There's no way American football would be first on the list. Literally nowhere outside the US plays it, and we don't think of it as football in any real sense. And if you think it's harsh that 'school shootings' is the first thing mentioned, well that's because you're the only country that has them. It's not harsh. Harsh is sending your children to school and knowing they might get shot.
Agreed, most American's never reflect on their country or people , they just go by what they've heard and so when the truth appears it's like "WAOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS??!" when statistically they have more than one per day and it's horrible, but they just let it pass and move on. The outside world takes a school shooting more seriously than the US government AND people, imagine that.
I've never met an american that wasn't extremely arrogant, ignorant and obnoxious. So far up thier own ass thinking America is the one and only power and they won every war and gave the world freedom !. Shocking as every american film has schools in them but all of them know nothing about anywhere other than the USA and nothing about history ,literally only know from independence day 4th July, most don't even know the year (1776)
nah, it’s just because we hold back on you. you guys are literally cucking yourselves out for military aged men from the middle east and getting acid attacks all over and nobody talks about it, and i’m half english and was born in germany. you idiots just assume what it’s like based on our cities which have similar policies as you do, but larger populations, i’ve lived in urban and rural areas and the rural parts (aka the vast majority of the us) is extremely tight knit and safe. keep your noses out of our politics when you have no clue what it’s like here
0% mindfulness over there they just fall into the maelstrom and get enslaved. You only have very few worker rights in the USA compare that with Germany lol. The healthcare is bad, the food safety is very bad etc. Mentally ill people get guns like it's candy. And let's don't talk about suger....
the reason the kids laughed is because it's such an unimaginable thing for them. There's a dark humour and irony in it. guns are allowed in Iceland but the last shooting murder was 2007.
The imagine of a schoolshooting is far away from their experiences. They live in a nation without military. I visited iceland at the same time when there was a international meeting of polititians and there are closed streets with one policeman at the corner without a gun. Some streets were closed with pickups which they drive to open or close the street for passing alloweded cars. Very simple. My driver lough and asked me who on earth think he come to iceland for a terrorattack. I answered they can get my German cancelor as a gift, but nobody wants him even for free.
@@solrosenberg4529 We have some immigrants, not nearly to the extent of Sweden and other countries but there's some, mainly polish people but most of them are nice.
"Freedom" probably refers to the fact that that's s typical US talking point. No European would seriously think that US Americans are more free than other nationalities
It's what is indoctrinated into us from our youth. Really, it's as if they're trying to sell to us that Kim Jong Un or the Ayatollah are telling their people "hey, Americans have more freedoms than you do here - Don't you hate them now??"
As non American the first thing came to my mind was the gender things, you guys have lot of gender there and is confusing for me who just learn English. And USA country is on the list of countries with the largest economy, the largest per capita income and the largest military budget, but why can't they create a good educational curriculum with those much money USA have ?
@@allejandrodavid5222 Agree, but I doubt that anyone choose to die in street or even in school shooting, or choose to be homeless or ill or fat, or ignorant.....or There are too many negative things to even think about living in so called greatest country, right?
@@allejandrodavid5222 You don't need a gun. That works fine in Europe, so why would that be impossible in the US? "But everyone else has a gun" - or the like, isn't an answer. Only the police and military needs deadly weapons.
My sisters have lived in the US for over 40 years. I've visited endless times and genuinely like the country but would I live there. Never ever. Sorry. Iceland children weren't ruthless they were just being honest. It's how most the world feels nowadays which is actually sad.
They were not honest they just listed bad things. Everything in their lives is intertwined with America from language, entertaiment, food, to their defence. Like If someone would ask the first thing about iceland. And I would say bunch of inbread people who fish for a living and eat rotten shark.
I'm Italian and if you asked this question 20 years ago in Italy people would have answered differently, like NASA, military power, Hollywood, rock, and so on, relatively positive things. But now you would get similar answers there too.
We're the only country in the industrialized world that places a for-profit insurance company between a patient and doctor for necessary care. Despite opinion polls showing -- for more than two decades --- that Americans want a not-for-profit healthcare system, not one member of congress (out of 535) is willing to fight for it. The insurance companies stuff campaign contributions (bribes) in their pockets and control them. These bribes have been made legal by the US Supreme Court. 60,000 Americans die each year due to inability to afford health care. Another 500,000 file for bankruptcy after suffering a major illness. Those of us who loudly advocate for a public healthcare system are called communists, cursed at, and told to move to N Korea by right-wing mobs tied to various Republican Party aligned organizations.
@@NicholasJH96 The funniest part is, it's not even true. The reason you get those florida man stories, is because florida has different laws when it comes to the media. As in, they're allowed to report on cases in progress. That's why there's more stories, but the actual rates for the crazy events happening isn't actually high.
America may be rich - all those natural resources - but it’s probably (actually definitely) the worst governed country in the modern world. Few, if any workers rights, no proper health care, and insane gun laws. In Europe we work to live, in America you live to work. And the scenes of homeless people in America are unmatched in the modern world.
@@Thurgosh_OG I haven't seen "how" other countries do it, & I'm for it too, it doesn't take that for people to know they're getting short changed, & Tump, the guy Europe thinks is "SATAN", tried to shut down some of our bases, but got flak from every angle for it, while Biden opened up new ones!
The U.S isn't a country, it's a corporation, and it's citizens are merely employees and consumers, sheltered from birth from the realities of the rest of the developed world so as not to upset the status quo. Profit is king, not happiness and wellbeing.
The kids were just honest, not ruthless, sadly. Unless more people realize how bad it is and start demanding changes to make it better, it can only get worse. Like that quote from the Lorax, remember? “Unless someone cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
Well, "this dude" (if you mean the author of this video?) is one of the least offended & least ignorant Americans I've seen, he at least makes an effort to find out & understand what people outside US think ;)
Let's just focus for a second on how well-spoken these kids are in a language that is not their own; their English is a lot clearer and educated than a lot of native speakers of the same age group. Their honesty is only brutal if your eyes are closed.
@@Rullstolsbunden__ "I ain't tryna be that guy" "deffo" Seriøst, er du 8 år eller noe? That is not a good example if you want to brag about English being an easy language to learn, because you fucking butchered it like none before. You must be a hood rapper or something.
American football is not popular/known in most of the world. Basketball is an Olympic sport so is better known. The flags plastered all over is very American and, frankly, kind of weird. The obesity is noticeable when we are in the States but the portion sizes are ridiculous.
I see American Soccer(😂) as a downgraded Rugby. What's the point? At least Rugby's straight collision, while American Soccer has equipments to lessen the loads.
@@sinjaja5836 Sorry, I did not mean to exclude other European countries where mush of the population can speak English from reasonably well to exceptionally well. I should have extended my point to say that it is common to find many European people who speak two, three or more distinctly different languages. This is not common in America. No offence meant to anyone and I hope none is taken. Danke.
@@hristaki99 Makes sense that weed that has to travel across a whole ocean, probably has quite some issues with imports etc. is more expensive than the locally sourced stuff. I am not sure if it's even legal to import weed from other countries, considering weed still isn't legalised here in NL.
@@hristaki99 in America the weed is shit, thanks to government regulation. THC is no higher than 20%, it's worse than rag weed in bricks from the 1970's... Government is a cancer upon humanity.
As a Swiss who has been to the USA I would say: beautiful country with great people that is unfortunately being destroyed due to the terrible politics - like so many other countries too.
Who are inevitably responsible for the country's politics? Who are the voters? Who have the real power? The people. Yet they do nothing, they just let it continue because "well it doesn't affect me".
As a Black person from an African country who has been to The USA, I would say: Beautiful country with half great people/half horrible people being destroyed due to white supremacists and right wing people.
I'm surprised you're surprised, well actually im not, Americans think the world looks at America and think its amazing, trust me, most of us do not, we feel sorry for you.
Agreed. Back in the 80s as a kiddy I was ruled somewhat by Americanisms & their influence on me with music, film & oversized clothing. Now, the place just sends chills down me spine. Shame cos now I doubt I'll ever get the urge to want to visit.
I must admit when it comes to mass shootings the US always springs to mind. When I last visited my sister in law, who lives in a small town outside of LA, every single day at least one person was shot. And we spent four weeks there.
It's not their opinion, they're facts. USA has a lot of really fatty fat-asses obese people, they also have a metric fuck-tonne of school shootings, more than one per day, statistically. It's just a shit country and that's based on so many things, world ranking for press freedom, living conditions, health care, education and so on, USA ranks low on everything except for most amount of people incarcerated and one more thing I can't recall right now.
@@JulianPlays-jb6xbus saying that y'all desperately need better gun control isn't based on stereotypes. It's just the truth. Let's take the knife crime rate you mentioned as an example: most Brits are aware of that, dare I say most Europeans are. The difference between the US and the UK in this case is that the latter (at least as far as I know) is aware of the fact that they need to change something. However it's not that easy to just ban knives or something. It is easier to set gun regulations in place. We're not pissed off when you mention bad things in European countries because we're aware of them too. We get pissed off when you use those problems to deflect from yours when we're specifically talking about the US. PS: I'm neither from the US nor from the UK.
@@ChrissaTodd that is true. However that being a pretty big stereotype shouldn't hinder us from having more productive conversations about things in the US that aren't mostly just stereotypes. Like gun control. What isn't helpful is when we're talking about gun control and US Americans bring up the knife crime rate in the UK because that's deflecting from the topic. Most people probably wouldn't have an issue talking about it however it's different when it's used to deflect from the actual conversation. As for why so many of them said fat/obese. Like you said it's a stereotype also connected to other ones like that the food is more unhealthy in the US (which depending on the food can be pretty true. They genuinely need to ban more ingredients.). They all seemed pretty young, around my age (teenager), and are therefore most likely informed by the internet which is full of stereotypes that don't really depict the truth.
stereotypes are mostly truths. Stereotypes comes from actions or behavior of these people.. Its actually good to have stereotypes. I personally live in Greece and if i make children ill tell em to be careful around albanian ppl and people immigrants from middle east cuz there are many cases of stealing and taking advantages of others from albanians and middle east immigrants ppl just created a lot of problems. even destructions of properties. Same goes for some groups in US. This is a stereotype. Like Greece and their economic crisis ig. Also a stereotype that is positive ab US is the fact that its prob the only country with such high rate of "chances" towards a career. @@JulianPlays-jb6xb
I can tell you when I came to the US 30 years ago I was just shocked about the number of fat people. It is so evident when you see a large number of people like in a mall. In fact, friends and visitors from Europe would say exactly the same thing. The other thing that is immediately obvious is how many people wear casual clothing or wearing things like pajamas in a store which is unthinkable in Italy. Also, I never saw a slum until I came to the US.
Who wears pyjamas outside of their house unless it’s like a primary school wear-your-pyjamas-to-school-day or you’re in your back garden for something?
American Football isn't really 'a thing' outside of the US. Food: the inordinate amount of unnessesary additives in food products compared to the rest of the planet. Healthcare: ridiculously expensive or non-attainable to so many compared to almost every other country. The deviciveness towards politics bordering on conflict (within the US) Freedom: the US has no more or less than 80% of the rest of the world. It comes across as almost cult-like indoctrination. Work/Life Balance: a ridiculous concept in the US and completely unregulated, unlike most countries. Minimum Wage: it is madness not to have a National Minimum Wage (adjusted upwards according the State prosperity). The Federal Government should be responsible enough to mandate this, rather than pass the 'responsibility' to Employers is utter madness. They will ALWAYS pay the absolute minimum (or less) as it's all about profit ($). Guns: it's pointless trying to discuss this as no-one is prepared to listen or learn. Guns don't kill People, People with Guns do!
There is a national minimum wage in the U.S. (which a quick Google search would tell you). And adjusting the wage by state doesn't really make sense since it is more about the cost of living and that can be very different even within a state (city vs. country being a big difference in most places). And especially after Covid, when employers, even in areas like fast food cannot hire enough workers to stay open most places without paying well above the minimum wage.
@davidscott202 my bad and apologies for that error. However, (from Google) The federal minimum wage in the United States has been $7.25 per hour since July 2009, the last time Congress raised it. Some types of labor are exempt: Employers may pay tipped labor a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hour wage plus tip income equals at least the minimum wage. So, there has been no increase in 14 years and wait/tip staff/employees are paid a pittance by comparison whilst the cost of living continues to increase. They literally have to rely on tips to even have a chance. (Some, we are aware, do quite well, but many barely make it, and they do rediculous hours to achieve that).
@@alanbrown7558As an American I will say I agree with the tipping, maybe back in the day it motivated people to offer good service, but after COVID & Biden handing out free money to stay home (on the assumption that someone had COVID), the service went to shit, at least in my area in most places.
European here. I have lived in several countries in Europe.. Never met anyone playing American football, never seen it on TV, never mentioned.. Only in American movies. I would say football first (soccer🤦♀️), basketball second and then other sports depending on the country are famous in Europe.
No paid vacation ,no decent health benefits , wages that cant pay your rent or enough to take care of your weekly costs , bad food or expensive decent food ect ect ect
To be fair the costs in Europe are also rising. Many people can’t afford to buy property anymore in Germany. I mean where i live a house is like at least 600k€ right now. A house down the street was sold a year ago for over 900k.
Ich wette Dollar gegen Peso, dass du dich nicht an Zeiten erinnern kannst, wo dass mit den Grundstück- und Imobilienpreisen jemals anders war! Ansonsten, müsstest du in den 60ern, schon ein erwachsener Mensch gewesen sein, was dich in die Kategorie, 70+ befördet...@@E85stattElektro
That's why many Americans, through the internet are realising that the USA is definitely not the greatest country on earth. The American public have been lied to, brainwashed and kept insular for decades, slowly they are starting to wake up. 🤔
@@itsjustchloethatsitAre you questioning the second amendment?!?!? Tbf i think California for example has pretty strict laws and you are not allowed to carry guns in public. Also i don’t think that banning guns would be beneficial at this point since the whole continent is flooded with guns already at this point.
@@itsjustchloethatsitYou clearly don't know what the hell you are talking about. You are spoon fed info from mainstream media (American media), & you take it hook line and sinker!
@@stewedfishproductions7959 all the restaurants I went to in the US had signs that their food could potentially cause cancer. There's no way it's healthy. But to be fair, I've had some good meals there. The coffee sucks though
Perhaps, if Americans questioned how people from other countries perceive them they’d try to be better. I’m pretty sure the kid who said America was the greatest country WAS being sarcastic!!! I’m fairly sure only Americans think they’re so great!!!
The references to the flag are mocking the false nationalism of the US. "You have very little to be proud of and you make a lot of noise about it!" This is uniquely american!!
I agree about the flagg and the noice, and maybe the word "proud" is not right! Much depending on what preferences you have, one still can say that many good things, like technology and internet for instance, comse from the US! And I rather have them as allies than Russia or China!
Sorry but we still have plenty to be proud of. We also definitely have a lot to work on. You have to remember bad press sells, the good stories rarely get publicity.
In the UK jingos and overly patriotic people are called "flag shaggers". In Germany flying the German flag without a good reason will make people suspect that you might be a Nazi. In Austria I have barely ever seen any flags flown outside of state holidays by private citizens, and most of them aren't even Austrian flags. So you can imagine how nutty it looks when lots of houses have flags on them or every damn lamppost on a street has their own little American flag. As if you're afraid you'll forget where you are and may think you're in Palau or Mongolia or something.
I watched an American Home renovation show one day, and the renovators were the most excited about the new American Flag and Flagpole out the front! Don't they know which country they live in already? 🤨
In Germany the Nazis nowadays mostly fly the Flag of the German Empire. I would say that flying the flag of the Federal German Republic won’t make people think that you are a Nazi, but it will still be considered kind of weird (if its not in the context of a sport event). Most people in Germany are very tied to their region though and will rather fly the flag of the region than the federal flag (Bavarians are for example very known for loving to show off their Blue-White flag).
Here's a disciplin where the Danes can beat the US. We are absolutely nuts about Dannebrog and it's an integrated part of ANY party. If you see a private house with flags all over, it's not the nationalist's headquaters! It a bithday, an anniversary, wedding or an other party. We are so crazy about our flag that we celebrate it's birthday. Do any other nations? How we celebrate it? We put flags everywhere 🤣
You think the kids were harsh? Try to ask some adults about the US. For me, the US is just a scary look into the future, because we soon will fail on the same things as hard as you did... We spent too much time, money and energy to copy the very wrong things from you. You should visit Europe... it won't exist in this form for much longer. Greetings from Germany
He’s offended?! By facts? Because people in other countries have their own sports and teams and they don’t think of American ones? Because they don’t automatically think America is “the greatest country”? Btw: the kid was being sarcastic. And the reference to freedom is a reference to the episode of The Newsroom with Jeff Daniels. That was also sarcastic.
His reaction to the first kid though. I mean, the kid is not wrong...it IS messed up I can't disagree but at the same time Americans apparently laugh themselves. Coping mechanism? Don't know, but that's messed up too.
my first thoughts was: crumbling infrastructure, extremely costly medications and housing, obesity, unhealthy amounts of sugar in food and loads of junk food. after some thinking: broken democracy and flawed finance.
The idiots that don't read but have opinions, the racial crap that is melted down like the only slaves were Americans. In Europe we had slaves until 1917. And they were white.
My German colleagues, when in the Hartford, CT area, complained about: lousy American bread; frozen beer glasses killing all beer taste; everything much too sweet; gigantic food portions in restaurants; drivers that don't obey driving rules; football is soccer that has 2 X 45 minutes of action - no interruption for advertisements after every 10 seconds of activity like in American football.
My first thought is 'the land of extremes'. Because yes, all the things mentioned, but there are also a lot of good, beautiful, inspiring and advanced things in the US.
Our perception for USA changed thru the years. I speak for me and most friends of mine in same age. I am 52 yo from Greece. I will try to recall what was our perception about USA, decade by decade and I will try to answer that question if there was asked to me years ago: 1981 (10 yo): A great country with breave men that saved us at WWII from Nazis, a land of freedom and with so many great movies. 1991 (20 yo): A country with many opportunities, great cinema and music but with some issues in racism and religion. 2001 (30 yo): A country ruled by military-industrial complex, were makes wars to gain power over the world so the 9/11 was it's their fault, they should see it was comming. 2011 (40 yo): A country who goes from bad to worst in Education, in Racism, in Human Rights, in Democratic Institutions, with so much gun violence and now also with a crumble economy. (2021) (50 yo): A country with so many billionaires but in the same time with so many poor people. A country that can not even provide the minimum medical care to its people. A country which is responsible for 25% of current greenhouse emmissions and probably over 40% of total emmissions of last 200 years but now does nothing to fight Climate Disaster. A country with so many uneducated people and so much disinformation from the media who had elected an idiot racist president some years ago and he nearly abolished the Democratic Constitution in the country and now he is formally charged for that by the supreme court.
@@theoteddy9665 I wrote what did we thinking in each age, not that these was the absolute truth. We were kids and we didn't knew the history well. This opinion of us was formed by the American movies we saw because 99% of the movies back then were American and many of them were propaganda and glorified the US involvement in WW2. After reading history and watching several documentaries, we understood that yes the participation of the USA was decisive for the duration of the war, but not necessarily for its final outcome. We also learned about how much the US benefited economically and Globally Geopolitically from WW2. In the end, the price they paid for so much profit was too small. While countries like Russia and many other European countries lost a lot in WW2, this war set them back years but at least it was the reason later that the European Union was created. Thank you!
Why does this guy seem so surprised that most of the impressions of the US are negative??? That's the stuff that people hear about from day to day. I'm an American living in Europe and it's pretty obvious that the US is getting worse, year after year, more unhealthy and less free than ever, and other coutnries do notice that.
6:28 He _is_ being sarcastic. He’s saying that lie/quote Americans tell themselves over & over, like in North Korea, being told they’re the best ever- 👀
In Iceland it's said that from children and drunk people you will learn the truth. This was a bit brutal though. Sadly, I think Americas reputation and status is in decline. Whish you best of luck. -- 50+ Icelander
Yep I was about to say that. The NBA is widely seen as the best and most prestigious league when it comes to basketball. And since Europeans, atleast some countries, care about basketball alot more than football that's why he said basketball.
For those of us in Europe, in my case, Ireland, the opinion on the U.S. has gone downhill badly in the last 20 years or so. This has only gotten worse with the emergence of Trumpp. Most people I know see the States as being backward and being in heaps of trouble at the moment.
I don’t think Americans are any more patriotic than any other country. It’s just that no other country throws their patriotism in other people’s faces the way Americans do. They’ve cornered the market on that.
being patriotic doesnt mean to show it in everyone face straight up. Its when they diserspect ur flag/country to defend it. Then it goes how "deep" into patriotism you wanna go @@stiegelzeine2186
@@stiegelzeine2186From Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia: “Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of different feelings for things such as the language of one's homeland, and its ethnic, cultural, political, or historical aspects. It may encompass a set of concepts closely related to nationalism, mostly civic nationalism and sometimes cultural nationalism.” What you described is called “being a show-off”.
1:45 they look so innocent and they probably are. It is the first thing they think of because it would affect their lifes the most if they would live in the us. And i bet they are pretty glad to live in a country without active shooter drills and the fear of that happening.
I don't think the US of A is the worst country, but very little is being done with the options and resources the country has. It could be so much better.
@@archiebald4717 Except monetary gains. American salaries and work ethic are MUCH higher than that of ANY European country. Europeans are considered LAZY vs Americans.
@@archiebald4717If our politicians were not outsourcing our jobs & money to other countries, our country wouldn't be that way, we funded the rebuilding of Europe after WW2 in which you wouldn't have bounced back as quickly as you did!
I was shocked at how shocked Ryan looked when faced by the truth from the first bunch of kids. He was a bit like an opinion seeker for a taste test who only expects everyone to express love for his product! You get different opinions on different aspects of American life, and one of the most honest would probably be "Don't know, don't really care!" Yes, Europe is quite interested in America but not to the extent of approval he seems to expect. And we are no longer afraid to express an opinion that is different from that of the ruling class of Americans.
@@davidscott202 Captain Morgan is a brand of flavored rums produced by British alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean, Sir Henry Morgan. And has been on sale since 1944.
When I visited family last year in Anaheim after a decade of absence. I told my Aunt I was meeting a former high school classmate at the Mall`s parking lot who was taking me out for dinner. I told her since it was only a mile and a quarter from her house I said I´ll just walk since I do that a lot here in Switzerland. She looked at me horrified and when I insisted she got cross. She insisted she was driving me there and was not taking no for an answer. Just a mile and a quarter and drive? My cousin told me, our Aunt was afraid I`d get mugged or something worst. Initially I chuckled inwardly but then realized perhaps she could be right. I really felt sorry for you folks..
Yeah, I've never met a non American who thought it was the greatest country. Craziest? probably, given the way they're eating themselves to death, voting against their own best interests (republicans), and arming every fruit loop who wants to cosplay the wild west.
The "Freedom" comment made me laugh given that Iceland is actually a freer nation than the US. The US doesn't even crack the top 10 on the Global Freedom Index.
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw The freedom to live your life without hindrance or interference from either government or religion. Americans can make no claim to such freedom; women are now basically brood mares since their bodily autonomy has been removed (sane states excepted) and religion permeates every sector of society, from education to social policy and politics. More over, one political party is trying very hard to negate the freedoms of "certain" people they deem undesirable (non-white, non-christian, non-heterosexual). Hence, the US is NOT as free as it thinks it is.
@@JonInCanada1 No, it's actually both extremes of those two groups that trample over each other's freedom, the middle majority are the ones who believe in freedom, but bias news media ( that you obviously consume) only shows the two polar extremes. And on the issue of abortion, it's not autonomy of women that's the issue, it's the autonomy of the unborn baby (or fetus).Do you believe in late term abortions?
@@DavidWingard-o6oprobably because the us influence reached them in one way lr another in the past century. And also because all of them (japan being barely an exception) suck at football so they fluctuate to other sports
Kids sometimes believe the hype on movies etc, but when they get older, weigh up based on issues. And most people think of school shootings. That's not normal.
I can't remember when last I saw a group of young boys with such identical hair colour and style. This tiny country, with a total population similar to that of Wichita or Tulsa, seems to be able to teach foreign languages, such as English, far better than the US too.
In EU must to learn languagesd by public schools are their native language and English.. Cuz its the languages of the market. U shouldnt be surprised ab that. Huge % of europeans speak 3 languages. Personally i speak 3 fluently and 4 that i understand and can barely speak or make a convo.
Lol. You obviously haven't reacted to European basketball fans v American. Basketball is a huge sport in European countries and the fans are just like European football fans.
Here where i live in Norway,our city's football teams flag is seen more then the Norwegian flag. It can be a little bit to much sometimes,but they deserve it of course 🙂
Moral of the video: GET YOUR FUCKING GUNS UNDER CONTROL I live in Germany and my class asked (half-joking) what we should do should a shootin happen. Our teacher had no idea. NONE. Because mass shootings are just not a thing in Europe. The only drills we have are for fire alarms
"Thats not funny. Thats messed up." Half true. It is messed up AND funny. The fact that there are so many school shootings are happening is messed up. The funny part is that there are some folks debating the why.
Flying a flag does not make you patriotic. Neither is making your children raise an arm to the flag just like Hitler did. I grew up in a time when America was great. Its very sad to see how it has become.
When you land here (Air,Sea,Land) it's 2 lines in Custom/Imigration: If from EU/EØS with nothing to declare, you go in the green line. -Or go in the red line. Africa, America, Brexiters, Russia* etc. (* Ofcource Not welcome. Banned !).
8:30 keep in mind that there are a lot of obese people in a lot of countries, however if you are over 200 pounds you are very likely obese and if you are 220 here or more it is really fat and you will not find many people that are 220 pounds and definitely not any younger people. So even if a lot of people are still obese, it is a very loose term. Like I have not seen a person as obese as some of the americans anywhere in Europe. You will not find anyone 300,400 or 500 pounds in here. Like our weight scales never even go anywhere that high.
The difference in obesity of US vs Iceland, and the rest of the Nordics I would presume, is the weight ratio average I think. It is very rare to see morbidly obese persons in the Nordics, although they do exist. Home-cooking is more prevalent here as well, which often means healthier food. It is rather expensive for the average middle-class here to eat out on a regularly basis. Even junk food gets expensive if eaten everyday.
People outside of the US do not think of American Hand Egg (in the US referred to as "football"). Basketball is at least played in other countries, which it is why it is mentioned.
First kid's answer is wild, most 90's European kids, myself included, would probably have said things like 'Hollywood' or 'Super Size Me' and 'Junk food'. It's wild how the perception of America has changed over years (it seems more negative than it used to be).
Thanks to social media we see the truth now , before it was mostly what the television shows and that created a false idea about the USA where in reality it was always like this (it got worse but it wasn't good to begin with) and now all the world can see the truth without the governments controlling what you can see and hear
90s kid here.. if you keep up with news etc. And not glamourize the American life because tv and movies then you would not choose those ones you mentioned.. But it is a very broad group tbf. 😅
I was born in 91 and like many others grew up as well with Hollywood as with other movie industries but my first thoughts would have been gang violence, which were a thing in the 90s as well, school shootings and shootings in general that are getting worse with each year, obesity, no public healthcare, ...Hollywood would probably be somewhere lower on the list. Also Hollywood is crap...not just what happens there like sexual abuse and what not which we know now more about....but the movies most of the time aint what they used to be. Hollywood as well went downhill.
Just a quick reminder that Spain was World Basketball Champion until a month ago, when the World Cup was held again. In the finals, Germany beat Serbia. USA played for third against Canada... and lost.
I recently discovered that in America, in Texas, they have barbecue and fishing as high school subjects. Meanwhile, the Americans do not know who discovered America, or the Capital of their country, or what a sum is. As a european (Spaniard) , it seems to me that the American dream is a joke, the worst country to take as an example. You laugh at the accent of a biño who has English as his mother tongue, Americans, what other language do you speak?
America didn’t make him, white Americans are a European invention and for the most part I feel ashamed as a European to think about that those people lived here 100-200 years ago
America really needs to understand what made it number one was several factors mainly the expansion of the country, it's resources, less regulations on business , freedom of speech What destroyed America was white flight after ww2, followed by privatization of education/healthcare, rise of the financial sector leading to outsourcing, deindustrialization, failing infrastructure and the rise of consumerism has led to obesity higher than all western countries and social media has led to personal isolation meaning a lack of community in sprawling suburbs.
Did you ever think that the reason why everyone has a flag, is not necessarily patriotism (most people in other countries are also patriotic), but the more cult like indoctrination that all kids have to swear their allegiance to the flag every day, in schools.. this then follows everyone for the rest of their lives… 🤷♀️… just a thought 😋
Wow, those blonde kids remind me of the film "The Village of the Damned", or the original 1970s film "Children of the Damned", just spooky having them all blonde like that.
Basketball is way more popular outside the US than American football. You even reacted to Greece basketball Ultras chanting recently (you did not know that it was basketball fans I think). Nobody would cheer like this for American football.
You will see a huge stars and stripes hanging on the wall, in the airport, if you ever visit the US, while you can transit Amsterdam or Dubai without being reminded where you are.
„Freedom“ and „democracy“… Wherever I go, anywhere in Europe, or the Americas, or Asia or Africa (and I‘ve lived in seven and visited sixty countries so far) the moment I look at my Swiss ID or passport, I feel I need to explain to everyone what democracy really is.
I do feel like there has been a big change in perceptions around the US since when I was young. It used to be that the US was THE place, and most would have been delighted to move and live - at least for a while - in the States. Now however, that seems to have flipped, and unless there was an incredible job opportunity paying crazy money, it just doesn't seem like an attractive proposition. Don't know how or when that changed. I personally would like to live there for a year or two because I enjoy travel and different experiences, but if I can choose to settle down anywhere, I can't imagine choosing the US. Having said that - we only make our impressions from what we see and read through the media + we should all know by now that we're better off trusting lived experiences.
2:07... Downtown Iceland... Iceland is a fkn country not a city!! You Americans have to understand that Europeans doesn't look up to America as a better country. "Greatest country ever" is actually Craziest Country ever 🤣
This is not surprising, you can imagine how horrific and shocking it is for a kid to see children killed in mass murders in the Usa, In Europe you can send your whole life without even touching a real gun. 🙄 And despite all this, Donald Trump's very first action once he became president was to make it easier for people with mental disorders to get a gun. 😵💫
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"The greatest country ever" was just sarcasm. People in other countries laugh at that every time they hear it from Americans.
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Yes. Maybe in poor countries you'd find people who seriously think that, but not in Iceland.
Only Americans think that...USA Americans!
There's no way American football would be first on the list. Literally nowhere outside the US plays it, and we don't think of it as football in any real sense. And if you think it's harsh that 'school shootings' is the first thing mentioned, well that's because you're the only country that has them. It's not harsh. Harsh is sending your children to school and knowing they might get shot.
Agree, be ashamed and aware not resentful!
Canada also plays 'American' style gridiron football.
Real men play rugby.
@@richardb3363 They invented it, by altering rugby union.
We have school shootings bc the government is behind it ( trying to pedal gun control), not bc of the right to bare arms.
I'm always surpised by how surprised Americans are when they hear things like this. It shows how ignorant many of them are.
Agreed, most American's never reflect on their country or people , they just go by what they've heard and so when the truth appears it's like "WAOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS??!" when statistically they have more than one per day and it's horrible, but they just let it pass and move on.
The outside world takes a school shooting more seriously than the US government AND people, imagine that.
I've never met an american that wasn't extremely arrogant, ignorant and obnoxious.
So far up thier own ass thinking America is the one and only power and they won every war and gave the world freedom !.
Shocking as every american film has schools in them but all of them know nothing about anywhere other than the USA and nothing about history ,literally only know from independence day 4th July, most don't even know the year (1776)
I was thinking what my answer would have been and "ignorance" was one of my first thoughts :D
nah, it’s just because we hold back on you. you guys are literally cucking yourselves out for military aged men from the middle east and getting acid attacks all over and nobody talks about it, and i’m half english and was born in germany. you idiots just assume what it’s like based on our cities which have similar policies as you do, but larger populations, i’ve lived in urban and rural areas and the rural parts (aka the vast majority of the us) is extremely tight knit and safe. keep your noses out of our politics when you have no clue what it’s like here
0% mindfulness over there they just fall into the maelstrom and get enslaved. You only have very few worker rights in the USA compare that with Germany lol. The healthcare is bad, the food safety is very bad etc. Mentally ill people get guns like it's candy. And let's don't talk about suger....
the reason the kids laughed is because it's such an unimaginable thing for them. There's a dark humour and irony in it. guns are allowed in Iceland but the last shooting murder was 2007.
The imagine of a schoolshooting is far away from their experiences. They live in a nation without military. I visited iceland at the same time when there was a international meeting of polititians and there are closed streets with one policeman at the corner without a gun. Some streets were closed with pickups which they drive to open or close the street for passing alloweded cars. Very simple. My driver lough and asked me who on earth think he come to iceland for a terrorattack. I answered they can get my German cancelor as a gift, but nobody wants him even for free.
What’s the immigration situation there?
it’s the fact of how small and homogeneous they are as a country. you wanna see a problem? their suicide rate.
@@solrosenberg4529 We have some immigrants, not nearly to the extent of Sweden and other countries but there's some, mainly polish people but most of them are nice.
@@solrosenberg4529hello Mr American
"Freedom" probably refers to the fact that that's s typical US talking point. No European would seriously think that US Americans are more free than other nationalities
US is the land of the free for the 1% richest. They're completely free to screw over the 99%.
It's what is indoctrinated into us from our youth. Really, it's as if they're trying to sell to us that Kim Jong Un or the Ayatollah are telling their people "hey, Americans have more freedoms than you do here - Don't you hate them now??"
some guy in the uk got arrested for jokingly teaching his dog to heil hitler, FOR A JOKE
@@mo0semustdieI mean that's some amazing story. I live in Europe and I can say wtf I want without nothing bad happening to me
@@paula19335the UK is in Europe
The fact that dude said that they’re in “downtown Iceland” just further proves what many think about Americans being geographically challenged 🤦🏻♀️
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Exactly! 😂😂😂
As non American the first thing came to my mind was the gender things, you guys have lot of gender there and is confusing for me who just learn English.
And USA country is on the list of countries with the largest economy, the largest per capita income and the largest military budget, but why can't they create a good educational curriculum with those much money USA have ?
@@FaridFirmanheresBecause all the money/taxes here goes to our military and bombing other countries 🥲🤦♀️
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Freedom is not when you can own a gun, instead freedom is when you don’t need to own a gun...
THIS! 12 kids die a day due to gun violence and yet anyone can get a gun
Freedom is when you can _choose it_
@@allejandrodavid5222 Agree, but I doubt that anyone choose to die in street or even in school shooting, or choose to be homeless or ill or fat, or ignorant.....or
There are too many negative things to even think about living in so called greatest country, right?
@@allejandrodavid5222 You don't need a gun. That works fine in Europe, so why would that be impossible in the US? "But everyone else has a gun" - or the like, isn't an answer.
Only the police and military needs deadly weapons.
My sisters have lived in the US for over 40 years. I've visited endless times and genuinely like the country but would I live there. Never ever. Sorry. Iceland children weren't ruthless they were just being honest. It's how most the world feels nowadays which is actually sad.
They were not honest they just listed bad things. Everything in their lives is intertwined with America from language, entertaiment, food, to their defence.
Like If someone would ask the first thing about iceland. And I would say bunch of inbread people who fish for a living and eat rotten shark.
@sarahwaterfield1428
Yes, but the laughing was messed up bc it's so disgusting and sad (school shootings)
Its funny when the chance of such thing happen in those country has the same rate as finding an unicorn, but happen daily in the US
I lived in Iceland for a while. They are nice people. "Greatest country ever" is obviously sarcastic.
sarcasm is in the icelandic nature
They are not nice people lol they are racist and isolationist
@@MrJoingiSarcasm is natural
I'm Italian and if you asked this question 20 years ago in Italy people would have answered differently, like NASA, military power, Hollywood, rock, and so on, relatively positive things. But now you would get similar answers there too.
Exactly. I'm from Hungary but live in Australia and I completely agree. The world does not have a very positive view of the U.S. anymore.
@@MeowPicturesI like your pseudo and your profile picture is cute.
@@fraxinus7399 Thanks. ☺
Nah social media exposed the real them. Y'all watched News channels that controlled the narrative.
The first thing I think of about the US is the horrendous cost of healthcare.
We're the only country in the industrialized world that places a for-profit insurance company between a patient and doctor for necessary care. Despite opinion polls showing -- for more than two decades --- that Americans want a not-for-profit healthcare system, not one member of congress (out of 535) is willing to fight for it. The insurance companies stuff campaign contributions (bribes) in their pockets and control them. These bribes have been made legal by the US Supreme Court. 60,000 Americans die each year due to inability to afford health care. Another 500,000 file for bankruptcy after suffering a major illness. Those of us who loudly advocate for a public healthcare system are called communists, cursed at, and told to move to N Korea by right-wing mobs tied to various Republican Party aligned organizations.
You have to be rich to get good healthcare in Usa . That is not the case in many other countries.
True!
at least we don’t have horrendous healthcare period
@@mo0semustdieneither do us in Europe but you're pharma sponsored media will tell you different
I've recently seen an amazing summary on this subject: "Europe looks at the US the way the US looks at Florida".
Yes that’s probably right but when I head Florida & it’s not about wether, I think oh here we go again.
The climate change, will solve the Florida problem for the US...
@@NicholasJH96 The funniest part is, it's not even true. The reason you get those florida man stories, is because florida has different laws when it comes to the media. As in, they're allowed to report on cases in progress.
That's why there's more stories, but the actual rates for the crazy events happening isn't actually high.
Oh we got our own Florida here in Europe, however every nation has different opinions on who is Florida.
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 hihihi
America may be rich - all those natural resources - but it’s probably (actually definitely) the worst governed country in the modern world. Few, if any workers rights, no proper health care, and insane gun laws.
In Europe we work to live, in America you live to work. And the scenes of homeless people in America are unmatched in the modern world.
That live to work comes from being world police, which Americans are pushing to end!
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw Because they have seen how much better other countries do it and don't want their people to get the same ideas.
@@Thurgosh_OG I haven't seen "how" other countries do it, & I'm for it too, it doesn't take that for people to know they're getting short changed, & Tump, the guy Europe thinks is "SATAN", tried to shut down some of our bases, but got flak from every angle for it, while Biden opened up new ones!
The U.S isn't a country, it's a corporation, and it's citizens are merely employees and consumers, sheltered from birth from the realities of the rest of the developed world so as not to upset the status quo. Profit is king, not happiness and wellbeing.
Yet people risk their lives to immigrate to the United States every day. I wonder why?
The kids were just honest, not ruthless, sadly.
Unless more people realize how bad it is and start demanding changes to make it better, it can only get worse. Like that quote from the Lorax, remember?
“Unless someone cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
This dude getting offended by facts is the most American thing I have seen today.
Lmao
Well he is American.
Well, "this dude" (if you mean the author of this video?) is one of the least offended & least ignorant Americans I've seen, he at least makes an effort to find out & understand what people outside US think ;)
Not him you fool. She meant the guy reacting.@@florenna
Exactly
Let's just focus for a second on how well-spoken these kids are in a language that is not their own; their English is a lot clearer and educated than a lot of native speakers of the same age group. Their honesty is only brutal if your eyes are closed.
I aint tryna be that guy but english is deffo one off the easiest languages to learn (im from sweden btw)
@@Rullstolsbunden__ I agree, english is very easy to learn
@@Rullstolsbunden__ Imagine american children answering German guy in his language...and talk about not so good things in Germany.
What a joke!
Tbh literally everyone in europe can speak english as at least a secend or third language, even kids
@@Rullstolsbunden__ "I ain't tryna be that guy" "deffo"
Seriøst, er du 8 år eller noe?
That is not a good example if you want to brag about English being an easy language to learn, because you fucking butchered it like none before. You must be a hood rapper or something.
American football is not popular/known in most of the world. Basketball is an Olympic sport so is better known.
The flags plastered all over is very American and, frankly, kind of weird. The obesity is noticeable when we are in the States but the portion sizes are ridiculous.
I see American Soccer(😂) as a downgraded Rugby. What's the point? At least Rugby's straight collision, while American Soccer has equipments to lessen the loads.
I think most people know approximately what American Football is they just don’t understand the rules.
And are bored...@@E85stattElektro
Well... American Football, is a down graded Rugby, because of the amor...@@TheBodiesInTheWaterBeckons
What's American' Soccer ? @@TheBodiesInTheWaterBeckons
Let's appreciate the level of English spoken by Icelanders
And the vast majority of all Scandinavian folk👍🎩
Most Scandinavians and Icelanders that I've met speak very good English.
I am German and most of us speak English quite well, but it's nothing compared to Scandinavians and Dutch People 👏
@@sinjaja5836 i live at the border and everytime i go to the netherlands im amazed at how well they speak dutch, english and often even german!
@@sinjaja5836 Sorry, I did not mean to exclude other European countries where mush of the population can speak English from reasonably well to exceptionally well. I should have extended my point to say that it is common to find many European people who speak two, three or more distinctly different languages. This is not common in America. No offence meant to anyone and I hope none is taken. Danke.
As a Dutch person I'm offended because weed is our thing
It is BELIEVED to be our thing! It's still not legal. Even the 'War on Drugs' Americans have managed to get there before us.
In every Dutch cofeeshop I've been to, the most expensive high-class weed is California weed
@@hristaki99 Makes sense that weed that has to travel across a whole ocean, probably has quite some issues with imports etc. is more expensive than the locally sourced stuff. I am not sure if it's even legal to import weed from other countries, considering weed still isn't legalised here in NL.
@@hristaki99 in America the weed is shit, thanks to government regulation. THC is no higher than 20%, it's worse than rag weed in bricks from the 1970's... Government is a cancer upon humanity.
@@hristaki99cali-kush aint even that good😂
As a Swiss who has been to the USA I would say: beautiful country with great people that is unfortunately being destroyed due to the terrible politics - like so many other countries too.
Terrible politics and corrupted media.
Who are inevitably responsible for the country's politics?
Who are the voters?
Who have the real power?
The people. Yet they do nothing, they just let it continue because "well it doesn't affect me".
@@lolkom77 Well, Fox News is VERY corrupted, true.
As a Black person from an African country who has been to The USA, I would say: Beautiful country with half great people/half horrible people being destroyed due to white supremacists and right wing people.
German here, been to the USA several times... nice country, but the population is the biggest problem!
I'm surprised you're surprised, well actually im not, Americans think the world looks at America and think its amazing, trust me, most of us do not, we feel sorry for you.
Agreed. Back in the 80s as a kiddy I was ruled somewhat by Americanisms & their influence on me with music, film & oversized clothing. Now, the place just sends chills down me spine. Shame cos now I doubt I'll ever get the urge to want to visit.
I have never looked at USA and thought it is amazing. Like, never in my life 😅
When I was a kid, I wanted to see Disneyland, but that was it.
@@Nike_from_Italy then you must be American because the pentagon aka the department for war pays and helps Hollywood for a reason you know…
To be fair, most of us Americans (or at least half) think it's pathetic and feel sorry to live here.
I must admit when it comes to mass shootings the US always springs to mind. When I last visited my sister in law, who lives in a small town outside of LA, every single day at least one person was shot. And we spent four weeks there.
Yeah, in a libtard big city where gun control is present!🙄
I'm shocked that you're shocked that our opinion about the US is bad. :/
It's not their opinion, they're facts.
USA has a lot of really fatty fat-asses obese people, they also have a metric fuck-tonne of school shootings, more than one per day, statistically.
It's just a shit country and that's based on so many things, world ranking for press freedom, living conditions, health care, education and so on, USA ranks low on everything except for most amount of people incarcerated and one more thing I can't recall right now.
@@JulianPlays-jb6xbus saying that y'all desperately need better gun control isn't based on stereotypes. It's just the truth. Let's take the knife crime rate you mentioned as an example: most Brits are aware of that, dare I say most Europeans are. The difference between the US and the UK in this case is that the latter (at least as far as I know) is aware of the fact that they need to change something. However it's not that easy to just ban knives or something. It is easier to set gun regulations in place.
We're not pissed off when you mention bad things in European countries because we're aware of them too. We get pissed off when you use those problems to deflect from yours when we're specifically talking about the US.
PS: I'm neither from the US nor from the UK.
@@JamieNoah638 but calling them all obese and fat is a stereotype as a canadian being obese and fat isn't exclusive to america :P
@@ChrissaTodd that is true.
However that being a pretty big stereotype shouldn't hinder us from having more productive conversations about things in the US that aren't mostly just stereotypes. Like gun control. What isn't helpful is when we're talking about gun control and US Americans bring up the knife crime rate in the UK because that's deflecting from the topic. Most people probably wouldn't have an issue talking about it however it's different when it's used to deflect from the actual conversation.
As for why so many of them said fat/obese. Like you said it's a stereotype also connected to other ones like that the food is more unhealthy in the US (which depending on the food can be pretty true. They genuinely need to ban more ingredients.). They all seemed pretty young, around my age (teenager), and are therefore most likely informed by the internet which is full of stereotypes that don't really depict the truth.
stereotypes are mostly truths. Stereotypes comes from actions or behavior of these people.. Its actually good to have stereotypes. I personally live in Greece and if i make children ill tell em to be careful around albanian ppl and people immigrants from middle east cuz there are many cases of stealing and taking advantages of others from albanians and middle east immigrants ppl just created a lot of problems. even destructions of properties. Same goes for some groups in US. This is a stereotype. Like Greece and their economic crisis ig.
Also a stereotype that is positive ab US is the fact that its prob the only country with such high rate of "chances" towards a career.
@@JulianPlays-jb6xb
I can tell you when I came to the US 30 years ago I was just shocked about the number of fat people. It is so evident when you see a large number of people like in a mall. In fact, friends and visitors from Europe would say exactly the same thing. The other thing that is immediately obvious is how many people wear casual clothing or wearing things like pajamas in a store which is unthinkable in Italy. Also, I never saw a slum until I came to the US.
OMG, there were already a lot of obese people in the U.S. 30 years ago? 😵... Wearing pyjamas in a supermarket can also be seen here in Australia.
Who wears pyjamas outside of their house unless it’s like a primary school wear-your-pyjamas-to-school-day or you’re in your back garden for something?
😂 All of European is a slum
You lived in Italy and never seen a slum? Italy is corrupt and impovershed lol
A lot of other countries are getting pretty fat too. Looking at the UK for this one
Sadly, "We're in downtown Iceland today" is 100% alignment with the typical American's grasp of geography. 🙄
American Football isn't really 'a thing' outside of the US.
Food: the inordinate amount of unnessesary additives in food products compared to the rest of the planet.
Healthcare: ridiculously expensive or non-attainable to so many compared to almost every other country.
The deviciveness towards politics bordering on conflict (within the US)
Freedom: the US has no more or less than 80% of the rest of the world. It comes across as almost cult-like indoctrination.
Work/Life Balance: a ridiculous concept in the US and completely unregulated, unlike most countries.
Minimum Wage: it is madness not to have a National Minimum Wage (adjusted upwards according the State prosperity). The Federal Government should be responsible enough to mandate this, rather than pass the 'responsibility' to Employers is utter madness. They will ALWAYS pay the absolute minimum (or less) as it's all about profit ($).
Guns: it's pointless trying to discuss this as no-one is prepared to listen or learn. Guns don't kill People, People with Guns do!
There is a national minimum wage in the U.S. (which a quick Google search would tell you). And adjusting the wage by state doesn't really make sense since it is more about the cost of living and that can be very different even within a state (city vs. country being a big difference in most places). And especially after Covid, when employers, even in areas like fast food cannot hire enough workers to stay open most places without paying well above the minimum wage.
@davidscott202 my bad and apologies for that error. However, (from Google) The federal minimum wage in the United States has been $7.25 per hour since July 2009, the last time Congress raised it. Some types of labor are exempt: Employers may pay tipped labor a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hour wage plus tip income equals at least the minimum wage.
So, there has been no increase in 14 years and wait/tip staff/employees are paid a pittance by comparison whilst the cost of living continues to increase. They literally have to rely on tips to even have a chance. (Some, we are aware, do quite well, but many barely make it, and they do rediculous hours to achieve that).
@@alanbrown7558As an American I will say I agree with the tipping, maybe back in the day it motivated people to offer good service, but after COVID & Biden handing out free money to stay home (on the assumption that someone had COVID), the service went to shit, at least in my area in most places.
@@alanbrown7558Expecting the customer to subsidise employee wages is the epitome of greed. Not acceptable in a developed country!
European here. I have lived in several countries in Europe.. Never met anyone playing American football, never seen it on TV, never mentioned.. Only in American movies.
I would say football first (soccer🤦♀️), basketball second and then other sports depending on the country are famous in Europe.
They play it in Canada.
Cricket is the most popular sport in the world.
American football is a violent sport. I doubt European men would like playing it.
Who cares if you don't like America football who ask you
Isn't it just called rugby?
No paid vacation ,no decent health benefits , wages that cant pay your rent or enough to take care of your weekly costs , bad food or expensive decent food ect ect ect
To be fair the costs in Europe are also rising. Many people can’t afford to buy property anymore in Germany. I mean where i live a house is like at least 600k€ right now. A house down the street was sold a year ago for over 900k.
@@E85stattElektro Thats more of a problem with the "housing market" and thats worldwide actually (right now at least).
Ich wette Dollar gegen Peso, dass du dich nicht an Zeiten erinnern kannst, wo dass mit den Grundstück- und Imobilienpreisen jemals anders war! Ansonsten, müsstest du in den 60ern, schon ein erwachsener Mensch gewesen sein, was dich in die Kategorie, 70+ befördet...@@E85stattElektro
Edit: Etc (et cetera et cetera et cetera) etc etc. ❤
That's why many Americans, through the internet are realising that the USA is definitely not the greatest country on earth. The American public have been lied to, brainwashed and kept insular for decades, slowly they are starting to wake up. 🤔
"Basketball isn't popular outside of USA"
[screams in Lithuanian]
We are a bit hyper about it, but really wasn't it like 2nd or 1st most popular sport on planet too?
Patriotic? You mean the North Korean thing where you have to pledge allegiance to the flag in school? Yea, that’s patriotism 😂
Kids laughing because the other said what he was thinking and didn't dare say, I imagine.
I agree, and what's more messed up is the fact that the majority of the US don't want to solve the problem by banning publicly owned guns
@@itsjustchloethatsitAre you questioning the second amendment?!?!?
Tbf i think California for example has pretty strict laws and you are not allowed to carry guns in public. Also i don’t think that banning guns would be beneficial at this point since the whole continent is flooded with guns already at this point.
@@itsjustchloethatsitYou clearly don't know what the hell you are talking about. You are spoon fed info from mainstream media (American media), & you take it hook line and sinker!
@@E85stattElektro Nobody else in the world cares about your second amendment. It obviously failed its purpose.
@@noadlor It was obviously a joke i am not even sure if its the second amendment since i am from Europe
😂 Not a single european would ever say " the food looks good in the USA'
I’ve got a American steak house near me and i love eating there every now and then
@@E85stattElektroSteak is not an exclusively US dish, is it? It's kind of been eaten all across the world long before the US even existed.
I think, perhaps, not a single European would say "that food in the USA is VERY healthy and good for you eaten EVERYDAY...!?" 😎
Because it doens't
@@stewedfishproductions7959 all the restaurants I went to in the US had signs that their food could potentially cause cancer. There's no way it's healthy. But to be fair, I've had some good meals there. The coffee sucks though
I think that one guy didn't say "Greatest Country in the world." but "Craziest Country in the world."
Perhaps, if Americans questioned how people from other countries perceive them they’d try to be better. I’m pretty sure the kid who said America was the greatest country WAS being sarcastic!!!
I’m fairly sure only Americans think they’re so great!!!
"We are downtown Iceland today ...." and people are surprised America and Americans do have such bad rep.
I was thinking the same
The references to the flag are mocking the false nationalism of the US. "You have very little to be proud of and you make a lot of noise about it!" This is uniquely american!!
Talk is cheap, pledging the flag is just ridiculous controlling Propoganda! 👍
I agree about the flagg and the noice, and maybe the word "proud" is not right!
Much depending on what preferences you have, one still can say that many good things, like technology and internet for instance, comse from the US! And I rather have them as allies than Russia or China!
Why copying the narrativ. Think for yourselves for ones.
Sorry but we still have plenty to be proud of. We also definitely have a lot to work on. You have to remember bad press sells, the good stories rarely get publicity.
@@jamesreese4170 You keep telling yourself that, lol
In the UK jingos and overly patriotic people are called "flag shaggers". In Germany flying the German flag without a good reason will make people suspect that you might be a Nazi. In Austria I have barely ever seen any flags flown outside of state holidays by private citizens, and most of them aren't even Austrian flags. So you can imagine how nutty it looks when lots of houses have flags on them or every damn lamppost on a street has their own little American flag. As if you're afraid you'll forget where you are and may think you're in Palau or Mongolia or something.
I watched an American Home renovation show one day, and the renovators were the most excited about the new American Flag and Flagpole out the front! Don't they know which country they live in already? 🤨
In Germany the Nazis nowadays mostly fly the Flag of the German Empire. I would say that flying the flag of the Federal German Republic won’t make people think that you are a Nazi, but it will still be considered kind of weird (if its not in the context of a sport event). Most people in Germany are very tied to their region though and will rather fly the flag of the region than the federal flag (Bavarians are for example very known for loving to show off their Blue-White flag).
Here's a disciplin where the Danes can beat the US. We are absolutely nuts about Dannebrog and it's an integrated part of ANY party. If you see a private house with flags all over, it's not the nationalist's headquaters! It a bithday, an anniversary, wedding or an other party.
We are so crazy about our flag that we celebrate it's birthday. Do any other nations?
How we celebrate it? We put flags everywhere 🤣
@@ane-louisestampe7939 As the oldest nationflag it deservs to be high lighted, regards from .se
lmao says the flag shagger with the flag of a country well associated with actual Nazi's
You think the kids were harsh? Try to ask some adults about the US.
For me, the US is just a scary look into the future, because we soon will fail on the same things as hard as you did...
We spent too much time, money and energy to copy the very wrong things from you.
You should visit Europe... it won't exist in this form for much longer.
Greetings from Germany
I hope Europe doesn't change too much.
He’s offended?! By facts? Because people in other countries have their own sports and teams and they don’t think of American ones? Because they don’t automatically think America is “the greatest country”? Btw: the kid was being sarcastic. And the reference to freedom is a reference to the episode of The Newsroom with Jeff Daniels. That was also sarcastic.
Well basketball is actually really international...Germany just won the World Championship...the USA was only 4th
His reaction to the first kid though. I mean, the kid is not wrong...it IS messed up I can't disagree but at the same time Americans apparently laugh themselves. Coping mechanism? Don't know, but that's messed up too.
my first thoughts was: crumbling infrastructure, extremely costly medications and housing, obesity, unhealthy amounts of sugar in food and loads of junk food.
after some thinking: broken democracy and flawed finance.
The huge, purposeful social divide! 🤨
The US is NOT a democracy, it's a constitutional republic.
The idiots that don't read but have opinions, the racial crap that is melted down like the only slaves were Americans.
In Europe we had slaves until 1917. And they were white.
My German colleagues, when in the Hartford, CT area, complained about: lousy American bread; frozen beer glasses killing all beer taste; everything much too sweet; gigantic food portions in restaurants; drivers that don't obey driving rules; football is soccer that has 2 X 45 minutes of action - no interruption for advertisements after every 10 seconds of activity like in American football.
My first thought is 'the land of extremes'. Because yes, all the things mentioned, but there are also a lot of good, beautiful, inspiring and advanced things in the US.
Our perception for USA changed thru the years. I speak for me and most friends of mine in same age. I am 52 yo from Greece.
I will try to recall what was our perception about USA, decade by decade and I will try to answer that question if there was asked to me years ago:
1981 (10 yo): A great country with breave men that saved us at WWII from Nazis, a land of freedom and with so many great movies.
1991 (20 yo): A country with many opportunities, great cinema and music but with some issues in racism and religion.
2001 (30 yo): A country ruled by military-industrial complex, were makes wars to gain power over the world so the 9/11 was it's their fault, they should see it was comming.
2011 (40 yo): A country who goes from bad to worst in Education, in Racism, in Human Rights, in Democratic Institutions, with so much gun violence and now also with a crumble economy.
(2021) (50 yo): A country with so many billionaires but in the same time with so many poor people. A country that can not even provide the minimum medical care to its people. A country which is responsible for 25% of current greenhouse emmissions and probably over 40% of total emmissions of last 200 years but now does nothing to fight Climate Disaster. A country with so many uneducated people and so much disinformation from the media who had elected an idiot racist president some years ago and he nearly abolished the Democratic Constitution in the country and now he is formally charged for that by the supreme court.
the internet exposed the hidden side of Amerika to so many people for the first time.
well ye. Not 100% but it is a good enough summary to get an upvote & reply :)
Bravo, well formulated 👍
Kali sinexeia
that statementvabout nazis is a big overstatement, but overall..yeah 🙋🇨🇿
@@theoteddy9665
I wrote what did we thinking in each age, not that these was the absolute truth. We were kids and we didn't knew the history well.
This opinion of us was formed by the American movies we saw because 99% of the movies back then were American and many of them were propaganda and glorified the US involvement in WW2.
After reading history and watching several documentaries, we understood that yes the participation of the USA was decisive for the duration of the war, but not necessarily for its final outcome. We also learned about how much the US benefited economically and Globally Geopolitically from WW2. In the end, the price they paid for so much profit was too small.
While countries like Russia and many other European countries lost a lot in WW2, this war set them back years but at least it was the reason later that the European Union was created.
Thank you!
Why does this guy seem so surprised that most of the impressions of the US are negative??? That's the stuff that people hear about from day to day.
I'm an American living in Europe and it's pretty obvious that the US is getting worse, year after year, more unhealthy and less free than ever, and other coutnries do notice that.
6:28 He _is_ being sarcastic. He’s saying that lie/quote Americans tell themselves over & over, like in North Korea, being told they’re the best ever- 👀
In Iceland it's said that from children and drunk people you will learn the truth. This was a bit brutal though. Sadly, I think Americas reputation and status is in decline. Whish you best of luck. -- 50+ Icelander
We in Croatia say that as well...only kids and drunk people tell the truth. ;)
@@Niki91-HR Same in German - must be some truth in this saying about truth if we have it everywhere ;)
@@hypatian9093 ist anscheinend universal 😊
We say that in Spain too...I think it is universal for Europe
It can't be too much of a surprise to learn that America has devolved from World wide super power to World wide joke.🤨
Aways was a joke but we did not have the WWW
Funny how thousands risk their lives every day to try to immigrate into the US. I guess they must be looking for something found only in the "joke".
Comes off as bitter and jealous. Hating America doesn't make you cool or edgy.
@@EddieHenderson92 No hate. Love america, we would have nothing to watch on the News otherwise.
@@kevo6190 You're obsessed and that is fine.
Basketball is certainly more popular outside of America than American football
Yeah, I was thinking that. Very few people give a crap about American Football.
Yep I was about to say that. The NBA is widely seen as the best and most prestigious league when it comes to basketball. And since Europeans, atleast some countries, care about basketball alot more than football that's why he said basketball.
Exactly nobody gives a single sh*t about "American football"
Broooo I was looking for this comment! Mate said "USA and China" were the main countries that loved basketball 💀
@@Ablebottom990 We play basketball in British schools.
I am a blonde swede, and I know Iceland has a lot of blonde poeple as well, but seeing those Icelandic boys in the clip? Daaaaamn 😂😂😂
Watch the video "Which country has the most blondies?"
The answer is Finland.
For those of us in Europe, in my case, Ireland, the opinion on the U.S. has gone downhill badly in the last 20 years or so. This has only gotten worse with the emergence of Trumpp. Most people I know see the States as being backward and being in heaps of trouble at the moment.
I don’t think Americans are any more patriotic than any other country. It’s just that no other country throws their patriotism in other people’s faces the way Americans do. They’ve cornered the market on that.
Thats literally what patriotism means you’re patriotic if you openly show it
@@stiegelzeine2186not really.
being patriotic doesnt mean to show it in everyone face straight up. Its when they diserspect ur flag/country to defend it. Then it goes how "deep" into patriotism you wanna go @@stiegelzeine2186
@@stiegelzeine2186From Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia:
“Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of different feelings for things such as the language of one's homeland, and its ethnic, cultural, political, or historical aspects. It may encompass a set of concepts closely related to nationalism, mostly civic nationalism and sometimes cultural nationalism.”
What you described is called “being a show-off”.
@@koschmx The USA is the least racist country in the world. And you can take that one to the bank.
1:45 they look so innocent and they probably are. It is the first thing they think of because it would affect their lifes the most if they would live in the us. And i bet they are pretty glad to live in a country without active shooter drills and the fear of that happening.
I don't think the US of A is the worst country, but very little is being done with the options and resources the country has. It could be so much better.
It is definitely the third world country of the developed world, by every important measure.
@@archiebald4717 Except monetary gains. American salaries and work ethic are MUCH higher than that of ANY European country. Europeans are considered LAZY vs Americans.
Responding to you both, in the current situation in the US, I agree, but it's the politicians fault for screwing it up.
@@archiebald4717If our politicians were not outsourcing our jobs & money to other countries, our country wouldn't be that way, we funded the rebuilding of Europe after WW2 in which you wouldn't have bounced back as quickly as you did!
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw These were just loans with a lots of interest (especially self interest).
Four things I think:
1. Police violence.
2. Health Care only for the rich
3. School shootings
4. Very stressed out aggressive people.
5. Imagined freedom.
why are you surprised? you could be surprised that 12 year old vikings have absolutely no trouble to answer in english...
but noooo
What is messed up is that you have a problem and dont fix it.
Because the NRA gives loads of money to politicians, and they protect the weapon industry in return. Dead children are a mere inconvenience....
I was shocked at how shocked Ryan looked when faced by the truth from the first bunch of kids. He was a bit like an opinion seeker for a taste test who only expects everyone to express love for his product! You get different opinions on different aspects of American life, and one of the most honest would probably be "Don't know, don't really care!" Yes, Europe is quite interested in America but not to the extent of approval he seems to expect. And we are no longer afraid to express an opinion that is different from that of the ruling class of Americans.
Americans think everyone else has the same opinion of their country as they do.
They don't realise most people thinks it's awful.
@@101steel4 To be fair to the people from the United States. I don't really know how people in other countries view Sweden. 🤷
the only interest I've got for America is, what's the next stupid thing that is going to come out of that country so I can have a good laugh about it
@@mapelberg do they even know where Sweden is?
@RcGhost-V8 I'm sure many of them do. The countries that surround us definitely do.
Captain morgan rum is made by a British company and was introduced to the usa in 2005.
Nope. Captain Morgan has been sold in the US since 1984.
@@davidscott202 Just going by the Wikipedia page.Check it out.
I don’t know where it is made but in Germany all country boys like to drink „Käptn Cola“ on partys which is Captain Morgan mixed with coke
Its a british drink named after a welsh privateer from the 1700s, dont know why US would come to mind
@@davidscott202 Captain Morgan is a brand of flavored rums produced by British alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean, Sir Henry Morgan. And has been on sale since 1944.
Amerika free? Ever heard of Roe versus Wade ?????
🤗 from the Netherlands 👍
Yes, I've heard of it. I'm not a dummkopf.
When I visited family last year in Anaheim after a decade of absence. I told my Aunt I was meeting a former high school classmate at the Mall`s parking lot who was taking me out for dinner. I told her since it was only a mile and a quarter from her house I said I´ll just walk since I do that a lot here in Switzerland. She looked at me horrified and when I insisted she got cross. She insisted she was driving me there and was not taking no for an answer. Just a mile and a quarter and drive? My cousin told me, our Aunt was afraid I`d get mugged or something worst. Initially I chuckled inwardly but then realized perhaps she could be right. I really felt sorry for you folks..
6:00 I hear him saying "craziest country ever", not "greatest country ever" 😂
Yeah, I've never met a non American who thought it was the greatest country. Craziest? probably, given the way they're eating themselves to death, voting against their own best interests (republicans), and arming every fruit loop who wants to cosplay the wild west.
Ears of mine hear "craziest" too.
Yep, he says craziest country ever and I must agree with him
i heard "craziest" too.
Well, maybe it's the accent, but I hear him saying, 'greatest country ever'.
The "Freedom" comment made me laugh given that Iceland is actually a freer nation than the US. The US doesn't even crack the top 10 on the Global Freedom Index.
Depends on what your definition of freedom is?
@@Timbothruster-fh3cwUS hate speech, corruption, guns... 🤑
FREEDOM!!!
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw The freedom to live your life without hindrance or interference from either government or religion. Americans can make no claim to such freedom; women are now basically brood mares since their bodily autonomy has been removed (sane states excepted) and religion permeates every sector of society, from education to social policy and politics. More over, one political party is trying very hard to negate the freedoms of "certain" people they deem undesirable (non-white, non-christian, non-heterosexual). Hence, the US is NOT as free as it thinks it is.
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw No, it does not.
@@JonInCanada1 No, it's actually both extremes of those two groups that trample over each other's freedom, the middle majority are the ones who believe in freedom, but bias news media ( that you obviously consume) only shows the two polar extremes. And on the issue of abortion, it's not autonomy of women that's the issue, it's the autonomy of the unborn baby (or fetus).Do you believe in late term abortions?
3:33 - Outside of America, nobody really plays American football or baseball.
We play the original baseball. Called oina, 1000 year old game. 😂😂😂
baseball is loved in....
DR
Cuba
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Venezuela
@@DavidWingard-o6oprobably because the us influence reached them in one way lr another in the past century. And also because all of them (japan being barely an exception) suck at football so they fluctuate to other sports
@claudiosanchez764 - By that logic Europeans don't play baseball or football because they suck at it.
Kids sometimes believe the hype on movies etc, but when they get older, weigh up based on issues. And most people think of school shootings. That's not normal.
It sounded more like craziest country ever but if he said greatest than it was most definitely sarcasm.
I can't remember when last I saw a group of young boys with such identical hair colour and style. This tiny country, with a total population similar to that of Wichita or Tulsa, seems to be able to teach foreign languages, such as English, far better than the US too.
Several of them sounded better than the English spoken in the South East of England itself.
Maybe they're a boy band?
@@cygnusx-3217 Yea, Iceland is so well known for them - Ice Pop, I guess! 🤭🙄
Tiny country?!!! Tiny populated maybe?
In EU must to learn languagesd by public schools are their native language and English.. Cuz its the languages of the market. U shouldnt be surprised ab that. Huge % of europeans speak 3 languages. Personally i speak 3 fluently and 4 that i understand and can barely speak or make a convo.
Lol. You obviously haven't reacted to European basketball fans v American. Basketball is a huge sport in European countries and the fans are just like European football fans.
US and also Canada have just been kicked out the worldcup today by European smaller countries 😂
@@DalaiDrama-hp6oj This German whistles innocently ;)
Here where i live in Norway,our city's football teams flag is seen more then the Norwegian flag. It can be a little bit to much sometimes,but they deserve it of course 🙂
In Germany the flags i see the most are probably the flags of the federal states.
Moral of the video: GET YOUR FUCKING GUNS UNDER CONTROL
I live in Germany and my class asked (half-joking) what we should do should a shootin happen. Our teacher had no idea. NONE. Because mass shootings are just not a thing in Europe. The only drills we have are for fire alarms
"Thats not funny. Thats messed up."
Half true. It is messed up AND funny. The fact that there are so many school shootings are happening is messed up. The funny part is that there are some folks debating the why.
Flying a flag does not make you patriotic. Neither is making your children raise an arm to the flag just like Hitler did. I grew up in a time when America was great. Its very sad to see how it has become.
What if America was always this way, but you were told otherwise, and because no internet you had no way to prove or disprove it?
For all average Americans, just move to Europe trust me, sell everything and get a better life in Norway/Sweden/Netherland/Germany anywhere
What vould happen to the average u.s. person hwo turn upp on ouer border, expecting to move in ?
@@andersrefstad8235 just like walk in?
@@ahoj4480
LOL
When you land here (Air,Sea,Land) it's 2 lines in Custom/Imigration:
If from EU/EØS with nothing to declare, you go in the green line.
-Or go in the red line.
Africa, America, Brexiters, Russia* etc.
(* Ofcource Not welcome.
Banned !).
@@ahoj4480
It,s fun to read your "Advice"....
Why ñot do a job making the World stop laughing at you and your nation ? Why not try to fix it. ?
8:30 keep in mind that there are a lot of obese people in a lot of countries, however if you are over 200 pounds you are very likely obese and if you are 220 here or more it is really fat and you will not find many people that are 220 pounds and definitely not any younger people. So even if a lot of people are still obese, it is a very loose term. Like I have not seen a person as obese as some of the americans anywhere in Europe. You will not find anyone 300,400 or 500 pounds in here. Like our weight scales never even go anywhere that high.
“Why do they all look like that?”. It’s called ethnicity
They all look related
The difference in obesity of US vs Iceland, and the rest of the Nordics I would presume, is the weight ratio average I think. It is very rare to see morbidly obese persons in the Nordics, although they do exist. Home-cooking is more prevalent here as well, which often means healthier food. It is rather expensive for the average middle-class here to eat out on a regularly basis. Even junk food gets expensive if eaten everyday.
People outside of the US do not think of American Hand Egg (in the US referred to as "football"). Basketball is at least played in other countries, which it is why it is mentioned.
Isn't Captain Morgan produced in the UK?
yup.
Yes, since 1944 and introduced to the US in the 1980s.
First kid's answer is wild, most 90's European kids, myself included, would probably have said things like 'Hollywood' or 'Super Size Me' and 'Junk food'. It's wild how the perception of America has changed over years (it seems more negative than it used to be).
Thanks to social media we see the truth now , before it was mostly what the television shows and that created a false idea about the USA where in reality it was always like this (it got worse but it wasn't good to begin with) and now all the world can see the truth without the governments controlling what you can see and hear
It doesn't seem to be it really is because the US has gone downhill so much since the 80s.
90s kid here.. if you keep up with news etc. And not glamourize the American life because tv and movies then you would not choose those ones you mentioned.. But it is a very broad group tbf. 😅
I was born in 91 and like many others grew up as well with Hollywood as with other movie industries but my first thoughts would have been gang violence, which were a thing in the 90s as well, school shootings and shootings in general that are getting worse with each year, obesity, no public healthcare, ...Hollywood would probably be somewhere lower on the list. Also Hollywood is crap...not just what happens there like sexual abuse and what not which we know now more about....but the movies most of the time aint what they used to be. Hollywood as well went downhill.
Reganomics and Trickle Down bullshit ruined America
Just a quick reminder that Spain was World Basketball Champion until a month ago, when the World Cup was held again. In the finals, Germany beat Serbia. USA played for third against Canada... and lost.
I recently discovered that in America, in Texas, they have barbecue and fishing as high school subjects. Meanwhile, the Americans do not know who discovered America, or the Capital of their country, or what a sum is. As a european (Spaniard) , it seems to me that the American dream is a joke, the worst country to take as an example. You laugh at the accent of a biño who has English as his mother tongue, Americans, what other language do you speak?
Let"s appreciate that America gave us Ryan Wuzer. Keep me entained Ryan!
Well as a German I’m glad that Ryan Wuzer gave us Ryan Wass
America didn’t make him, white Americans are a European invention and for the most part I feel ashamed as a European to think about that those people lived here 100-200 years ago
That was interesting. As they say, "Out of the mouth of babes....."
America really needs to understand what made it number one was several factors mainly the expansion of the country, it's resources, less regulations on business , freedom of speech
What destroyed America was white flight after ww2, followed by privatization of education/healthcare, rise of the financial sector leading to outsourcing, deindustrialization, failing infrastructure and the rise of consumerism has led to obesity higher than all western countries and social media has led to personal isolation meaning a lack of community in sprawling suburbs.
What destroyed America and the whole Western world is Neoliberalism and Globalization. There is a great book about it called the Global Trap.
I suggest the boy was laughing at the absurdity of a country being known for school shootings - not laughing at school shootings themselves.
How he gets offended about these opinions. Well, I can say that the WHOLE EUROPE thinks exactly the same as these Icelanders
There is a saying: "It's funny, because it's true" 😎
Did you ever think that the reason why everyone has a flag, is not necessarily patriotism (most people in other countries are also patriotic), but the more cult like indoctrination that all kids have to swear their allegiance to the flag every day, in schools.. this then follows everyone for the rest of their lives… 🤷♀️… just a thought 😋
So basically you're saying that all kids are made patriots by indoctrination in the educational system, which is even worse 🤣
Wow, those blonde kids remind me of the film "The Village of the Damned", or the original 1970s film "Children of the Damned", just spooky having them all blonde like that.
That was a very creepy film,
😂Thought the same
In the UK we think it is hilarious that Americans class a place like MacDonalds as a restaurant
Most of the places, which Americans so called restaurants aren't worth the word restaurant.
I genuinely cannot understand america.
12 children die a day due to gun violence and yet anyone can still just get a gun.
Basketball is way more popular outside the US than American football. You even reacted to Greece basketball Ultras chanting recently (you did not know that it was basketball fans I think). Nobody would cheer like this for American football.
You will see a huge stars and stripes hanging on the wall, in the airport, if you ever visit the US, while you can transit Amsterdam or Dubai without being reminded where you are.
My brain activates everytime I hear or see someting about Iceland,I freakking love that country
except for the ICESAVE disaster years ago 😁
„Freedom“ and „democracy“…
Wherever I go, anywhere in Europe, or the Americas, or Asia or Africa (and I‘ve lived in seven and visited sixty countries so far) the moment I look at my Swiss ID or passport, I feel I need to explain to everyone what democracy really is.
I do feel like there has been a big change in perceptions around the US since when I was young. It used to be that the US was THE place, and most would have been delighted to move and live - at least for a while - in the States. Now however, that seems to have flipped, and unless there was an incredible job opportunity paying crazy money, it just doesn't seem like an attractive proposition. Don't know how or when that changed. I personally would like to live there for a year or two because I enjoy travel and different experiences, but if I can choose to settle down anywhere, I can't imagine choosing the US. Having said that - we only make our impressions from what we see and read through the media + we should all know by now that we're better off trusting lived experiences.
3:30 Watching this after Germany beat the USA in the Basketball World Cup is just like: "Yea right, buddy!"
2:07... Downtown Iceland... Iceland is a fkn country not a city!! You Americans have to understand that Europeans doesn't look up to America as a better country. "Greatest country ever" is actually Craziest Country ever 🤣
I imagine most countries view America the same way Americans view Florida.
Americans aren’t more patriotic than, they just make a bigger show of it. Europeans are confident enough not to keep belabouring the point.
This is not surprising, you can imagine how horrific and shocking it is for a kid to see children killed in mass murders in the Usa, In Europe you can send your whole life without even touching a real gun. 🙄
And despite all this, Donald Trump's very first action once he became president was to make it easier for people with mental disorders to get a gun. 😵💫