20 Things Only Americans Do (And Think It's Normal)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Only in America. For this list, we’ll be looking at common beliefs and practices in the United States. Our countdown includes Refer to the U.S.A. as “America”, Vote Before They Can Drink, Use Red Plastic Cups, Casually Own Guns, and more! If there’s something uniquely American that didn’t make our list, “unite” in the comments to “state” your picks!
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Do one for Africans. Ill wait
“Could care less”
Want to make a series on every country or nation?
@@animexliriousz1879 Cant do that. Its racist
U forgot to Mention that Majority of Tax Money goes to Prison
We aren't obsessed with working, we just can't afford to not work.
100% by design....freedom is meaningless with neither time nor money
We're not lazy like the rest of the world
@@wildlifewarrior2670irony .. go with that
@@aidanmargarson8910 ok
cos capitalism sadly
Tipping culture is weird to me. Where I live, we can throw a few extra bucks in if the service was extraordinary, but our waiters certainly don’t rely on it in order to make a living.
Most bartenders and waitresses/waiters prefer tipping, they will fight tooth and nail not to have a wage.
@@superiortoall22 Certainly not where I live. But most people in that business where I live are educated within the profession, rather than high schoolers/college students looking to earn some extra cash. If you rely on tips in order to be able to afford your house/apartment and food, you want to know for sure that you make enough to ensure that instead of hoping that your customers aren’t bad tippers a certain month.
@@mncdssctn9110 ah, the accidental elitism of leftists. Never stops being hilarious.
@@mncdssctn9110 ehhhh I don’t think you understand what’s going on here. Bartenders and waiters/waitresses are educated, they understand that wages will be taxed while their tips (especially if cash) are not so they take home more. Most bartenders and waiters/waitresses I know are close or usually clearing 6 figures. I don’t know any country that I’ve been to where that would happen. Like I said most people in the service industry prefer tips rather than wages.
I spent over a decade as a bartender and a server. It all depends on where you work. When I started out in a crappy Tex/Mex in Northern Virginia, my average tips for $8! That was over 4 years. Before I entered management, I was at a Michelin Star and I averaged $50! So it really all depends on where you live and work. Resort towns, big cities, Vegas, yeah those folks are racking in the dough, but Randomville USA, they struggling. There is literally been times where I have a number in mind that I need to make in order to pay a bill, or to buy milk or whatever for my kids. Or even gas to get home. There was one time where I gave this table. Fantastic service and they left me the change which was 19 cents and on a napkin they drew a snowman flipping double middle fingers and wrote "don't eat the yellow snow that's your tip." If you're not going to text then just don't tip. Don't leave crappy little drawings. Lol. That was like 14 years ago and I still remember it like it just happened
As an Usan, I have never once thought, nor would I ever think it impolite if a homeowner asked me to take off my shoes; nor have I met anyone who's thought this way. I almost always ask as a courtesy, but would never think the person picky if I was asked to take my shoes off. Their house, their rules. That one's just false. If you have a problem with that, it's on you, not the culture.
I don't even wear clothes at home.
Sticking to the Second Amendment like its gospel.
dont like guns?
Luckily our great constitution includes very clear language on how to change or abolish amendments. If there's something you don't like about the Constitution, please feel free to write your local congressman to request that a bill be passed.
@Chief Sitting American is that what I said? I asked that person a question. And no you don't have to like them. But not liking them doesn't give that person the right to say I should have them :)
They took our jurbs
@@zachariahsilvestri3215 And our children. But we're free.
As a random person in the comments, I know it may not matter. I would like to share my opinion on these things, though, as a 23-year-old American who has had it rough growing up. America may seem great to some, and horrible to others. It really depends on the topic. (Forgive me for the length, if you decide to read this.)
1. - As a person who has grown up on the Imperial system, as arbitrary as it can be, I have a very hard time understanding the metric system. They attempt to teach us in school, but it's ultimately pointless as we still are expected to use the Imperial System most of the time. Trying to change that on a nationwide level would have to be based on phasing it out gradually as many people would have a hard time adjusting to such a dramatic change in measurement systems.
2. - Our healthcare system causes a few things: extreme debt we may never see paid off, avoiding treatment because even the smallest thing can incur a large hospital bill, people driving themselves to the hospital/doctor/etc. when they are injured/hurt/sick, the expectancy of people to just try not to get hurt. My friends didn't have Band-Aids at their house because they were just expected to not get injured (we were kids that ran around and got scrapes from playing outside. We needed Band-Aids.) We are forced to ignore our health because the debt may be worse in the long run - at least in our minds.
3. - Months before days makes sense in my head, but I was raised with this system. I truly can't say anything about this.
4. - Seeing ads for prescription drugs is annoying. As person who is on mental health medication, it's also infuriating how wrong advertising companies portray the illnesses of myself and people I know. I feel it also can lend to people self-diagnosing and going to their doctors for things that they do not actually need.
5. - When you're a kid, you just say the Pledge of Allegiance. It's normal. But when I got to high school, I was particularly done with it. Having to pledge your allegiance to your country everyday is creepy and controlling.
6. - I was spoiled growing up in one of the few states that doesn't have sales tax. It is incredibly annoying when going to another state and realizing you don't have enough to pay for something when the initial price tag says you can (It was annoying as a kid going on field trips and only having a small amount of money.) I wish the price tag we saw would be the price of the thing. I find sales tax stupid.
7. - Gun ownership has killed so many people because people are irresponsible and just plain horrible, yet we keep them. As a person who grew up in the time of school shootings, it was honestly horrifying. I know at least 2-3 times we got out of school early due to shooting threats. We had drills a couple times a year called Intruder Alert Drills - closing a classroom door, turning the lights off, and finding a spot where windows can't see you. In my senior year of high school the Parkland Shooting happened. When I was at lunch one day the lights went off and we were in an inner part of the building, so there were no windows. We all were horrified. One of the girls I knew dove under a table. Once the lights went back on, the people overlooking lunch wanted us all to clean up and get ready to go to class. It was almost silent and nobody moved. It took a few minutes to calm down.
8. - I don't have much to say about making small talk to strangers.
9. - The work "grind" makes it hard for me to find a job (on top of ridiculous application and interviewing practices.) My mental health and physical health are not great, and I don't want to be stuck somewhere that I could have a breakdown/anxiety attack. Yes I'm not making money, but I really don't know if I can handle most work. I did when I had my first job, but that was because I enjoyed my job and it was rather easy. Sadly the company I worked for closed at the start of COVID in 2020.
10. - Peanut butter is good. I have no complaints. The biggest problem is for people who have peanut allergies, like one of my older cousins.
11. - Wearing shoes inside depends on whose house you're at. Sometimes they prefer you keep your shoes on, some prefer you to take them off at the entrance. I feel rude sometimes when I'm at a friends house and want to take off my shoes. I just assume it's me getting too comfy or something (I'm also a weirdo that sometimes sits on the floor even though there is couch space because I don't want to intrude.)
12. - Red Solo Cups - I've definitely had countless events/parties where we've used them. There's even a song from 2011 by Toby Keith about them. It's all very silly for something that is just a cup.
13. - I don't care for the military, but I certainly acknowledge what they've done in the past. Some members of my family have been in the military, and I'll certainly give credit to my grandfather for assisting with handling the deceased from the Jonestown Massacre when they made it to the US. Some people use the military as a way to bring order and stability to their life, while some go in because they want a chance to afford school or other stuff. People should not have to join the military to afford schooling.
14. - Tipping should not be expected, but living wages should be. I agree that I should be paying you for doing work instead of paying for the service AND tipping the poor souls who are stuck earning the majority of their money from the generosity of randos.
15. - We are spoiled by the free refills. I have no objections. It's nice.
16. - I have opinions on voting and drinking separately, but I don't have an opinion on being able to vote before drinking. I don't drink and no one in my family does. I do see the danger of not allowing somebody to do something and then them being more likely to go out of their way to get it illegally/against others' permission.
17. - Pharmacies carrying multiple goods can make it easier on a person if they need to pick up medicine or hygiene products without having to go to the grocery store separately. The only downside is the limitation of products offered at pharmacies.
18. - Bathroom stalls are quite uncomfortable, but it does sometimes come in handy to see feet underneath. Not that we shouldn't use occupied signs rather than being able to peak under while someone just tries to go to the bathroom. That would be much nicer.
19. - Gender reveal parties are ridiculous. Baby showers were helpful in expecting mothers getting things they will need/might need for when the baby(ies) arrive. Gender reveal parties should not be that hyped up for saying if your kid is going to be a boy or a girl to a group of people. Just make an announcement online or by texting. Or just wait till the baby arrives and love it regardless of gender.
20. - Americans typically like abbreviations or finding some way to say something easier. I definitely think it's silly since we are part of the American continents, but I really can't say anything since I call us America too (for the most part.)
And this is the list of all your opinions and/or anything that did come to your mind.
You expect that people are reading them. I suggest - that you do the same and do yourself a favor - read ever paragraph. And then ask youself - why you say what you say. Since - what you learn in all your mental health treatments - paid by somebody - week after week. you finance with your visits an entire industry - of Social Helpers, and Psychologists and Psychiatrist, and anybody who has the credentials to pretend to care for such people - they all let you talk. About yourself. Because if they dared to ask you - WHY" - instead of "how does make you feel" you - a person like you - would no longer show up and make them earn a luctractive income.
Have a good day and enjoy talking about yourself instead of askinug yourself why are you are doing things the way you do.
And about interviews -- who is asking for a job? Who expects to be paid by somebody without having the right to ask what ever they want to ask? People like you.
I read the entire comment by the OP and found it most interesting. It was also constructed better than your comment.@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
@Turnipstalk And all the mechanical processes carried by tools that have been cut empirical - all the spare parts in the warehouses of every American company all the tools that are empirical in retailers inventories oh la la -think digital and flip a switch - lol. Are you joking or simply never have seen a "workshop" yourself?
@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp
In 1999 NASA and Lockheed Martin mixed up units for the Mars Climate Orbiter, which led to the loss of a $327 million mission to Mars. NASA was using U.S customary units (inches, feet, nautical miles, pounds, tons, US gallons etc.) but there are significant disadvantages, the most obvious being that the ratios are not uniform or round numbers (e.g. 6076.12 feet in 1 nautical mile) whereas metric of course is based on units of 10...Not surprisingly metric is too complicated for the USA it seems but is simple enough for the other 100+ countries in the world to figure out how to count to 10!
@@eddykate3700 Thank you for your efforts to reply.
Factually - metrics are logical and follow the math principles.
Using "different" methods has various reasons. The UK was one of the first countries to build cars. They changed the traffic rules to drive "on the other side of the street" compared to Western Europe.
Reason - protection of the market - no Western cars could be imported.
It was also the UK that imposed after WWII that all export products must be marked "made in Germany" hoping that everybody will stay away from German products.
French cars used to have different types of tools that only a French car dealer had.
it is a mixed bag of market protection, and once too much is invested =- it is difficult to change the course.
I haven't watched the video yet but the thumbnail alone earns a like. 😂
When I moved to Sicily for 4 years, they would ask me if I was an American. They never asked if I was from the U.S. only if I was an American.
In the U.S. it's very common to place the U.S. flag not just at federal buildings, but in front of one's home, in one's yard, on one's truck, t-shirt... It's not common at all in other countries.
This is accurate i dont visit foreign countries often enough to notice their routines but read books or see movies with subtitles. In the US we stay indoors more often to do activities such as music or art and writing, other countries consider this to be a chance to socialize even with people in their village who have no family or close friends. So many clubs in America require a close contact if an accident happened to yourself
Nos EUA as pessoas ficam em casa para se dedicar à arte????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 good joke. O norte-americano médio é o Hommer Simpson.
@@lucapellari5985lol
@lucapellari5985 😂Agreement with your laughter friends. Americans reading Geography & History books, now that would be interesting. 😂
I'm trying to make sense out of what you have written, but honestly, it is a mess.
Sales tax: I have worked at many jobs in which sales tax is charged and it always shocks me how many people, even people that have lived here for 50+ years, have no clue sales tax exists. If you work any any type of customer facing job in the US, you will have this conversation at least once a week: “why are you charging me $x when the price tag says $x?”
“We have to collect sales tax.”
“I am 50 years old and I have purchased all kinds of stuff for my whole life and I never had to pay sales tax before! Why do I have to pay it now?”
“I have a hard time believing everyone you have ever purchased from broke the law for no reason and they were never caught. Could it be this is the first time in 50 years you ever paid attention to your surroundings? Maybe your cognitive abilities are getting better with age.”
I need to ask. Why do you not show the price which the sales tax on it?
@@eliassvensson5257 Different states, even different cities, have different rates. So a business can set a price across the country but what you pay in each store may be different.
And "Americans" like to see how much tax they pay.
@@eliassvensson5257 Because then that would be "hiding the tax" and not all items are taxed. Food is not taxed, but an individual candy bar is considered a luxury item, therefore it is taxed. Alcohol is taxed, etc.
Taken shoes off coming into a home is a must as a Canadian
Since when ? Never did it, don't know anyone who does it. And I have lived in 5 different provinces...... Only thing I know is no bare feet on carpets (which absorb the oil from the feet and then slowly become sticky to dirt from the shoes).
Like I said before, you've never lived in Europe. 45% of my wages are taxes. When you buy things in Hungary, the sales tax is added when the product enters the country.
Example 1: I bought a $21 dollars Bluetooth keyboard from Amazon. Shipping was $5 dollars. The VAT tax was $20 dollars.
Example 2: In the US you buy a 200 pill bottle of Advil for around $13. In Hungary you pay the equivalent of $13 us dollars for 8 pills. Yes that is 8 as in Eight Advil for $13 dollars.
It is usually the other way around. In the US people have to pay for things like insulin but in the civilised world it is free. Of course we know that, sadly, Hungary has left the civilised world.
But - the grass is always greener at the other side of the fence.
Anybody who lives in Scandinavian countries laughs about teh stupidity of Americans who declare Sweden, Norway, and Denmark the Socialist Paradise.
Which countries do you claim to have a 45% tax rate?
Machinists does use inches in a metric way. The talk thou's (. 001 inches) because 1/64 or 1/1024 are too impractical. They still use drills that are given as 7/16 or 1/8.
Glitch in the matrix... I’m reading your comments while watching a completely different video. The one about “10 Overly Hyped TV Shows...”
The gaps on the public bathrooms do make it easy to help someone if they fall or od...
Number 1, referring to the US as America: VERY common in The Netherlands. Actually: we usually call it much more America as we call it US or USA.
I was charged over $1000 for a 8 mile drive from my house to the hospital.i will say just get a family member to drive you the cost is much less. The hospital stay was over $50,000
Update your passport and travel to some civilized functioning democracies. America's owners HATE democracy and try to kill it if it rears its head in their hemisphere. Allende's Chile led to 1000s being massacred for Nixon and Kissinger to keep the copper mines under US control. Iran was a democracy before Britain installed the Shah. Reagan sponsored Mayan genocide as charged by The Hague in Guatemala, 1983. The pro-lifers are fine with genocide if it means cheap bananas. Death squads trained in GA slaughtered Jesuit nuns and priests for the pro-life party.
As a German, I am used to starting the week with Monday (ends on Sunday), while in the US, the week starts on Sunday (ends on Saturday). This has implications when looking at a monthly calendar while in the US. I have to check and look closely whether the first column represents Mondays or Sundays.
In England most of the bars and clubs have those bathroom stalls/ toilet cubicles so security can tell if you're "getting up to no good" in there
By the day after tomorrow, I will have a lived in England for 84 years and have never seen such toilets/bathrooms.
Beyond calling their country "America", they go as far as naming the MLB championship as WORLD series, and if a team wins a Super Bowl in the NFL, they claim to be WORLD champions.
I'm pretty sure 14 and 13 are related. In Europe, drinks ARE the 'bottom line' in the hospitality business. More expensive drinks without free refills allow restaurants to pay their staff reasonable wages. Which in turn, makes tipping unnecessary (beyond just a nice token of appreciation).
#1 Is not just done in the USA. In Germany, they also use "America" or "Amerika" in German to refer to the US.
In the USA, "Amerika" with a "K" was used to describe the country when Nixon was President.
FYI
In Japan pharmacies also sell food. And in Japan people work too much as well.
For a tip, read Orwel: Nobody and Nothing in Paris and London
I always wonder who is buying the clothes from the pharmacy? like the summer dresses and such at Walgreens...
I'm Italian.. in my country all the boasting things that Americans do, we call "americanate".
About the PB, come to the Netherlands, I can asure you we Dutch do have the very best peanut butter ( 'pindakaas' ) in the entire world. Yes we are small but some things are worth to mention, PB is one of them :)
Na forget voting at 18 but only being able to drink at 21 it's being able to take out $100,000's of student loan before you are aloud to buy a 6 pack of lite beer
America?
Well, it's the only country with America in its name.
Prescriptions and hospital bills are the same in that
The price of hospital bills are not regulated
In fact two people could go in for the same procedure and get a totally different price for the same procedure The same person can go in for a procedure
Twice
And get a totally different price for each
As a Brit I have tipped good service in restaurants or told taxi drivers to keep the change.
But we do have a minimum wage that applies to staff in all jobs so when I do tip it’s for good service not to help a hard working member of staff to be able to eat or keep a roof over their heads.
No Brasil há um mínimo a ser pago a diferentes categorias de trabalhadores, e nunca pode ser menor ao salário mínimo nacional oficial. É o governo quem define o valor porque ele é a base de cálculo das aposentadorias.
As someone who works in a pub in the UK, it’s very rare anyone tips and when they do it’s usually just a few pennies, the tip jar behind the bar usually has less than £20 in by the end of a week in a pub that takes over £30k weekly 😅
They tip in America based on gratitude even though its expected. English ppl are mostly stuck up (even if they try not to act like it)
Many places in the UK have started to add a service fee to the bill and you have to ask for it to be removed. This hasn't made the service any better. Some restaurants in the UK have very good service, but they are few and far between. In general the level of service in the UK is horrendous.
Frankly, I really wish we would get rid of tipping here in the U.S. It's awkward, inconvenient, and confusing. I'm not always sure when I'm expected to tip or not. But I always tip if I know it's expected, b/c I really do feel bad for the underpaid employees. There are other ways to incentivize good service.
I guess the price of drugs in this country is so high because we have to pay for all that advertising.🤣
Considering that most drug companies get a lot of free research done by universities that are funded by the US Government, I think it's criminal that our government allows the drug companies to charge outrageous prices on drugs that people NEED to live. So glad that Biden has finally done something about Inhalers and insulin. Now if they would make all preventative medicine free, like breast exams, pap smears, well-baby checkups, prostate exams, etc. It's cheaper to take care of something that is caught in the early stages instead of waiting until the problem is out of hand and then charging so much that people have no choice but to either pay the medical bills, put themselves and their families in debilitating debt, or not seeking treatment and live in pain or die. I think that if the drug companies are going to use the research that the government pays for, then they have to pay the government back all the money that was spent on the research. All education should be free up to getting a doctorate, which includes housing, books, and other supplies.
In NZ, all normal prescribed medicines are free.
@@Rog107 On the avg US salary of $1050/wk based on NZ tax code that's $9,400 on US tax code $4,700...Not to mention the VAT tax in NZ is 15% vs avg sales tax in US is 7%. Majority of Americans dont spend $5,000/yr in drug costs.
No - because the government does not allow imports of drugs coming from Canada as an example.
@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp I was being facetious.
It’s insane to me that people pay for a ride on the ambulance 😂
It's insane that people pay for medicine and healthcare. Why not ambulances, too? We are insane. We voted for Trump and followed it with Biden. Case closed.
Same. I didn’t know this until a few weeks after I’d taken an ambulance ride and received an $800 bill in the mail.
It's pure greed. The whole country runs on greed. It's pathetic.
@@andirandolph8830 $800!!! Wooow! I’m from South Africa and we don’t pay for the Ambulance here unless of course you call for a private one from a private hospital but even then, I really don’t think they charge you for the Ambulance. So this just blew my mind.
So who pays for the ride? The company running the service has to pay the crew, the vehicle, the fuel, any supplies used, the list goes on. How should this get funded?
Do more places it'd be cool to see the norm around the world
I would love them to do to Mexicans
you mean what the rest of the world think is normal?
I'd like that, too!
@@NatCo-Supremacist not every place besides america thinks/acts the same💀💀💀💀💀
@@mileswilliams4356 Did I say that?
My God, the Kardashians give a whole new meaning to the word SHALLOW
And self-mutilation!
@@MichaelKingsfordGray 🤣🤣
I think women who say size doesn't matter are shallow.
@@OhNoNotFrank I think youre shallow for even bringing that up here.
@@pathfinder1273 I think you need to find your path again, then. Still, I am *so so* sorry for offending you. I will naturally consider your tender feelings should I ever be tempted to rudely make a fib ever again. 👍
It's pretty impossible to explain to me, a European, that you stick to writing month before date when you call your own national holiday " the fourth of July". But there's more thing I really don't understand lol
Lol we call it that bc it was established back when we actually did say the day first. But I agree, it’s so backwards
Very true😂😂
When a date is spoken, the name of the month usually comes first eg.: May 5, 2023. The numerical method of writing the date is intended to reflect this.
@@heronimousbrapson863 in computers it's yyyymmdd so the number of days can be easily calculated ... I agree with you when written or spoken
i hear it said both ways. Like we are having a July Fourth celebration, or Its the Fourth of July. IDK guess its almost like there are 50 states with like millions of different points of view.
Not mentions in video and i find this most crazy about USA. Beauty contest for 6 year old children. Put make up on small kids and make them look like adult is insane.
That's because of the high percentage of P3d0s in the US.
@HallodriPfefferfurz and there we have it, dubious predatory opinions along with sexism and racism. You probably belong on a list with the police.
While we are here it is much more problematic to give small children sex change hormones than teach young girls to be the best version of themselves. Once again the leftist shills miss the plot.
@HallodriPfefferfurz I hope, this is satire?
@@quietschbaerwhy? Truth hurts??? While a pageant is okay for young girls, they need to tone down the makeup and dress. They're not grown women, and should dress age appropriately.
I thought someone would’ve mentioned our obsession with celebrities and fast food.
And obesity
Japan definitely has us beat on those.
Tbf, the celebrity obsession is a worldwide thing and not just the US
The celebrity thing is in most western countries, i am pretty sure it comes from roman gods idolatry though
Yeah that being obsessed with celebrities, especially royalties, did not start in the United States. One of the few things that we didn't start. I just don't get the obsession with reality show participants. They are not celebrities. And maybe F list at best.
I'm not 100% sure that fast food started in the united states, but we sure spread it worldwide
Well, here in Italy we used to have something like the "Pledge of allegiance" for schools and some other public environments. It was during our fascist dictatorship.
Same in Germany
Fascists protected Italy from Communist cells that would have joined up with the Spanish ones to bring a Communist Europe. be grateful for their existence. Wars are organised by evil people and so if they do not exist already then they will get recruited and put in positions of power just as Benito was promoted from a lowly position by those evil people in order that all sides needed FINANCE to fight
Same in the USA.... 🤣
had it not been for Benito you would have been taken over by the soviets
That's also the last time you had your shit together.
Nice, this is a great lesson on Interculturalism that I wasn't expecting, but positively adore. There's quirks that we Irish do that would mystify everyone!
Ah sure its a bit of craic! 😅😂
"There's quirks that we Irish do that would mystify everyone!"
Never was there truer words spoken! 😂😂😂
Mojo will have to do this in future. Inquiring minds like mine wanna know!
What are some of those things?
Like?
I think South Korea, Singapore, and Japan might have the workaholic grind culture problem like the US does.
From what I have heard they work longer hours than the US. Especially, Japan.
And if the leader of the country happens to work from home, does the asinine opposition call it a ‘vacation’? Another weird US thing.
@@emuhill Japan also has year-round school
To be fair, since my youth I had opportunities to visit other countries, and cultures, and been fascinated by them. And every country, and even region, it seems to me, has their own quirks. Some that make sense to me, some that don't.
As always thank you so very much for the videos.
Also being a native Californian, with many Latino friends and neighbors, (and a Canadian mother,) I learned early on that "America" goes from Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada to Cape Horn of the Chilean islands.
Yea that’s what they teach at school a ur the real American has McDonald’s directv and we don’t suffer because of summer heats or cold winters we have AC units and whole house heating units that’s only in America or were else can your wife have a Land Rover your daughter a lexus and the husband a 2021 GMC Sierra all while working for the state of California I don’t care what other country people go visit or move to I will not have everything the US has to offer
@@MightymouseB-gw1sw What are you raving on about>>> "AC units and whole house heating units that's only in America"?>>> Where I live in Australia the temp ranges from 0*C to 45*C (That translates in your crude Imperial system as 32F to 115F.) We have REVERSE cycle AC units that both heat and cool, but I like my open wood fireplace as well. My son-in-law drives a 2023 Range Rover, my daughter an Izusu DMax Ute, (They own a transport company and lease their cars.) And me? I bought a $US36,000 2024 Toyota Hybrid Camry TODAY!!!! I retired when I was 57 and I live solely from my retirement Superannuation Fund that EVERY single past EMPLOYER has had to deposit a percentage of my gross wage every pay day by law since I began working (It is now 11.5% of an employee's gross wage/pay)...So I paid cash for my bright red Camry from my Super Fund! It will get delivered just before I go into hospital for my knee replacement, which OF COURSE will cost me ZILCH!
@@eddykate3700 that’s nice I haven’t worked in 9 years I’m a certified cannabis cultivator for the state of California
@@eddykate3700 can you people make money doing that legally FUCK NO only in America CALIFORNIA TO BE EXACT home of da PIMPS THUGS N GANSTAS
When I was in school in the mid-sixties everyone was saying in 10 years the country would switch to metric. So we were taught about metrics. Now 5 decades later, there is no talk of switching.
Ronald Reagan killed the change to metric. He probably had fiends who sold rulers, yardsticks and scales.
Out of 192 countries in the world, now, only the USA uses Imperial. Except in many areas, the US uses Metric. It has to because anything the US does with the rest of the world has to be in metric. Certainly a lot of science, engineering and high-tech is all metric. It is only consumer facing stuff that is still all imperial.
Muricans are unable to learn anything new.
talk about stubbornness
The US using metric is only a facade.
Manufacturing, especially any export, needs to be metric. Non metric parts are always more expensive. Especially bearings.
The automotive industry is metric.
The space industry is metric. They did compromise for a while but after a couple of expensive f*** ups NASA has gone metric.
I'm Aussie, yeah, so imagine my shock when I walked into the CVS in Fishermans Wharf to discover an entire section dedicated to booze.
Walgreens drug stores sell cigarettes! Lots of their earnings from them.
Except on the day of the lord if you're south of Mason Dixie. 😂
@@squarebear619 Yep. just south of the line in MD and it is by county here. Baltimore County sells on Sundays, but only in package stores attached to taverns. Carroll County is wide open and when you get to Western MD you can buy in the gas stations. No consistency. We live in KS and grocery store beer was limited to 3.2% (not sure why).
_fer medicinal purposes_
Alcohol and nicotine ARE drugs.
You could include: spending hundreds of dollars on Christmas gifts of which 50%+ are regifted, returned or put into storage
- That applies to many many countries.... far from an American only custom.
Maybe because that happens in like, EVERY Western country. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's not the gifting, it's the going into debt to buy all this crap. I don't buy gifts that I can't pay cash for.
Also for me, often when I ask someone living in the US about distance, the reply I get is in time units, also assuming they mean in a car. "How far away is the airport?" "30 minutes..."
Isn't that what you're asking? How long does it take to get there? What does "12.25 kilometers" tell you? Jack shit. Rarely do you need to know the actual distance unless you're trying to calculate a firing solution for artillery.
@@Jaster832 You are assuming the mode of transportation. If I want to ask how long it takes to walk/run/drive/fly/bike/etc the distance, I will ask how long. When I want to know the distance I expect to be told the distance. My *observation*, intended to expand upon this video's topic, is that most often Americans answer with time when asked about distance. The way the conversation will go with non Americans is that I ask about distance, and then, if I want to know, I'll follow up with, say, how long does it usually take by car? In Copenhagen for example it is often faster and easier and more popular by bicycle than by car, as there are several car-free zones, so cars will need to make big detours, and maybe park a long distance away, to walk the remainder.
@@Titanek You see, in most places in America, excepting maybe NYC, Chicago, and maybe Boston, it is *NEVER* fastest to walk or ride a bike or take public transportation. And unless you live in the above mentioned cities the cost of living hasn't (quite) yet made it too expensive to own a car. So we do own our cars.
That's why Americans assume you're driving, because you're probably not in a city where bicycling is a thing when you ask, and if you're a tourist you've likely rented a car or are taking a cab of some sort.
You act like we're too dumb to know how far it is in miles, we aren't, we do know, but that doesn't fucking help you that much because unless you're sitting astride a goddamn bicycle when you're asking the question we're going to assume if it's more than a mile you're going to be taking a motored vehicle, because we would, because again, if we don't own a vehicle it's because we've chosen not to own a vehicle, not because we can't afford it.
I'm not implying dumbness. All I am saying is that my observation is the forementioned. I am not implying a mileage dumbness for all americans, alI am saying it that is the aforementioned discrepancy is between distance and time.. Still please don't assume mode of trasnsport
@@Jaster832 It is still my observation. Americans often respond with time when about distance, I don't have the same issue when talking to non EU people. I am just trying to add number 21 to Things Only Americans Do (And Think It's Normal), and I am surprised by the resistance. What volcano? How far away its it from here (expecting distance) and the the next question how long will it take for the volcanish ash to get here
Who else yelled “F**K YEAH!” In the first clip?😂
Edit: I think it’s hilarious that I am an American, and when the peanut butter thing came up? I actually have a jar of extra chunky Skippy natural Superchunk right next to me… AND I eat it with a spoon! 😂
Dang, no, sorry ... dayang
murica because fuck yeah....
I eat Vegemite the same way.
American schools: " have food fights "
Everywhere else: WTF
you mean gun fights……oh hoopla
@@JohRauh66695 Looks like people are just practicing their 2A rights out on the kids instead of the government lol /s
@@JohRauh66695 only white schools
🤣🤣🤣
We never had food fights
The voting age went to 18 because 18 year olds were being sent to Vietnam. The drinking age went back up to 21 because too many kids died in drunk driving accidents.
It was happening so much in the mid 80's that Reaganimmediately enacted the law.
i did not know that miss lise, thank you.
"You're old enough to kill but not for voting"
Eve of destruction
In Vietnam era voting age was 21.
Gotta make sure those kids are safe until they go to war.
When it comes to drunk driving, I understand the immidiate reaction but when you think about it, it's a very US way to solve a problem. First and foremost, they also could've risen the age where you're allowed to drive. I mean, most of the world puts the driving age at 18 because, well, you're giving someone without a fully grown brain basically a wrecking ball with range. There's quite a risk to that. But increasing that age probably would've hurt the automotive industry... Nowadays, here in Europe ad campaigns about having a designated driver has done so much for the public conscience and driven drunk driving down. And I know the same notion is more widespread in the US too (though I don't know how succesfully).
As a non-American do, yeah, I can agree with almost every point on this list. Except for the first one. Even when for all official stuff we will say "Verenigde Staten" or just "VS"(just the literal Dutch translation for United States, in more casual conversations "Amerika" is much, much more common. No one will ever travel to de VS, we all travel to Amerika. During the last World Cup back in 2022, Oranje beat Amerika. And in my experience, it's not that different in most countries I've been.
That won't happen in South America. In Spanish, they are called estadounidenses, or, norteamericanos. They calling themselves Americans and their country America is even perceived as insulting, like, "they believe the whole continent belongs to them." Even the Monroe Doctrine formula "America for the Americans" is understood in that sense.
So, if you come to this side of the world, remember that. Nobody will get openly angry if you say it, depending on the context you will be understood anyway, but, those words will not sound correct. Or polite - depending on the context.
America is right in the name of our country -The United States of AMERICA. So it baffles me that anyone would think Mexico or Brazil or Canada when they hear the word America.
@@jimmyparris9892 Exactly. If you want to refer to a continent, specify North America or South America, or refer to both of them at once as "the Americas". There's no reason to refer to Canada, for example, as "America".
Everyone I met in Japan called the US "America"
@@MariaMartinez-researcher Uruguay is higher on the Democracy Index than USA. They legalized pot and outlawed ads for cigarettes aimed at kids. Big tobacco was suing and NY's billionaire Gov or Mayor chipped in 10 million to defend Uruguay.
I feel like I've seen this video 10 times already.
Watchmojo routinely retool a video to make it 'new'.
Did you comment all 10 times?
This whole video is making me feel ( as a non American ) like America is another planet
Acording to some residents, USA IS the planet, so.....
Same here.
- a Costeño in "Gringolandia".
as an american, i also like feel like america is another planet (also you did the thing they started this video saying nobody outside america does!)
As an American, it is
That’s America. You don’t even realize how odd you are. You’re next level american.
I'm from Brazil, and honestly, most of these are also true here. Baby showers and gender reveals are annoyingly common, bathroom stalls are insanely large, pharmacies are full of beverages and snacks, we can vote at 16 and drink at 18, many restaurants offer free refil, tipping 10% or more is an automatic reflex, prescription drugs are all over TV
No wonder we're also Americans 😂
Gender reveals??? Bathroom stalls insanely large??? Pharmacies full of beverages??? Refil in restaurants??? Prescription drugs all over TV??? Not in Rio de Janeiro.
We also do tipping in germany. If you gotta pay like 12,40€ you round it up to 15€ or something like that. But as mentioned, if you work as a server you got such a high minimum wage, they dont need it. Its a nice bonus.
You’re Portuguese man.
@@coolbreeze3793 I am? I could swear I was Brazilian 🤔
@@cesarbrasilatorWhen they finally get it right that we don't speak "Brazilian", he doesn't seem to know what the concept of "continent" means
7:39 / 22:51 in Australia we don't tip, and waiting staff don't usually expect it, because they are paid a livable and reasonable wage for their Service, and they are not ripped off by employers, without support from State and federal government.
That's Good..
I bet waiters and waitresses make more in the USA than they do in Australia.
@@Jaster832 OK... prove your hypothesis with primary source evidence...!
What is a livable and reasonable wage in Australia? Minimum pay in California is $16.00 and I tip around 20%.
Switzerland's retail industry made a decision 3 decades to increase prices by 15% = and abolish compulsory tipping.
Now - woke wako liberal lunatics demand that tips must be added - since people who can afford to eat in restaurants have more money than they need. Equity and equality requires sharing.
The tipping in this country has gotten insanely crazy. And I think that the military obsession is crazy also.
of course, you do
Agreed. Never understood either.
Also crazy 😜 n this country- living off of less than minimum wage!
Agree. There is way too much public military and religious worship
Being proud of our military and our heros who die for us isn't going overboard it shows respect for the women and men defending us and fighting for us.
I hate it that I never have any idea how much a visit to the doctor is going to cost. I constantly get bills that I have no clue what it's for. I'm never given the opportunity to say no thank you, I'd rather die. And a 15 minute visit to an empty emergency room at 4 am when a doctor talked to me for a few minutes cost $1200 and the last time I went to a clinic outside the country BVI, I was there for 2 hours being treated and even given my meds and it cost me $15.
Have you visited your local FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center)? You may find less expensive medical care there (depending upon your income) and experience higher quality care than other types of primary care provides. FQHC's are local but federally inspected and qualified yearly. If you have no income, your care is free.
Please remember that next time you vote.
You seem to be describing my vet visits with my cat. You people are treated like animals, you should really do something if you value your lives.
In any country we visit, we always know what a visit to a doctor would cost us ~ zero.
The thing I found coming from the UK was portion size of meals the USA ..meals are very big and generous...
Big and often cheap for the size. It explains the obesity problem in the US
You're welcome.
@@Grimrapings comida ultraprocessada, que nem é comida
And our people are big and our health care system is not generous.
you're right - a thing missed in the list is that in the US, it's normal for a restaurant to serve a double portion, and for you to take part of it home for later. our converse discovery in the UK was, when after the meal, the server asked if there was room for dessert; there was room.
I’m sorry, we work too much? People in Japan literally sleep at work 😂
In Japan if you work your set hours you might not get promoted, they sleep at their desks to be there, they don't work extra hours they are just available
In the USA is you don't work more hours than everyone else then you are likely to get fired
@@davidioanhedges shouldn't you get paid for "being available". In USA they call it "on call" but you wait at home.
One of the many things I miss about living in Oregon is that there is no sales tax there. Moving and needing to pay 7.25% sales tax now is.... depressing
Delaware also. I used to live very close to the Pennsylvania/Delaware border and many people who did would drive to Delaware to save the sales tax.
That's a good point I think not all non-Americans know: Sales tax isn't everywhere here in the States. There are some places where it doesn't exist. Visitors might think it's annoying how inconsistent it is, but to me I like that things like that are decided locally. Not all things should be decided on a national level.
Some States have income tax some don't. Texas doesn't but we have sales tax. Some have both.
but our income tax is already high. 10%.
@@guydent9046 Hilarious. 10% is high? I pay 40% here in the UK
Most places have sales taxes; it's just included in the price shown. This is/was a strategy implemented to vilify taxes and to make retailers look better.
it a way the kleptocrats disguise their BS
That's bad news.
Yes in my country there is a goods and services tax (at a fixed rate of 15%) but very few places will ever show a price without it added.
But why, in shops (that's "stores" to American's) do they not just include it in on the price?! It isn't like that shop (read "store") is about to up and move to another city/state and the price will suddenly change! Online, I understand, but not in the bricks and mortar locations. Just plain weird and annoying.
@@richardwhite7093 It's also a scam to vilify the taxes, even though they are necessary for a fully functioning society. Americans are too stupid to see the costs of infrastructure maintenance.
I'm Brazilian,
- Here we learn that there are only one big continent called America.
- We also vote before drink: We vote with 16, but can only drink (and drive) with 18.
- We also use shoes inside
- We also small talk with strangers (Too much and too loud, to be honest)
- Don't complain on your sales tax. Its wonderful how simple your tax system are compared with ours
- Healthcare is 100% free for everyone. Ambulances are also free
A gente "pode" votar aos 16, mas não é obrigatório. Ate pq aqui no brasil, difernte do usa, o voto não é facultativo
@@anandasama15 você pode perfeitamente não ir votar, desde que faça a justificativa à Justiça Eleitoral. Agora dá pra fazer no celular, nem precisa mais ir ao cartório.
Estudamos que há o continente americano, mas há uma ênfase nas subdivisões entre América do Sul, Central, Caribe e América do Norte.
I hear gas is way more expensive in Brazil, right?
@@alexisafox For brazilians, indeed it is. We pay around 5-6x more than Americans pay.
But, an American touristing in Brazil will feel that the gas price is more or less the same (since dollar is worth more than our currency).
Pharmacy's in the US, stay away from food if you can. Convenience stores and pharmacys charge insane food prices, especially if no grocery exists in walking distance for most of the area residents.
The thumbnail is how you know this company is Canadian
Bro😂I hadn’t seen the thumbnail because I clicked on the video as soon as it popped up then I went into the notifications and saw the thumbnail😂
No it isn't.
@@K-dawg26 Yeah, WatchMojo is indeed based in Canada, they are a private company that also happens to publish youtube videos. their HQ is in Montreal
In Canada we have the metric system but due to our proximity to the United States and the fact that people over 60 grew up under the imperial system it hasn't been fully embraced. This is how most Canadian use the systems:
Temperature: metric
Driving speed: metric
Gasoline buying: metric
Driving distance: metric
Measuring short distances: imperial
Grocery shopping portions: metric
Personal height: imperial
Personal weight: imperial
Measuring for building things: both
Baking and cooking: both
What size ratchets do you use when using metric sockets?
John Ralston Saul is one of many Canadians who offer wisdom to your southern neighbors.
The NHL needs to go full metric as an F YOU to Gary Bettman and the US
I need to move out of the USA asap.
It shows we are the most fucked with freedom and then North Korea with no freedom is the most fucked.
Same. It's not like it used to be
Life in civilized functioning democracies is like America was before reagan and Murdoch. My kids faced no school shooting drills.
In my country (Trinidad & Tobago) it's actually illegal to wear camoflage unless you're a soldier or police officer. It's taken to ridiculous lengths too when even baby clothes are seized by local customs if it's camo. Removing your shoes is also something we do but it's not mandatory, it's simply considered good manners to ask whether the person is okay with shoes on/off (esp where carpet or rugs are involved). But the strangest thing I've seen Americans do is keep their shoes on when hanging out on their beds (or worse, someone elses) I don't know if that's just a movie thing or not because if it's real, it's REALLY gross.
You are in TRINIDAD and talking about something being gross...? Your whole country is gross.... Tobago is MUCH better & way more laid back - but also quite DULL.
Yeah nobody should have Any shoes on the bed. It's disgusting and rude
I live in america and I absolutely hate it when someone walks around in their shoes inside. Shoes on the bed is even worse 😭
Just don't leave your shoes outside in Australia, chances are there could be a deadly spider in your next wear ( Redbacks)
It still bugs me that we still can't get some kind of health care without insurance companies and having a medical bill that breaks you leaving you in financial dire.
I know people that work shitty jobs they hate because someone in their family needs the health insurance to stay alive. It's sad we live that way.
In 1979 I was diagnosed with cancer and the total cost to my parents was $0.00 for 6 months of radiation therapy and surgery. According to what I have read if the US would scrap 2 of the super aircraft carriers they could give everyone free healthcare.
All they need to do is to scrap their obscene private "healthcare" system and there would be plenty to pay for universal healthcare free at the point of use. It is the case that US government spending on healthcare per capita already exceeds the spending in most civilised countries.@@cbman4767
They probably don't realise that you need healthy people to fight in wars.@@cbman4767
Some kind of - and if your aunt would have balls she would be your uncle.
In the '70s, our teachers told us that we were being taught the metric system because by the year 2000 everyone in the world would be using it instead of the imperial system...
I was working at a convenience store when soda companies started making 2-liter bottles. My customers and co-workers complained that the bottles were not "lighter" at all, but maybe even heavier...
That wouldn't happen if you were also taught how to spell it correctly too - it's LITRE 🙂
@@dreadlord5581not everywhere in the world spells words the same, he spells it the correct way
In the '70s, our teachers told us that we were being taught the metric system because by the year 2000 everyone in the world would be using it, and then Ronald Reagan became President and said, "Nix on that!" And life went on and no one cared.
@@R_E_D22 litre is originally a French word, not an English one, so it should retain the French spelling which is -re not -er.
@@damianjblack what part of not everywhere in the world spells words the same don't you understand?
The 40+ hour work week is much less about being workaholics (in fact a significant number of workers don't actually do very much work in a typical week, though admittedly many others work very hard), it is more about that we are expected to and generally unable to afford not to.
I'm Namibian, and truth be told the US is really an odd country, from my point of view ofcourse. So confusing and different
We’re weird, but most of us are okay. If you visited here I’d love to show you around, and I’d love for you to do the same if I visited Namibia.
Do not comment about what you do not understand. Just stay where you are.
@mrgcav wow, grouchy, huh?
Say Irish American, Chinese American, African American etc. Here in Australia we just say Australian.
So no American Australians there?
I see you're a Pom.
In our defense, the UK also uses the imperial system in some cases. I have a few friends from the UK who tell me that street signs still measure speed in mph. But the rest is 100% true! Especially the freaking going bankrupt for medical bills thing. I have decent insurance and I'm still terrified to even go see a doctor because I still have to pay a good amount of money.
Yea, only if you are an old person over 45
Yeah, paying through the nose for insurance, to only get partial cover and then have them decline to cover you for any little reason they can think up. Then having to pay ridiculous out of pocket costs on top. Paying for healthcare through taxes is much cheaper than paying for private insurance and you won't be denied coverage. Also single payer systems have much cheaper medications, like a fraction of the cost. Americans who defend their barbaric health system are either stupid, ideological warriors, think they're never going to die, or just don't do the math. Or all of the above.
AND it should NOT even be a THING!!!!
@@sb6678 As in an ever growing and massive demographic?
In Canada we jump back and forth between metric and imperial. Kind of have to with the States so close. But we get around describing distance by using time instead. How far to grandma's? About half an hour. To school? Five minute drive or a 15 minute walk. Can't tell you the actual distance but I know how long to allow to get there.
Don’t forget mass shootings/school shootings 🇺🇸
America : the greatest country in the world. Except for all the much better ones.
Examples?
Which ones are those? Give me one............still waiting..................................
Not only US call USA America, obsessed with military and leave tips. I also noticed that Americans have high mattresses, have fixed showers and have giant washing machines. Also only Americans and Canadians distinguish one from each other
Haha as a Canadian I confirm this....we like to distance ourselves but our cultures are very similar besides from a lot of French here...there's a bunch of crazy stuff that happens here too you're media is our entertainment though
Well there is a difference in the culture of the US and Canada. Brits distinguish themselves from Scots, Welsh, and Irish too.
@@geoffreybaldwin3108 the people aren't terribly different, but our countries' laws are sometimes wildly different.
I've met a lot of Canadians and honestly aside from the accent most people would have a hard time differentiating an American or a Canadian on a first meeting if they didn't mention their country of origin.
I can't stand being mistaken for an American 😂 🇨🇦
@@Kross8761 This. Though, speaking of accents, when I moved to England in 2000, every single person I met thought I was Canadian, and the reason? I didn't have a southern accent. Everyone I met in the UK assumed ALL Americans sound like Texans...lol! I say the UK rather than just England, because I went to other countries as well within the UK, like Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland.
#20 is debatable. Nations in the American continent don’t call the United States “America”, but all the other countries I visited or lived in does. They often say “US”, but when talking about traveling, they often refer to the US as “America”.
That doesn't make it right. Even Nazi Germany wasn't arrogant enough to call itself ALONE "Europe". When Columbus "discovered" American, he landed in the Bahamas, not the Bronx. As a Canadian, I'm every bit as much an American as anyone in New York, Chicago, Des Moines, or San Francisco... and so are Mexicans, Argentinians, Jamaicans, and Cubans. But, ironically enough, NOT Hawaiians.
mmm, nope, Americans, yes, but probably mostly since we've been so indoctrinated by all those american shows and movies ..
but the country itself , NO graph or so comparing would EVER say 'america' for the USA..
the US is common, even dutch translated : de VS = verenigde staten, that i learned as a child.
so , i'd say pretty spot on, especially mentioning the 'an American' being common,
but there is a lack for a plesant to say alternative.. What would i say otherwise?
a USA citizen? wow that sound so extremely formal!
whereas you can say pleasantly 'a mexican' a canadian, ...
it's the name of the country that gives the problem..
it's more a union name, then a country name,
Hey! that is actually a big common ground! the EU --> European,
while European also stands for several countries NOT in the EU,
as i'm pretty sure the UK still thinks it is european post brexit ;-).
EU is also an abriviation of a naming of a union, :)
Maybe nobody has to worry about the name next year: "USA" --> Trumpistan
The whole gender reveal parties continues to mystifies me to this day as to their purpose and revelance. However I can say with hilarious certainty that they are entertaining to say the least!! 😂😂😂😂
Americans are always for change if it means being inclusive. I think it started off as a way to include males more comfortably with baby showers... and then it snowballed from there.
The women who started it had a few miscarriages before the 2nd term which is when you can tell the sex of a baby. So when she got pregnant again and made it that far she had a party to reveal the sex with her friends and family cause she never made it to that stage and actually carried it to term then it got yo the pintrest people
@@yoshifrazzled7628 Okay!! I didn't know that... thank you for clarity 🙏. That poor woman though 😢
Like almost all family ceremonies in the US, the purpose of showers, reveal parties, and receptions is the accumulation of loot.
I was once appalled to be asked to buy a single piece of flatware from a wedding registry. I was just part of a place setting. I would have rathered to pick something out myself that I thought would be meaningful. Weddings are just like a TV show where you have 15 minutes to put everything you can into a shopping cart.
@@richiejohnson Wow! 😲 That's wild man... Well you live and you learn right?
You forgot, putting marshmallow in sandwiches. AND selling it in a tub big enough to bath a baby in. (Thanks, Bill Bryson). And putting peanut butter and "jelly" [in my country we call it "jam"] in the same jar. Pardon me for being foreign, but . . .ick.
My mom thought that the peanut butter and jelly jar was nasty and she never bought it. We also used separate knives for both jars.
Gender surprise parties have been happening in Australia for as long as I can remember hearing about them, they may have even started here, but it's definitely not just Americans that do it
I’m Aussie too I would say I’ve only been noticing them been talked about in the last 15ish years. But no one in my social or family group have had one,I think it’s probably more common to combine it with the baby shower and even to do a ‘reveal’ in the last 15ish years. But that’s only my own experience of course.
When I become an adult, I will have a no shoe rules in my house. I will have a shoe area at my front door.
If you’re able to buy a house young one.
Try doing that in Australia, especially in summer.
I want to go back to the days when pharmacies had lunch counters and soda fountains. Like Mr. Gower's place in It's a Wonderful Life.
There are some where I live
I can’t imagine anything less attractive than lunching in a pharmacy.
@@anushkasekkingstad1300 It was pretty common 70, to about 130 years ago.
@@donovanmedieval Only in the US. There are many horrific practices commonplace in the dysfunctional and backwards US today. What they commonly got up to 100 years ago doesn’t bear thinking about.
@@anushkasekkingstad1300 Do you know of any drug store lunch counters in the US today? I'd sure like to visit them. I;m sure alot of other people would, too. It not only happed in small towns like Bedford Falls, but in every major city. I'm talking next to schools, churches, and police stations,.major train stations, the lobbies and front windows of major hotels and department stores. The same department stores where mothers would take their kids to see Santa, with the lunch counters in full view of both the mothers and children. I don't know that any changes to the law made them less common, but tastes change. There used to be one recreated in the cafeteria of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History and Technology. I guess they must have closed it because it wasn't very popular. I don't know what yo
Gender reveal parties are ridiculous.
I got in trouble in elementary school in the third grade because I refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance even has a little kid it just seemed weird to me like some kind of indoctrination even though I didn't know that word at the time😂
It definitely is an indoctrination, but of course the US doesn't see that. Indoctrination only happens elsewhere
It is indoctrination. Everyone else thinks it's weird and cult-like.
I felt that way about religion and getting on your knees, putting your hands together in a certain way and chanting prayers. Wings and halos, now that just creeped me out. Catholic is like a power or something.
I'm Canadian, so the Pledge of Allegiance wasn't a thing, but I used to just move my mouth a bit when we had to say the Lord's Prayer. Of course, that was many years ago. I'm pretty sure only kids in separate religious schools have to say the Lord's Prayer any more.
Love it!
Fun Fact - The rings of the Solo cups actually serve a purpose as they offer measurement lines for different types of drinks and ingredients for mixed drinks.
No they don't. That is a myth.
Nope. Margo Burrage, director of communications for Dart Container Corp., parent company of the Solo Cup Co: "The rolled rim makes it easier to sip your drink, but also prevents a stack of SOLO cups from sticking together," Burrage told PolitiFact. "The indented base makes the cup sturdier and less likely to crack. And those extra lines keep your fingers from slipping while holding the cup. So while the lines weren’t meant for measurement, they were a quite purposeful part of the design."
Solo cups are available in Australia because Australians are compelled to mimic Americans.
@@maxhugenJust because the cups were not designed for a particular purpose does not mean that they cannot be used for that purpose! Cup flipping etc? All of the games people play around cups and kegs? Also, if you are a bartender I am sure you can learn to measure quantities using the rings.
@@javamanV3I wouldn't know... I don't go to pubs, clubs, or bars that serve alcohol in plastic cups.
#4: As an American, it has long been a serious pet peeve of mine that prescription drugs are advertised everywhere to consumers. The ads are very annoying. I wish they'd get rid of them, but what can I do? Prescription drugs should be advertised to doctors and healthcare facilities. They're the ones who decide what drugs I get. I don't see how advertising to end consumers benefits anyone. They're wasting their time & money advertising to me, I just go with whatever drugs my doctor recommends.
The scary thing is that many of them say “consult a doctor before taking” …Like, where do they think people are getting their drugs?! You have to get it prescribed by a doctor, so of course you’re consulting one. It’s like they know and are fine with them being taken illegally. And most of them aren’t even scheduled, they’re for stuff like psoriasis or MS. It’s weird.
And then there are the lawsuit commercials over these drugs.
Well, the money they spend on advertising is built in to the price of the drugs, so the consumer is paying for that in the end.
Peanut butter might be one where USA choses a bit healtier , if the altenative is nutella? ;-).
peanut butter + nutella is dope thou :D ps: peanut butter is not healthier its kinda as bad as nutella
@@bloodbrothers12345 I was young and broke once and I tried to bulk up on peanut butter and eggs. Sadly I could not make any gains...
The alternative is also butter or olive oil, both of them healthier.
@@bloodbrothers12345 Sugar is in both.
It's not real peanut butter (which they call "natural" peanut butter). It's a sugar spread with hydrogenated oil added. It's just candy.
The bathroom doors here in America are so weird. We know what the solution is, yet everyone has just agreed to be uncomfortable.
Blame Elvis. He died on a toilet. Logistics of removal apply.
I don't recall agreeing to that. But I also don't recall being asked...
Why do Americans need to say bathroom instead of toilet?
@@kenchristie9214 It is a euphemism. So is the word "toilet". It is a French loan word that meant "little cloth" that was placed on the shoulders when hairdressing. It later meant the grooming one does in the morning before venturing out. It became a French euphemism for the room where you did your ablutions which includes urination and defecation. Americans opted for "bathroom" since this is where most toilets are located in the US. Some countries opt for separate toilet rooms. In Canada (where I am from), most people say "washroom". Where I live in New Zealand, people say "loo" or "dunny" or "bog". There are euphemisms everywhere.
@@neskire In America, the Hayes Office, aka the U.S. Film Censorship Board ruled the word toilet as offensive.
Amongst other words ruled offensive by the board were bloody, damn and hell.
One big bad thing missing: Company bosses earn often 200x more than a normal worker in US, which is completely insane.
Gender reveals have made their way here in the uk and are quite common but nowhere near the size or extent of those over the pond, I've heard people moaning about them over there and here too because of all the ( you can be any Gender ) saying we shouldnt say what gender a child is we should let the child decide when they are older.
Regarding drinking age in the uk you can drink at 16/17 with an adult if you are eating but the adult has to buy it, and on private premises its only illegal if the person is under 5 anyone 5 or older can legally drink at home or on other private premises.
Personally, I've never really liked peanut butter, but I do know people who like it. That's 1 thing, I think about when i think America is peanut butter and jelly ( what we call jam i think in the uk ) sandwiches.
When it comes to working that's 1 reason so many Americans dont really know anything about other countries because a lot of them have never even been outside their state because they hardly ever get paid holiday's so cannot afford to take time off.
When it comes to sale's tax i dont understand why they do it like that its more confusing and doesn't make sense that when your buying stuff if you have a limited amount to spend having to work the tax out yourself to make sure you have enough. over here in the uk we like things simpler especially when we are in the 21st century.
Regarding ads America seem obsessed with advertising especially pharmaceuticals but considering pharmaceutical companies control a lot over there and charge Americans stupid amounts of money for things the rest of the world charge little for like paracetamol or ( Tylenol in America ) here in the uk you can get a pack of 16 tablets for as little as 29 pence.
Considering the amount of tax Americans pay they should be able to get free health care but those at the top dont care about citizens.
We in the uk use metric and imperial it can be confusing to others but we have grew up knowing both whichever is easiest to work out depending on what your buying or doing.
Something else only Americans do is not call black people Americans they have to say black American or African American which I've never agreed with especially when just because your black it doesn't mean your from Africa and most have never even been to Africa.
We do a lot of the same things in Canada. Except the American things like pledging the oathe. When it comes to talking to strangers here in Newfoundland they would then be considered a good friend 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
We are way too friendly 😅
Newfoundland music : one of a kind.
I'd rather interact with friendly people.
lol. You’re not friendly just polite. You guys can be douchebags too
I was in a severe accident when I was pregnant with my son. An elderly woman ran right into us at 55mpg. Despite the bruising all over my stomach my baby boy was perfectly healthy. I had to ride in a ambulance, and it was around $1,000 with insurance🙃 thankfully the woman had to pay for all my bills. But America's health care system is a JOKE. Everything is about money here.
If a pharmacy here in the UK started selling basics like bread and milk, it would probably have a 50% mark up. I would think it was not the sort of place i would want go for medication either, more a jack of all trades than a qualified specialist. A pharmacy here is where you go to buy medication and get expert medical advice about it, that's their USP.
Boots pharmacies sell lots of food for lunches - sandwiches, drinks, snacks.....
"But Doctor, I want because I saw happy people playing tennis and sailboating in the sunshine on a TV ad!!" The only value those ads have for me is the hilarious side effects. I actually saw this one time, not sure of the exact wording but pretty similar to this: "May cause liver damage requiring a transplant."
Right. I'd rather just have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
How about the one where the skin rash treatment may cause lymphoma... just doesn't sound right.
In the Philippines, we have whats called the “Panatang Makabayan” which is actually way longer than the Pledge of Allegiance even in the revised version that was enacted around the 2010’s, and you raise your right hand instead of putting it on your chest which the latter is only done for the national anthem so many kids’ right arms would hurt after a while after reciting.
Have you read Sam Clemmons' letter to the editor about the Moro massacre that America's Christians committed?
Pharmacy with groceries. We've definitely adopted that here in southeast asia. Some groceries close late nights while some pharmacy run 24 hours 5 to 6 days a week.
Tipping is ridiculous in the U.S. 18% is the expected minimum. Pay restaurant workers a livable wage.
In Europe, we have pharmaceutical sections in the stores that sell over-the-counter drugs like aspirin, paracetamol (also known as Tylenol in the USA), diarrhoea and constipation medication, and hayfever medication. Some of the bigger stores have pharmacies inside of them that sell prescription drugs. Your main pharmacy thar your prescriptions go to might end up being inside a really big store if it's the nearest one to the GP you go to, and then you have to enter the store to be able to gain access to the pharmacy entrance, or it might have an entrance from the outside and from within the inner confines of the very large store.
I don't know if it's just my friends specifically, but my Irish friends tend to speak about their military a lot and quite highly. There's, like, war memorials, and tons of war museums there. I get the impression the Irish are also quite military centric, although it could be a false impression that I'm getting. My friends say the Irish military is famed for its neutrality.
I like Americans are stereotyped as both lazy and overworked as if those two things aren't contradictions. Americans have practically perfectly healthy work life balance compared to slaves in third world countries or compared to Japan. It's pretty much only Europe that has reasonable hours.
In the U.S., Walgreens sells customers cigarettes, then lots and lots of medicines to treat the ill effects of smoking cigarettes. CVS stopped selling cigarettes, but Walgreens stays with the longtime racket of creating demand by offering a supply, in this case a deadly supply.
OECD Countries 2021 stat. USA-Average amount of hours worked per year-1791 hours 10th on list-Japan-1607 hours 27th on list.
VAT on the price tag makes so much more sense than trying to do mental math on the taxes (at least before we all were carrying around calculators in our phones).
The pledge of allegiance is indoctrination, pure and simple. I stopped doing it in High School and was ostracized for it.
I’ve switched to Metric, I had to trick my phone to think I’m in Canada to do it.
The original pledge did _not_ include “under God.” And it was written by a Christian minister. The government under Dwight Eisenhower forced those two words in, as they changed the national motto to “In God We Trust,” canceling the longtime motto, “E Pluribus Unim ,” which means many making one - secular and a celebration of multiculturalism.
Eisenhower, who had eschewed religious since his youth, said he made these unconstitutional changes to use religious phraseology as “spiritual weapons” in the Cold War.
This underscores how evangelical Christianity of this era is a contrivance of secular, fascist forces.
Isn't the VAT around 20%?
@@rightlyso8507 i think each nation has their own rates. Denmark is the highest but it covers the costs a huge social services system for all citizens (and that is why they didn’t take in a lot of the migrants that flooded Europe as too many new people at once would have caused that system to collapse.) Bernie Sanders loves what Denmark is doing, but scaling it up to a nation our size is likely impossible.
@@joermnyc It could be done, but the hard part is convincing Americans to pay for it. Taxes are a dirty word there. People think of themselves as taxpayers, which sounds like a one way transaction, rather than citizens, which implies a more two way transaction. In many other countries a common view of taxes and social services is more like "you get what you pay for". Underfund the services and you don't get good service. The key would be explaining that it's actually cheaper to pay for many things this way, particularly healthcare. As a percentage of GDP Americans pay far more than anyone else for healthcare and get worse outcomes for it.
It might also be worth pointing out that the citizens of Nordic countries with expansive social services, like Denmark, are the happiest in the developed world, have more faith and trust in their government, and have a generally more peaceful society.
@@Pushing_Pixels too many Americans have been brainwashed into thinking universal health care is communism. It’s not, but good luck convincing them otherwise.
The National Anthem hasn't been cited in schools for years now.
Southern States and some mid western states still do.
My kids middle school in IL does still to this day.