you're close to, gross stuff comes to mind when using the word toilet.
@@Kay2be2mr That just sounds so silly
@@daveaglasgow It's weirder to be so self-conscious about your ankles. Just go in and do your thing. You don't need floor to ceiling walls or little jingles to play to hide your natural noises.
@@Asa...S Even then, so what? Who's looking? The solution is not a sealed box, it's getting comfortable with your own body.
The “fancy light show” on European money is to make it harder to counterfeit.
It does amaze me that the richest country in the world doesn’t supply its own people with free healthcare as a basic human right!!?? 🤔🤔🤔
they are the 10th richest country in the world.
@@anastasia.00 Let me rephrase, the country with the biggest economy then.
@@iangreenway5580 yep, also the country with the biggest dept lmao
Thats too "communist" and "evil" for America. It apparently is going to take away their right of free speech and theirs guns.
Rich stay rich by keeping their money, not sharing it. Government takes after those assholes.
The purpose on doing different coloured and shaped bills isn't jist for aesthetic, it's a useful way to quickly identify the amount of money ur paying. I'm half english half spanish, and in Spain we use euros. A 5 euro bill is the smallest, and it's green, ten euros is bigger and red. The same happens with 20, 50 and so on. It makes everything easier
Yeah that does make sense!! Also, probably harder to counterfeit
@@Favourreacts exactly! the "fancy light show" in European bills is there so they're harder to counterfeit and in some cases, the size is used so that blind people can easily recognize the bills
@@samroberts5577 Yes and it was recently done with Euros, after almost 20 years of the introduction
@@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele and again soon (the swedish kronor changed not long ago as well)
I find it strange u can't buy a beer but u can drive and buy a gun
Me too and I’m an American. An 18 year old had been able to fight in a war and take a life when they are not mentally developed yet and get ptsd but noo a margarita is too much.
@Mickey Finn Woah, no need to insult him like that. I think we can all agree: alcohol > guns
@Mickey Finn so you think alcohol is more dangerous than a gun?
@Mickey Finn you shouldn’t have a gun or a car at 16 anyway tf. And you shouldn’t have Guns legally anyways. That is fucked
@Mickey Finn I voted brexit and the way the EU as been acting with trying to block vaccines into other countries and fuck or fishing industry up. Shows you are an idiot to believe in that failing system how many countries have we had to bail out now because of this doomed experiment all remoaners are fools.
Notes in UK and other country's are different sizes so blind people can tell the notes apart.
In Australia they have Braille for blind people too. Plus really good anti-fraudulent features, and they're recyclable/ecofriendly.
@@Saucemachine99 Yeah - there is braille on the modern UK pound notes as well now.
Yeah as a taxi driver, I have many blind passengers, and they always know exactly which note is which. Makes it nice and easy for them.
South africa as well, our notes are different sizes
@Mickey Finn The colours helps people who are partially sighted, and IS what the video is talking about!🤦♂
So a big part of the metric system and how it relates to Celsius, is that it all links up. 1 calorie is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 millilitre (or one cubic centimetre) of water by 1 degrees Celsius. It is also inherently easier to teach, as the units for measuring weight, volume, and distance are all on the same scale, and use the same terminology (mili, centi, deci, kilo, etc.). Also on a more personal level, I find the fact that you guys can have -10 as the weather and it still not be below freezing, just trips me out.
Same is true of the Imperial system, e.g. 1 gallon=10lb of water... Besides using base 10 is highly inconvenient as you can only divide 10 by 5 and 2. And -10 deg. is below freezing on just about any scale except Kelvin.
The only problem is that the metric system uses joules as a measure of energy, and kelvins for temperature.
However, a change in temp of 1°C is also 1K so that's fine, celsius scale is just shifted for convenience as it's 0 for the melting point of water and 100 for the boiling point at normal pressure.
A much better example of how connected the measurements are is that 1 ml of water at it's densest weighs 1 gram which is insanely convenient for measuring since you can weigh the water (or any mostly-water liquid such as milk or juice) and get a really accurate measure without having to bother with how much measuring cups/spoons can vary in volume.
And obviously, what makes the metric system even more convenient is the prefix system which works for every measurement, other than time (sad)
Yes! America should just change it. Of Europe could make a big change to go to the Euro in 2001, then america can make a.small one to metric!
You made some great points. What I find crazy is how can someone just walk into a school? Like just waltz in? In the UK most schools have gates. You'd need a card to get in or you have to go through the reception desk. When school starts the gate shuts. I could barely get into school when I was late, no way I'm waltzing in holding a gun 👀
Lmao too true, you arrive late at school and it’s like “is it even worth embarrassing myself asking how to get in”
Most school shootings are students shooting other students or staff. Remember in America you can get a gun before you are allowed to drive.
In my old high school I needed an ID card to get in and I live in America so maybe some schools are learning?
Never mind gates my secondary school had doors that where locked once school had started. But that was because of a stabbing that happened and a young girl died because of it.
During the pandemic before lockdown my secondary school had the gates open like almost all the time because they didn’t want anyone to touch it and get infected so like I honestly didn’t know what the point was
If you think it's strange that cheer leading started with adult men, you'll be surprised to learn that both high heels and (modern) make-up were created initially for aristocratic men. Also about 100 years ago pink was masculine and blue was feminine.
Lace garments too.
High heels were made for military and messenger riders
actually, it's safer for children to start drinking at around 16. If they can only taste alcohol at 21, they go crazy and drink un healhty amount. If you can drink it in moderation (like here in europe) this won't happen.
Or when they are not legaly allowed to drink before 21, they will drink in secret. Kids in Europe start drinking before they are at the age to go to wild parties and learn how to not have to much while safely at home
@@nadiar.4638 periodt
@Mickey Finn yeah i'm half scottish and the scots have an interessting attitude towards alcohol. But the weather's so shit you need something to cheer you up
This is so true. I used to get drunk crazy hard at 16-17 years old. Now that I'm 21 a glass of red wine is enough ahahaha
Europeans don’t drink in moderation 😂
We drink way more than Americans on average.
And that’s not a good thing but that is a fact.
With respect, every country in the world has people who suffer from mental illness who are lost in the system or are neglected, the difference is europeans cant buy an AR15.
I agree mental health has to be addressed but blaming mental health before blaming guns is like blaming a shark for biting after you jumped in its cage
yeah but it's very easy to get a gun even illegaly. Some European countries also don't have strict gun laws but still way fewer crimes... it's more about the American culture I believe...
@@freshlypainted the average person in Europe wouldn’t know where to get a gun. Gangsters and criminals can get them fairly easily but not Dave who’s had a shit day at the office and has reached breaking point. That’s the issue. Normal people snap everyday. Most normal people don’t have access to guns.
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I feel sorry for Americans, I don’t want to pity people but I genuinely feel sorry for them. From my, a 11 year old British girl, point of view on American life style is just sad, I feel like most are intoxicated by ‘being great’ or having to prove their ‘greatness’ towards others, it kind of scares me as well. Why do Americans care so much about other peoples opinions on their country so much? I’m sorry if that sounds ignorant, but that’s a genuine question based on how I view the country personally. It’s strange to me how much America want to boast about things but when it comes to tragic events, they don’t take accountability? It’s confusing.
That’s a fair statement and as an American I have been pretty scared too. Also the “not taking accountability” is because we have had a narcissist for a President the past four years. Not that other political leaders had all the time before but it just got worse. Many would rally behind him because of how much it would ruin their career. It hasn’t been until now that people on his side spoke out and they have gotten death threats. Also thank you for your concern and you are right... politicians and Americans need to take more accountability. My generation is helping to make it happen.
P.S I am an American that does not think our country is super great. It needs many improvements... it’s seems to have stopped in the 1950’s with our education system. Civil rights is getting better but also worse because of the divide so it makes people not interact with others outside of their political beliefs... at least that’s what I think. I’m interested to know what others think because I want to know that I’m not the only one seeing the issues that are taking place. Sometimes being on the inside makes you see things with different eyes. It’s our life and we have gotten used to it.
I see your point, but you have to admit that the British are also notorious for the same thing, I mean it's literally called "Great Britain" 😂 (I was just joking about this btw) A lot of British history is swept under the rug and not taught in schools when in my opinion it is very important to make sure that people are aware of what has happened in the past and the long-lasting effects of colonialism. For example, when I was in year 10 we were discussing the partition of India and the atrocities committed by the British and someone actually said to me we weren't taught about it so it definitely didn't happen.
Also if you look at Brexit, it was based on nationalism and the idea that the UK is superior and better of without the EU and 'immigrants who come to steal jobs'.
The US definitely has this sense of self-importance but so does the UK if that makes sense and many other countries for sure, I do think it is most obvious with the US though.
@@bhav2671 I’ve not read the whole thing but can I just say the phrase Great Britain refers to the size because when Northern Ireland joined Britain it became bigger therefore picking up the name Great Britain not that It’s actually great or anything just thought u should know
@@bhav2671 also I actually did learn about colonisation in history so yk, and I can confirm most people in Britain don’t actually like Britain, in fact most of our jokes consist of mocking ourselves 🥴😂
@@maddybell6150 Geographically, Great Britain is the largest island in the British Isles, comprising the mainland of England, Scotland & Wales, but, excluding offshore islands (Isle of Wight, Anglesey, The Shetlands etc). Politically, Great Britain is the main island plus the offshore islands - nothing to do with N Ireland, hence the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
I think it would be more logical to switch it around, drinking at 18 but not having a license until 21. It's weird that you can drive a literal death machine at 16 but you can't have a beer until 21.
The mad thing is, is that in the uk at the age of 5 you can have “sips” of alcohol and I’m not sure what age but before ur 18 you can drink under your parents supervision/permission. 18 is just when you can freely drink
16 with food
It is not illegal to have your children drinking alcohol indoors from a young age. We found this helps because by the time they are 18 n legally drinking wiv mates in pubs, they are not such an embarrassment as they can handle it much better and not such a novelty because they have been drinking
@@dilligaf73 yeah it teaches them to respect alcohol and to not start chugging every beer they see because it was restricted before
@@eilidhdavidson2877 the law is they r able 2 drink at home from a young age. When I say mine drank, it was special occasions n started of very weak shandy or very little wine wiv lots of lemonade. It doesn't mean I opened a can n put it in front of them. Its limited n its built up wiv age.
My kids r now 28 & 29. They have never caused a scene being under the influence. They have never had underage 'drinking parties' in secret because it never got 2 the point of rebelling teenage drinking. If u call that bad parenting, its u that has the problem. I have proof from my kids, I did right. Hope urs r as sensible when 16+
@@dilligaf73 And I can agree with this from the kids standpoint, as my parents are doing the same thing. I’m 16 now and have no desire to get drunk whatsoever, I just can’t see the point in it. So if that’s bad parenting I want to know what good parenting is- not letting your kid drink, only to let them get drunk into a stupor at 18 (when they probably have a licence) and inevitably cause some sort of scene or accident. No thanks.
"If it's not broken don't fix it"
But it is broken when compared to the metric system ! Every single conversion in the metric system makes sense. 32 to 212 ? wtf? 0 (freezing) to 100 (boiling) makes so munch sense.
You can even see it as percentages without calculating.
Ask anyone, even those who don't know about the system. How hot from 0 (freezing) to 100 (boiling) is it ? It's just so freaking intuitive .
Not to mention the rest of the inherent beauty of the metric system.
1000g are 1kg. 1kg of water is 1 liter (volume) wich is 1000 cubic centimeters, or 1 cubic decimeter. Which means 1g of water = 1cm^3
1 Meter is 100 centimeters wich means 1m/100.
If we take 1m^2 and it rains enough to cover this 1m^2 with 1 Millimeter (1m/1000) of water (hight) it's equal to the volume of 1 Liter. It's just beatiful in all it's aspects and ratios, omg it's awesome.
Also thats why the scientific community around the globe uses the metric system. Because it's awesome xD
And yes the american scientists also use the metric system because they know what's good ^^
What baffles me most in fact is that they call themselves the land of freedom, and freedom of speech. But still it is one of the most censored countries in the world. A lot of European artists need to bring out a special "clean" US version of their songs
"How is having a gun is a God given right but healthcare isn't?" So succinctly and beautifully put Favour! As to drinking, most parents in Europe teach their children to drink responsibly from a young age, that doesn't stop some making stupid mistakes in their teen years. The UK started to go metric in the 60's I was studying engineering at the time and became very used to working with both systems. I must say that the metric system is far easier to work with, 1 litre of water takes up 1 litre of volume (1000 cc) and weighs exactly 1 kilo. As to school shootings, we had one in the UK at Dunblane in Scotland. The perp was a hunter and legal gun owner who had become mentally ill. The system failed in that as soon as his GP realised he was mentally ill he should have notified the police to confiscate his guns, there was no such system in place so the knee jerk reaction was to make the ownership of firearms much more difficult. As many Americans say, that has not prevented criminals from getting and using firearms, though it has been reduced to to very small numbers. The high cost of healthcare in the US is possibly one of the reasons you have so many shootings, because the mentally ill dont get treatment there as it is so costly.
But, really, why isn't drinking alcohol a god given right, or any drugs made from natural elements. The problem is, Americans think they are free, free to do anything, so long as there isn't a law against it, and if there is, well they are still free. Hold on, that sounds like pretty much every country in the world lol.
in the uk we use a mix like we measure distance and speed limits in miles/mph yet we measure heat in celcius and use pints so they got that wrong
We measure our weight in stone: not even the Yanks understand that.
yeah, we use mph as speed limits, pints for some drinks like beer, but on all packages for food, drink, we use millilitres, litres, grams, kilograms etc. and we use measurements like metres, cm, mm. We use stone and Lb for weighting ourselves, but metric for everything else... weird we use a mix, makes no sense lol
@@Gambit771 I've yet to come across anybody, of any age, quote their weight in kilograms, or even pounds like the Yanks do.
@@josephon23 I use metric (ml l g mm m) if it is convenient to do so. On the other hand, I use imperial (fl oz pint oz lb inch foot yard furlong mile acre) when convenient. I have even used chains sometimes (a chain is the length of a cricket pitch between wickets; the strip that contains them is 10 feet wide, incidentally. None of this metric nonsense in this great sport).
It’s so wired to me that a literal 20 year old will be out side an offy asking someone to get you a drink
Its odd because they’ll be wanting bacardi breezers and md 20/20 whereas were downing whiskey and vodders!
yeah it's weird that school shootings are a thing, the only time I can think of a school shooting in the UK was in Dunblane in 1996, since then pretty much all legally owned guns were banned, and now you can't just easily walk into schools unless your a pupil or member of staff, even Australia which often does a lot of stuff differently, has a lot more stricter gun laws after what happened in Port Arthur.
I agree about the whole thing about how it's weird that to America it's a god given right to be able to own a gun but not to have free health care, I hear that so many people get financially crippled because of their health, because you cannot predict when your health fails, I heard a story from of one my American friends that if you have cancer and you're poor you're basically f***ed.
also is there really an age restriction for condoms in America?, In the UK you're able to get condoms at any age but I think if your under 13 you could get questioned but you cannot be physically stopped from getting condoms as there is no law restrictions for condoms in the UK.
Yeah I also find it weird that there is an age restriction on condoms. It is just banning people from safe sex basically, then therefore more teen pregnancies.
The meal portion thing is so true! The first time I went to America I literally got a kids meal and it was wayy too much omd
Sorry 😂
@Rita Roork This is one of the stupidest comments ive ever heard.
@Rita Roork ya'll are just wasting food
"How do you want me to completely relearn everything. I feel like it's too late."
That is not true. It is never too late to learn new things. It just gets a bit more difficult. I was taught the Imperial system in school in the UK but learnt metric later and now use whichever is appropriate. You should never assume that it is too late to learn something.
You're right, It's never too late to change. We had to do it when the euro came out
It's specially not too late when you're 22 😂 that's not "too old" for learning anything
'In the UK you have the Queen and pink stripes on your dollar'
Only pink note that comes to mind is the £50 note.
the £10 is a little bit pink
@@laksyrowpolysdg3153 £50 is red/pink, the tens are orange
There're age restrictions on buying condoms?!!!
@Rita Roork Most Americans lose their virginity at 18. So, wouldn't it be smart to sell them condoms? Also, why is sex immoral? And what does any of this have to do with Christianity?
@@launis2000 no idea.. biological you can do it whenever you like.. but you’d probs make people mad
@@bellabyers2929 Sorry, Bella. I don't understand what you're saying.
In the U.K. we still use miles to measure distances you drive and the speed of your car
We buy fuel in litres and measure performance in miles per gallon, figure that one out?
@@peterbrown1012 We are capable of doing so unlike the US lol
Don't forget pints!
And you weigh people in stones and pounds, where one stone is 14 pounds :-D
The reason our POUND notes look so fancy is to make them harder to counterfeit.
As a Brit, the main thing that confused me when visiting the states, is the importance and culture of tipping you have over there lmao- here in UK the stated price includes VAT etc- so buying a product/ service with the expectation of throwing extra money after every purchase seemed strange
I'm not from the US, so I don't know for sure if this is true or not but I heard that restaurants get away with paying their waiters less than minimum wage because of the tipping culture. I was so shocked.
18:50 but many currencies have "decoration" on them for security reasons... It's harder to recreate.
Different colors and sizes and textures on money (be it coin or paper) is a matter of inclusion, ppl with any kind of vision problem, be it datonism or even blindness have an easier time to tell money apart
I find it odd that you have to write what race you are when you’re looking for a job.. even at the airport when entering another country you have to write what race you are. It makes my blood boil and I want to cry for those that get discriminated because of their race. We are so much more than just our race, me being asian has nothing to do with any damn country.
Yes, TV commercials in the US.
I remember when I was last in the US on holiday. I was watching some TV and it seemed like there were commercials every 5-10 minutes. And found that it it really disrupted what I was watching.
Here in the UK, you'll only get 3 commercial breaks in an hour long TV show.
I'm in Australia and in the 1970's we converted from imperial to metric measurement. the whole country did that. I was teaching and nearly 30. It took a bit of effort, but in a year almost everyone in Oz (including my grandparents) were conversant with Metrics. It wasn't that hard!
Brits walk the line on metric vs Imperial, when you ask someone what their baby weighs they will tell you in pounds, and asks generally know their weight in stone and pounds. If you ask how far to the next town you will be told in miles not kilometers. The signs are in miles too. But most of the youngest generation would measure a room in metres/cm/mm while why mum would do this in inches and yards. Our milk is now in litres although older generation tend to still call them pibts even though they are not exactly 1 /2 pints. Our flour / sugar other ingredients are generally measured in grams and kg. Litres and ml. Temp def makes more sense in degrees C. That below zero is freezing.
Milk is not sold in litres anywhere I buy it; it is illegal to sell draught beer in anything other than multiples of ½ pint.
Forgery. That’s what all the fiddly, flashy bits are about.
Socialism in „American“ terms is equal to communism (due to the cold war), but socialism is actually in the middle of both ideologies. Europe has almost only social democracies which is closer to capitalism than communism so its between a capitalist country (e.g. USA) and a socialist country (e.g. Venezuela)
Le communisme et le socialisme sont la même chose. Les deux ont pour but d’atteindre l’égalité entre tous les hommes. Ce qui change, c’est que pour parvenir à ce but, le communisme veut une révolution du peuple car les riches ne voudront jamais partager leur richesses. Alors que le socialisme veut atteindre ce but en faisant des réformes (en créant des lois) et donc en restant démocratiques.
You could react to Jim Jeffries Gun Control video- he’s a very funny comedian it comes in two parts I think
absolute yes
His bit about American's attitude to freedom is pretty spot on as well!
That, and also his cop ride-alongs in the UK and The Netherlands
The fact that u have more gun murders in the US is simply because of them being legal (BTW, luv ur channel, and totally agree with ur way of thinking and ur musical tastes)
yea agree completly its not better to be stabed or get an acid attack i think id rather be shot
@@furcaswolfbane7334 At least you have a more of a chance to out run a knife than a gun
@@danblackman9506 and you can see a knife coming
@@dilligaf73 Are you threatening me?
@@danblackman9506 ????
This is quite a cool American history lesson
You said it would be a big deal to change to metric, but it will take u about 10 minutes to figure it out
100 cm is 1 m
1000 m is 1 km
0° is freezing point
100° is boiling
It makes wayyy more sense then imperial
I was 20 when we went metric. It’s never too late. My mum and dad would have been in their 40s. It’s maths, you convert. Simples
‘freedom’ but can get arrested for crossing the road.
I have heard one good argument for Fahrenheit before, that the 0 and 100 ends of the scale are more useful for human sense of weather: 0=“really cold”, and 100=“really hot”. In that sense it is intuitive.
Just to get you on the right foot the n.h.s is classed and called a UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE PLAN, not a socialist healthcare PLAN,that's a very common idea🙂
These videos make me feel proud to be European. We usually say that we are becoming "americans" but these videos ,again, prove to me that we are not
18 -21 was the hight of my drinking lol ,people in UK tend to settle down earlier as a result.
Federal Referendum would be the only soloution to show regardless of parties there are issues that cross party lines. Seperate from your normal election. Have a public vote on 1. Guns, 2. Free Healthcare 3. Reforming Mental Healthcare provision etc...
The sad thing is that most Americans probably won't vote for an improvement. I think the country needs to focus on education over patriotism first
The reason the UK has colourful money wth a bunch of stuff on is because it's harder to counterfeit
we mostly have different coloured, textured notes so it's harder to counterfeit, same goes for coins
I thought for the coins it was so blind people could tell them apart (by feeling the sides)
Every other country has changed its system to metric some in my lifetime . their populations all coped. I am surprised you think it is beyond you.
Another thing that blows my mind is anyone is just allowed to walk into a school (I think ) like over here you have to go to the secretary’s office which is at the front of the school and then wait there to collect your kid like no one is allowed to go into the school
We can go to school aswell in switzerland. There is no such thing as a reception
@@swissarmyknife7670 are there like gates? Or is it literally just the school doors
@@monkeyatanofficedesk9253 there is not even a fence. Its a normal open building. Its just closed at night
Not true for my school
Finnish schools do not have reception areas either.
Weird America: jaywalking.
: can get arrested for having your car parked facing in the "wrong" direction.
: civilians allowed to Open carry ,wearing full military combat gear. I was astonished watching the 2020 riots to see what looked like gangs of paramilitary on the streets. :Most States do not have a minimum age for getting married.
In the UK the healthcare isn't free - it's paid for in taxes, but is provided free at the point of need. It's not a mark of socialism (we're a capitalist country), but the mark of a responsible government. :)
It's provided for free for now, but I don't know how much longer it can last under a tory government. Its already been stripped down and underfunded
Everything is sixteen years in Britain. You can drink in a public place, like a pub, at sixteen, as long as someone over the age of eighteen buys it for you. At eighteen you can buy it yourself. The legal age of concent is sixteen, so that's when condoms become available. Also, I haven't seen any development issues with drinking at a younger age, except for having a higher tolerance. I've gone drinking with some friends from America, and they can't hold it.
The UK isn't fully metric, it's all a bit of a mix! I know my parents grew up with inches, feet, yards etc, but I (I am 27) was taught in school with the metric system. However everyone seems to work with both metric and imperial, as we talk about heights in feet generally and distance is all in miles in the UK
Well Favour, my Alexa answered your question lol 😂
If you look down into your wallet, you can easily tell which notes you need to get based on what they look like. In America you have to take them all out to look at the number. It is soooo much easier. In the UK we are starting to transition to plastic notes, which are waterproof and pretty impossible to tear. Much better then paper
I actually laughed out loud at the Schools/Shooting ranges line. X¬D
The colours also increase security as is harder to counterfeit as of now the dollar is one of the most counterfeited currencies in the world
"No need to be so fancy"... well, the blind quite enjoy being able to tell bills apart thanks to size and grain. And Colours are quite practical when old bills start to fade and numbers become unreadable.
I'm not visually impaired but the mere knowledge that a larger bill means the value is greater literally makes it so easy. Inclusivity in such simple ways is amazing.
You hit the nail on the head there, the right to have a weapon but not the right to get help when you're shot
They have the right but the price of that ambulance would make many people think twice. Been in the US 4 years from Ireland and hope I never need emergency medical treatment. Medical debt is not a thing in other developed countries
I find it odd how Americans are so obsessed with the colour of people skin. Race seems to be such a massive deal in US
... I mean, considering nobody from American other than Native Americans originated there, it's not hard to figure out why, historically, this has been such a big thing lol.
You can learn metric in no time, it’s so simple.
It is not just the UK that has free health and medical care. All Western European countries have free or very cheap healthcare. It is NOT socialism but decent living conditions in developed welfare states.
Wait sorry. But did you say "You can buy condoms at 18"? There's an age limit on those?
"It makes it sound so much colder". Good thing you have logical arguments. ;-)
My parents started me on watered down wine with my meal when I was 5, as in France. I means I didn’t grow up with alcohol as an exciting taboo.
No condoms till 18? Ridiculous! What about unwanted child pregnancy?
It's a religious thing. It's crazy how the United States is as rich as it is while being very religious
I was always allowed to taste a bit of the wine my parents were drinking and whenever my parents had wine, I had grape juice in a wine glass.
As a European it's weird that they live in 'the land of the free' and being scared seeing a police officer.
Even weird is being arrested for drinking a beer on the streets or smoking a joint sitting on park bench.
America could do something about the school shootings, here in England Every school has a gate around it, yeah we did feel like we was in prison lol but looking back at it no one could get in or out without being acknowledged
We only do that in the urban areas if you get my drift...
@@Favourreacts I understand, does that mean there is less school shootings in urban schools?(Just in the schools not the streets)
Usually school shootings are perpetrated by people who are supposed to be there though, not outsiders. A gate isn't going to do anything when the killer is a student there.
@@domrichard8263 I believe so. Most school shootings are done by and in "✋🏻" areas.
@@youneverseeanoldmaneatinga7416 some schools in England have metal detectors because of the knife crime, and random searches can happen at any times
The "fancy stuff" on bills and coins makes them harder to counterfeit
"it's too late" "how could we change"
Don't see the problem here?
Celsius for Americans:
-273°C= absolute freezing point
-1°C= water freezes
0°C = Water almost freezes, but no. (Freezing point)
18°C - 21°C= Average household temperature (depends who's household is it)
20°C = Nice warmy weather
25°C = Nice and warm weather.
30°C - 35°C = Very hot weather.
37°C= Average human body temperature.
60°C Chicken meat starts to cook, but slowly.
80°C - 110°C= Average temperature of a finnish sauna.
100°C= Water boils.
1,538°C= Iron melting point.
As someone who lives in Northern Ireland Flags are very common within both Irish and British communities when there's events such as the 12th July streets are covered in them. Same with police officers and guns in N.I you'll always see police patrolling with Assault rifles while most Police stations are built like military bases a leftover from the troubles. Everything else he mentioned at the start like Blocks are very strange to most Europeans as our cities just expanded over time leading to a more unique road system and layout of buildings. The money thing is something i really noticed in the UK and most European nations money (plastic money) tends to have a mix of sizes along with colours. the coins I adore in the UK and most of Europe you'll find some great looking coins.
Here before you get harassed for saying Northern Ireland 😂
@@cape4417 because half the people in Northern Ireland want to basically kill the other half
Here in the UK, before Covid, we were so divided due to Brexit. But I am still amazed at how everyone in the UK pulled together and united once Covid hit our country. NHS workers and carers are the most respected at the moment. We all know how much they are giving, and risking their own lives, to help keep us alive. Today, we saw on the news how one elderly lady who was so ill with Covid that she wanted to give up, thanked the nurses that would not give up on her and nursed her back to life. She wrote a poem about them, in which she referred to them as ‘Angels with tired eyes’. I hope so much that the USA can find a way to unite again.
You should react to ChrisMD £10 Takeaway vs £1000 Takeaway (It also includes Harry from the Sidemen and Stephen who has appeared in some Sidemen videos)
Ayyy
What I find odd is giving a driving license to a 16 yo child.
He isn't adult enough to handle alcohol but can use a Highway?
In the UK we still use miles and miles per hour on the roads.
Rare to see an American understanding and speaking so many facts on the situation
Uk is such a imperial metric mess, on one hand we use miles, tons, feet, ounces and on the other we ALSO use km, kg, mm, cm, g and litres wre a little wonky lol
Variety is the spice of life.
A ton is metric = 1000 kilograms
@@frajatheone9264 It is a tonne that is 1,000 kg. A UK Ton is 1,016kg a US ton is 907kg.
The more complicated money is the harder it is for someone to make fake copies...
NHS is the best thing the U.K. has ever done ✔️❤️
Clement Attlee GOAT
Well many people have terrible experiences with the NHS
@@baileysarsfield4375 at least the NHS doesn't bankrupt you. Lmao
@@todbaner3385 That's because it's tax payer funded you ding dong 😂 it's not really free.
@@baileysarsfield4375 it’s also saved millions of people’s lives
Calling it an amendment and refusing to amend it years later is what confuses me.
Try centuries later.
....... they should have changed it when I was young .... ? Do you not think this was the same for everyone else .... pick a date and introduce it. People will adapt. In the UK about half the population still use feet and inches, we still all use miles per hour .... it is a generation thing mostly and takes a long long time for complete change. Because you are such a young country, it seems like the American attitude is still like a teenager stamping their feet shouting I want it and I want it now ! Not mature enough to have a viewpoint that looks outside of it's own borders and see a bigger picture, able to consider other ideas. You don't seem to get the ' understanding of what's best for the country but maintains that selfish ' I Want, I Want ' and no one is gonna make me. But don't get me started on the silly flags everywhere and the hand on chest swearing allegiance stuff. Oh maybe you'd forgotten since the last time and need to be reminded where you are. Just looks like a huge national issue of insecurity to me, just like the ..... and God bless America at the drop of a hat and ... blah blah blah is the best in the world nonsense spouted out at any possible opportunity.
As an American I agree with everything that you said. We do use metric and there are cons to introducing it but I agree with the fact that people can adapt. It would take sometime to introduce things and rebuild infrastructure. There is some immaturity in the US. My generation is doing better but we are still far from perfect.
@@wittyblonde6728 Nice one - from England I can see so much potential for the US but still so so much said and done with not a lot of common sense. Hope you guys can recover from your ' us and them ' divisive attitudes on almost every subject ..... approach equality together ( or else it won't work ) stop the blame ' tit for tat ' politics cos when you do and this woke nonsense has faded away you will really forge ahead ...... Closest ally , I look forward to it. x
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@@paulc2689 Yeah America really does need to come together now more than ever. It’s hard because the main barrier that gets in the way of meaningful conversation is people wanting to remain morally virtuous by not associating with people that have different political beliefs. Many need to work on emotions not getting in the way regardless of the subject matter. Emotions such as anger, panic, or any other string emotion in general shuts off the logical parts of the brain. This reaction is why we saw what we did on January 6th. The pandemic has been such a major crisis that it paved the way for more conspiracies to surface. Big disasters seem to always need a big explanation I guess. You seem pretty kind and thank you :) we need as many allies as we can get.
the thing is that metric is much easier than american system. its so much more logical and its even numbers in literally everything. 10 cm is 1 dm. 10 dm is 1 meter. 1000 meters is a kilometre. 10 kilometres is 1 mile. very simple
The weird thing is that they call football soccer 🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡
It's technically correct- it comes from standardising and differentiating between Association Football and Rugby Football in 1863. Then Association got shortened to soccer by the British and remained that way (in the US) due to American Football being more popular than association football. The UK went back to almost exclusively using the term football in the 80s and Rugby Football became just Rugby 🏉
Generally in places with more than one type of football, association football is called soccer (eg Australia and Ireland)
Trust like football(soccer) you play with a ball with your foot n American football u play with your hands makes no sense American football should be called soccer or something.
When I went to America all the notes looking exactly the same really confused me, it's quicker/easier when the smaller notes are the cheapest and the bigger notes are the higher value
You see, I have no idea what you're talking about when you say "notes". My definition of notes is clearly different than yours. I'm going to go on a ledge here and say that you're talking about money.
@@frankieflow13 Yes notes is money
Scottish people start drinking at 13/14🤣🤣