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First Time You Realized America Really Messed You Up | AMERICAN REACTION
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- Published on Apr 14, 2026
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I’m reacting to stories where people have that “wait… that’s an American thing?” moment. Growing up American shapes the way we think more than we realize, and these examples prove it. Some are funny, some are surprising, and a few hit a little too close to home. This one genuinely had me questioning my own assumptions.
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The thing that breaks my heart whenever I see Americans talking about healthcare (I'm British) - our cats have better health insurance than most people in the US.
well i care more for cats than americans, any day of the week.
@HeraskevytsjSLAVEWHORE666 😂😂😂
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Hey .. we know better than that.
The American people can't be held responsible for what the American government does..
If any, they are the ones held captives in all this ❤
@HeraskevytsjSLAVEWHORE666
I care more for cats than people in general 😉❤
I thought one of the main reasons for Brexit, was so you can fix the NHS? If it's so broken, something I hear from a lot from Brits😂 it kinda suggests, it is not so awesome ❤
It's like all Americans have PTSD from just living in the U.S.
YES! Perfectly put.
Well Said!!
I do. Especially NOW.
Stockholm Syndrome... "Sure, they feed us roaches, but I start to like the taste. leave them alone. I want my roaches"
And they are brainwashed into loving it xD
I'm Danish, I've never understood that you think it's freedom to carry weapons, freedom to be shot! 🤔 that's crazy in my opinion
And what makes it harder to understand is that they all think they are Christians!
Ya I think so too. Not a concern where I live in Canada. But I do think there should be a balance because we also can’t carry bear spray or anything as it’s considered a weapon.
@jules3048 Does it work on bears though? Sounds like you would end up with a very angry bear.
Technically the 2nd Amendment gives average Americans the right to bear arms if they have to defend their country, rights and Constitution from enemies, including enemies within like MAGA. Legally they have every right to assassinate Trump, a patriotic duty.
They have all the evidence they need to prove he's a threat to their Constitution and rights such as voting as he wants to terminate or at least fix the midterms in his favour, even if he has to use the very same tactic Hitler used in June 1934, Night Of The Long Knives with ICE serving as his Brownshirts.
Unfortunately Democrats are pussies and trying to play by rule of law that MAGA has absolutely no respect for, they think they can sit on their ass and wait for the midterms to take back Congress, jokes on them, there is a very high chance won't be midterms, if that happens Trump will enforce Martial Law and start confiscating guns from everyone including Conservatives except the military and his loyal ICE, DoJ and DEA agents. MAGA is the 4th Reich, simple as that.
@jules3048 My cousin used bear spray on a porch thief. She lived in Churchill, Manitoba where polar bears roam, everyone has bear spray but not a little poofy bottle used against humans, they use the concentrated oil from ghost peppers and look like fire extinguishers with extremely high pressure so the spray hits hard, it can knock a 90 kg person off their feet like getting roundhouse reverse-kicked in the head by Scott Adkins. Guy was lucky, she also had a shotgun in the house in case a polar bear tried to get in, they're annoying trash bandits like raccoons but big enough to eat a human.
Shooter drill in kindergarten?
Should be a sign that things are going wrong in American society.
Children should not grow up in fear, really sad.
we didnt even do fire drills.
Oh no it’s a sign you need more guns 🙄
@davidevans916 Yes, because being one of the most heavily armed countries on the planet has made gun violence virtually unknown... oh, no, sorry... I forgot, they have gun massacres every week, and school shootings are routine. Most don't even make the national news.
But a sizable, cashed up, politically donating sector of the population still wants guns, and less regulation of who owns them and how safely they're managed. For 'protection'... and 'freedom'... So, let the children die. That's American values!
@papercup2517yea….. I just pity them now to be honest.
@davidevans916 Yeah turns out the rich really love NRA checks and keeping their precious guns more than children.…
Mind you, those are the same people upset the birth rate is declining, and are now throwing out the ideas of both no fault divorce, as well as (boot) camps for single women to force them into marriages and pregnancies…oh and also of course more than half the states are totally cool and legal with child marriages.
Alll that to say welcome to the US where children aren’t valued unless they can be exploited for rich people’s gain or horrendously violated for enjoyment. And if neither, they can either be shot or deported. Isn’t this place so cool 🙂.
Not only are Americans at risk of getting shot, but they are at risk of going bankrupt for getting medical care after getting shot.
Canada as the 51st State? NEVER!
American Robber "Give me your money and I shoot you in the head. Refuse and I shoot you in the stomach"
Victim "Take my money, just don't make me pay medical bills. please!"
Americans think school shootings are normal? Jesus Christ. What's wrong with them?
No one but the NRA thinks it’s ok . The USA was purchased by billionaires
ICE arrests kindergarten children and even puts handcuffs on them.
If it wasn't for school shootings, we would never know there was an educational system in the USA.
You are right. Jesus Christ is wrong with them. More specifically their version of the for profit church that the Christian nationalists represent.
@AP-gb3ehnope. It was built by them
You Know When Your Country Needs Help When Parents Can Buy Bullet Proof Backpacks For Their Under 10's
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I just had to look it up because I couldn't quite believe what I was reading. It's sad that these things have to be available because so many people worship a 17th century piece of legislation.
I'm British, and in my 50s. I was 37 years old the first time I ever even saw a gun, when police at airports started carrying them thanks to the war on terror stuff.
America is anything but free.
free from education
@HeraskevytsjSLAVEWHORE666you say that, but their mastery of world geography is next level.
@JamesClark-g6e I can smell the sarcasm.😂
@claytontonnellier6094 it’s almost like I’m English. (Oh hang on, I bloody am).
In USA you can not even go into the forest and pick berrys without owning the forest. That is not freedom.
I saw video from young US woman who came to my home town in Finland for university. She had allways been good at school and everything very well etc. But little while after she came to Finland she became wery anxious and depressed.
And this is not in anyway uncommon. Lot of people in US live in such a trauma everyday that when they come to Finland and can actually just be and feel safe, their trauma just takes over. I think it says a lot about US.
The only time l recall police being in school was when l was 6 yo and they came to teach kids how to understand and use traffic lights and the procedure to safely cross roads, etc.
When I was a teenager, the police came to the school to give a talk about drugs.
THIS was the first time you realized fucked you up? We've known for decades.
you can't blame them, they grow up hearing every day how great America is at everything. 😏
When you're swimming in the Kool-Aid it's hard to realize the world isn't tinted red until you're outside of it.
usa has a medical industry, not healthcare.
💯! I’ve been saying *exactly* this for a long time. I’m not saying I started it, but you’re the first person I’ve seen that beat me to it! 😂
@MrDarkwing78The role the FDA plays in the American Health Industry cannot be underestimated.
@nicolajackman2809 So you still have an FDA? I thought Lord Dampnut had gutted it by slashing its funding. /s
a food industry designed to make people unhealthy, feeding them into the gaping maw of the 'healthcare' industry
9:06 - I think you misunderstood what the woman was saying about the the $50k medical debt. She said she''d moved to Canada after her mum died and HER FATHER was left with the medical bill. She didn't say the father came with her and she wouldn't be liable for the debts of her parents, so there was nothing to stop her from moving to Canada to seek a more humane system of healthcare.
Just a few days ago, a student stabbed another student while they were at school. The victim died. This incident sparked a national case, prompting intervention from the Minister of the Interior and Parliament.
The american forget always that europe have over 40 countrys 😂
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Not only are we free in U.K, NZ etc but we have way more liberty and freedom than USA. 😊
51 year old Canadian here 🇨🇦🇨🇦. Lived half my life in B.C and the other half in Alberta. I have never once ever worried about gun violence. Also never had to worry about Healthcare or cost. Happy to be Canadian.
I hear you brother. 🇨🇦 👍
In my country it is illigal to carry knife at public places if it is not part of, for example, a professional role.
In America you are free to
- carry guns
- work lots of hours
- choose anything you can afford
In most of Europe you are free from
- getting shot
- free from massive health insurance
- free from working excessive hours.
Life in most of Europe is safer and healthier.
Thanks fella
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They arrested two journalists in the USA -1st amendment 💥
Alex Pretti shot for having a holstered legal gun 2nd Amendment 💥
Being asked for ID because you have an accent -4th 5th Amendment 💥
Families stuck in Dilley TX waiting up to a year for hearings -6th Amendment 💥
Living conditions in aforementioned Dilley gulag - 8th Amendment 💥
@francisdunne8542 Do you have the copyright on this or can I use it too?😊
That's the biggest difference. Free TO or free FROM. The right of the individual is more important than the rights of the community. They forgot the the first three words in the preamble to the constitution. "We the people".
But you're not free to cross the road!
People forget because they is not cost at the point pf care, people seek primary care, means you find out about things early which i great for outcomes. We live 5 years more than you. Your system os shocking back, its made to make money. Not to cure people efficiently.
I'm in Scotland and my late husband worked gritting roads in the winter and was often called out to work during the night. He said he was stopped and breathalysed on a regular basis as the police worked on the idea that most people driving during the night were on their way home from parties. He said they were always friendly and he never had any problems with them.
In Denmark, you hear a random, small, bang in the evening, you typically try to figure out who is shooting fireworks outside new years eve ^^
Also the most deranged thing I experienced in the US was being forced to drink my F-ing beer from a paper bag. Like. What the hell? It's evening, I'm a grown man, and everyone knows what's in the bag anyway! It drove me freaking crazy not being able to just drink my beer in peace!
In Sweden you just wonder what they are hunting.
Aussie here, I’m a grandmother and I’ve never seen a real gun. I’d never heard about shooter drills until I heard it on RUclips.
I'm a great-grandmother and will be 80 next year - and I've never seen a real gun in my life either.
@jillosler9353 WTG double Gran 😊. I don’t think I’ll get to your level, my grandchildren are still in primary school. But so glad, we never even considered our offspring getting shot, it must be a shocking heartbreaking burden for parents, grandparents & great grandparents to carry.
62 year old dutch man here. I see police having guns, but never saw one out of it's holster. I'm not a agreeable person, don't shy away from confrontations, and lived through the nightlife of Amsterdam between the late 70's and the late 90's, and never ever did I thought my life was in danger. Some brawling and some pushing and shoving once in a while.
I'm glad we live in a country where that kind of extreme violence is still a low percentage.
Australians don't really need guns. When you can just grab a crocodile, snake or spider, guns lose all meaning.
Aussie here too..saw a gun once went to a gun range
Unlike the US, schools all over the world are meant to be learning centres, *_not_* gun ranges.
As a Brit my question to America is "what freedom?"... how can you be "free" while living in fear of your fellow American who is fully licensed to carry a concealed firearm!
The only use of which is to KILL a human being.
That gun owner can kill either by turning into a "shooter" or they simply "feel threatened".
Surely living without fear is even more important than having the free speech... especially for children 🤔🇬🇧
There was one shooting in scotland in a school and we wont ever forget it but that when we got really got good gun laws..
I remember it every year as it was on my birthday and I had a child the same age at the time which made it even more emotional and upsetting if that's even possible
@GazGaryGazza❤
@G@GazGaryGazzaI had aberfan happen on my birthday
@JillHughes-n1h That was the first disaster of which I was aware. Heartbreaking.
The Dunblane massacre, the tennis player Andy Murray was one of the surviving kids.
I was in Brazil for a vacation and got a very bad epilepsy seizure. I was taken to the ER, given lots of meds and kept there for several hours with nurses keeping an eye on me the whole time. And how much did it cost? Nothing. In a country as poor as Brazil, for a foreigner.
As someone from Sweden I think it would realy suck to live in USA.
Depends on whether you have more or less than 100 million USD.
The good thing about the US is that you can buy your freedom. The bad thing is that not everyone has that kind of money.
Scariest thing about going for a walk in Canada is the damn dogs that these tiny women walk around with lol
Americans finally realizing the rest of the civilized world looks at them like "aww you poor thing"😂
America is not normal. The whole country is a bunch of traumatized people that dont even realize theyre traumatized😂
Exactly!
It's a big country and not all areas are the same. My Brit born son lives with his family in Seattle and when I've stayed there it's not like these people are reporting.
Zero tolerance for alcohol+driving should be the goddamn default standard. Allowing some drinking shifts perception and guarantees a ton more drink driving will happen. I've seen people start, then keep drinking and insisting they'll be fine to drive, when they're not, so freaking many times. It's just sad man.
Knife crime in the US is still higher than it is across Europe…..our levels of community violence are lower, violence definitely exists but fear is lower because incidents are fewer
Well, the fact is that in Europe you have to ask for trouble most of the time; you don't risk getting hit on the head just by leaving your house. The problem, at least here in Italy, is domestic violence.
@Trattato68 yup, domestic violence is always a major issue in most places, and that’s why I framed my comment around community violence
I'm Australian Aboriginal, I believe our healthcare is still lacking - teeth, eyes and ears should be covered as a person suffering any of these problems restricts what they're able to do. 😂
Sounds right. Teeth are not covered in basic health insurance in the Netherlands, eye and ears are.
@gertvanderstraaten6352 sad, people without teeth or horrible teeth aren't getting hired in a lot of jobs.
I couldn't agree more, I worked in the dental industry. I learned how the health of teeth can directly affect a person's overall health and lifespan. For instance; one of the dentists I worked for, told me that dentists had suspected for a long time that gum issues can cause heart disease. Then when scientists finally had proof to back these claims, it felt like a win, but after all this time, dental still isn't included in medicare bulk billing😮💨
@neafinnila6961 smh that'd be right. Society is slow to do anything. :(
I can’t imagine being taught to spend my entire life in fear. From 🏴💔
In Australia under normal conditions in the street Aussies would not be really afraid of someone open carrying a rifle or gun. This is because we would naturally assume that anyone in possession of a firearm would have been found a fit and proper person to own a firearm by the relevant authorities, had completed the required legally mandated training to use such a weapon, and probably had a legitimate reason to be carrying such a firearm at this time. One could also be quite certain that that person had not just purchased that firearm from the local Walmart store without even presenting any identification or reasons for such purchases, and most probably was not on his way to carry out a mass shooting either in the street or elsewhere. In Australia most of the crazies are culled from those wanting to possess a firearm long before they actually get to possess one, while in America you seem to only want to cull the crazies out after they have had the firearm and used it for effect.
1:- America has no free healthcare for all, most countries do or at least have some form of public care.
2:- Many things allowed in food in the states are banned in the rest of the world.
3:- Other countries don't have mass shootings.
4:- In America you pledge allegiance to the flag, other countries don't do that and for most people its seen as a thing only dictatorships force on their people.
5:- Pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to advertize directly to the public outside of America.
6:- Doctor's are not paid to prescribe medication to people outside of America.
7:- By law people get paid leave from work each year unlike America where its not law.
8:- In America companies can fire people and move States just to save money in wages, that's not a thing outside America as other countries have a minimum wage that applies everywhere.
9:- The police in other countries are not allowed to kill people on camera and get away with it.
10:- Socialism bad in every way and more taxes bad so lets not have any social care or services to save taxes and yet America's pay more taxes than countries that have social care!!!
I could go on but America is not even the freest country in the America's, hell its not even top three democratically. Americans need to wake, you have been brainwashed since the end of the war to think your better than everywhere else when in fact you are worse.
you missed:
11: a tax system so convoluted it requires professional tax accountants to prepare your tax return, if there are errors you get fined. A tax system which benefits the massive tax accountancy industry the most, the industry body representing the tax accountancy industry actively lobbies *against any changes* to the system.
12: If you work outside of the US but still have a US passport, you are liable for taxes in the US *and* in the country you are working in. The US government forced regulations on foreign banks to make them provide information on US passport/account holders working outside the US to the IRS.
@richardhockey8442 I missed 12 because I had no idea, that is shocking. Even if you leave you still have to suffer their insane system, truly the freest country in the universe, lol.
Even in africa and the Caribbean you dont hear about school shooting and shooting drill. Never had we ever have to defend ourselves from shooters or criminals coming to our schools.
I'm one of your older followers let's say, and in my life I've only ever seen UK Police in real life with guns when at the airport. Obviously, you see them on TV in London and on real life TV programmes and Docs, I live in a city of 300k but have never ever seen armed Police nor do I know anyone with a gun nor have I ever even touched a real gun but for most, that is normal in the UK
I’m in Canada. Our police carry guns but I have never seen one in real life. Or heard one. I know they’re here (mostly used for hunting but also illegal guns here as well)
London resident here: I've only ever seen armed police officers at UK airports (Heathrow) and an occasion in 2012, attending a bomb threat in an office building on Tottenham Court Road in London
My late wife had cancer. She had operations, chemo and radiotherapy, medicine and, in the last 6 weeks of her life, hospice care. ALL THIS WAS FREE IN THE UK.
You think about the detto, I think about 72 hours working a woman with cancer
The UK had one school shooting in the early 1990s. We tightened the already tight gun laws, and havnt had one since.
I'm an aussie, the only time i have ever encounted a gun was when i travelled overseas (it was in a store, not anyone using it!). It is just such a scary thought to think so many people live in a country where guns are just everywhere, where school shootings are a part of life and where free healthcare isn't.
I am from switzerland. A few months ago a police officer had to use his gun to shoot a man who charged at him with a knife. It was major news for weeks in all national newspapers. He was even under investigation for a short while. (But not charged with anything)
I dont remember when i heard the last time i've read a story about cops killing someone. And switzerland is not just alps and farms. We have big cities with a lot of crimes. But just not gun violence its all just beatings and knifes. And our police academy takes 4 years not just 6 months and thats just to be a random ass rookie. Swat teams take a decade.
I'm Australian and I saw my sister's uni room mate(a American) cook medium well chicken (the chicken that's cooked on the outside but 90% raw) and eat it. We spend a hour trying to get her to go to the hospital while she was vomiting up everything. Eventually she blackout and the ambulance took her then she went off on us for getting her a ambulance to the hospital because she thought it would bankrupt her.
It cost her $20 because she paid to use the hospital wifi while there. Otherwise it was nothing
1:45 Yeah we can tell but we're too polite to say anything 🤣🤣
I live in Queensland, Australia and I just had my first major, to me, medical emergency. About 10 days I had intense pain and a very upset stomach. Up to the local hospital emergency dept and after some tests I was diagnosed with a badly inflamed and infected gall bladder. So now the fun begins which was an ambulance ride to a major hospital which takes just over an hour. Admitted into the big hospital, operated on the next day and gallbladder whipped out, six days in hospital with 24hr care and what I consider to good food as well. So what did all this cost me ...... nothing.
you are3 times .more likely to be stabbed in the Us than the Uk, and 6 times more likely to be shot
LOL it's cheaper to fly to another country for medical care then pay medical care there
" America has prepared us and trained us to work hard etc..." Bro plz wake up. Its more a case of Armerica not really giving a shit about its people. Sad but true
I've had the chance of visiting and even live and work in the USA (1995 and 2000). But knowing regular citizens can carry guns in public places makes me feel so anxious I know now that's a place I'll never visit by choice.
Breathalysers are used by standard here not some stupid sobriety song and dance routine designed to humiliate a person into a situation where they can be cuffed.
Last week, I needed an MRI. I didn't want to wait several weeks for a free scan (mainly because I'm quite large, and the free MRI is done in a narrow-tube machine), so I called a private clinic, where the very next day I was examined in a beautiful, wide, semi-open MRI machine for 550 złoty, or about $150. "Sociazim" in Europe is so terrifying!
Yeah, but with a knife, they have to catch you first.
Note: Free health care is not a blessing, it is a system, not a miracle, we all live under systems, some are better, some are worse, America should learn from other countries and put into practice what it *thinks* is impossible (Australian Here)
Both have their ups and downs.
A friend of mine recently lost his dad after a stroke. They reacted fast. Ambulance was there fast. Got him to the nearest hospital. "All beds in stroke station used up. No operation possible today. sorry"
The difference is whether those survive who can afford it or those who are first.
If you are rich, you prefer the system where you get all the care you need at the time you need it. As a poor person, you prefer to get healthy without having to create generational debt.
Imho, a mix is best. Let those with money pay to help fund the medical service for the poorer people.
I don't mind if rich people get the best care for US prices, if the money they pay is used to give poor people the best care for EU prices.
Regarding health care, the USA has a "for profit" healthcare system. Its main aim is to extract as much money as possible from the population. The rest of the world has "not for profit" health care systems. They are not free, they are generally paid for out of taxes. The people outside the USA are getting something back from their taxes. Generally they are free at the point of use or have very low fixed costs for healthcare. There are therefore incentives for the health care systems to take care of the population. In the USA the incentive is to keep people sick to get more out of them.
One freedom for many Americans seems to be the freedom to create yet another millionaire or billionaire by working yourself to death
I'm not American, but back in December when we had the mass shooting in Aus. I believe any Americans who were in the country would have been surprised to learn that that even took over the main 3 commercial TV channels for basically the entire night and it was a big event. Something that we hadn't had in our country for like 30 years. In America, shootings that size happen multiple times a day, including in schools and they barely make the local news, let alone national or international news.
Austrian here. We had a school shooting in Graz last year. It was on the media for like a MONTH and sparked change to our gun laws.
I then looked up how many mass shootings and school shootings we've had here. And the last school shooting before the one in 2025 turned out to have been in 1902(!). Yup, over 100 years ago.
Even if you just look up shootings where multiple people were shot, it's very rare, if you scroll down the list on Wikipedia it's like a hand full and then whoops, that's already some stuff that happened with drunken Soviet occupation soldiers after the end of WW2.
I grew up in London. I was never taught that the UK is the greatest country in the world. At school, most of our history lessons were about the awful things we did around the world under the British Empire
Facts ... and that's how it should be. Not whitewashed and falsified to suit the narrative.
@donnathompson559 I’m all for a BALANCED view, too often the past few years it’s been a total focus on the negative, particularly around colonisation. Context & social mores of the day are important, not to excuse, but to properly understand why things happened & how things have (or have not changed).
@janesmith6346exactly lessons can only be learnt if we are taught the truth
Grew up in Brighton, East Sussex, and we were taught the same in my school.
America hasn't trained only you to work hard. It's trained workers to think holding down multiple jobs to make ends meet is a virtue, rather than a sign the system is rigged to make the wealthy richer at the expense of the worker. It's trained you to think that anything that helps workers is "socialism" and therefore evil. That's just a lie to keep the money flowing up to the billionaires.
I’ll say that for the Yanks, their propaganda is top-notch, and remarkably effective. Mind, if you tried that nonsense in any other country, the workers there would immediately realise they were being exploited.
While completely true, you can't at least say that the average American isn't hardworking, out of necessity they have to be.
Aussie here,our kids don’t do shooter training. How sad for the children, teaching them to be scared.
I don't know I would be more scared of a gun because it's less likely you can out run a gun
Yeah, Australia has Random Breath Tests (RBT), plus tongue scrapes for drugs.
But the blood alcohol limit is 0.05% (decades ago it was 0.08%).
So it's still, if you're under, you're free to go.
10:35 This hurt my heart. As a half-pint lady from London, sometimes I forget how lucky I am to feel safe all the time.
Here from Texas, I want to say brake free of the American main character syndrome. It’s easy to make and hard to break.
The girl in Talin probably got better quicker because she didn't have the stress of paying for treatment.
More afraid of a knife than a gun? Tell me you're an American without telling me that you're an American!
At about 4 steps distance, a drawn knife is deadlier than a holstered gun. 2 fast steps and a stabbing motion take less time than drawing and aiming a gun.
@liquidminds But a gun can unalive you from hundreds of meters away and before you even knew someone was trying to unalive you.
Monthly active shooter drills for kids in nursery school! My god the USA is a tyre fire of a place.
Sweden here. Under 20 yesrs old normal check-up are free, emergency visit 120 SEK. For adults, a normal check-up costs between 300 - 400 SEK and emergency visit up to 500 SEK. So between free and 56 dollar. 56 dollar is so expensive.
Per capita: US annualized rate ~0.72 mass shootings per million people vs. Europe's ~0.005-0.007 per million (average annual).
Three things incomprehensible to Europeans in USA. Gun culture, healthcare costs, Dickensian worker conditions.
Being scared of a knife more than a gun how stupid is that?
people who walk around with knives know how to use them, you will not survive.
@HeraskevytsjSLAVEWHORE666 And people who walk around with guns don't?
I never understood this. Us is always so scared of being shot but nobody would even consider cancelling the gun rights
Erm I am from England black .... Trying not to blow my mind at the thought of them getting stopped at a store a Scouse accent would have you stopped first ❤️
I grew up on the roughest housing estate in the 4th largest city in the 🇬🇧. Iv seen violence, gangbangers, drug dealers, trap houses even guns. Being honest i was in that culture for years, not once was i ever in fear for my life even whilst being directly threatened, especially by a weapon be it gun or knife. I can't even imagine what the fear counter must be like walking and living amongst people that 90% are holding 😳 iv seen plenty of videos where people are irked for one reason or another and someone tips them over the edge ending in them getting shot. .... Look at that old guy in the cinema not too long ago who shot a guy for texting during the movie😮 .....
Also how are knoves more scary? They hsve to get close to you to use it, they dont with the gun.
In Danmark scool trough university is free, healthcare and ambulance are free, emergency and operations are all "- free", we got some of the highest taxes in the world, they pay for it.
I'm in UK, I would much rather py the taxes we do without the worry and stress. Plus the taxes are taken majority of the time before we even recieve the income/wages etc. You dont miss what you havnt had, if that makes sense 🤔
It's better to pay it out before you receive it than to have to find it when you need it.
Actual happiness level is much higher, crime way lower. That's because your social safety nets make life worth living, and you can have hope. Americans have no hope. The American Dream is dead and long buried.
It literally brings tears to my eyes that such a sacred place where you send your children to school can so often become a murder scene... what is wrong with these people?!? Targeting gorgeous little children...it makes me hate people from that country. Why...??? :(
Once the child is born they no longer gives a rats ass about them. Because they are worthless, they only have value while still in the womb and women are not allowed to do an abortion- even if they could die giving birth.
Funny isn’t it?
@NaeniaNightshadethat can't be true.... please tell me that isn't true.
@mistermoney21 It is true, US politicians want abortion abolished no matter the circumstances (even if the mother was r@ped or could die during childbirth), yet the second the child is born they can be murdered in a school shooting and all those same politicians have to offer are 'thoughts and prayers'
Why would anyone feel guilty about the healthcare? If she lives in the EU, it's taken from her taxes every month (9% of your pay every month in my country), depending on the rules and situation paid by you or your employer. And you always pay, no matter if you have used healthcare this month or not. Some people never use it, some people's treatment's cost is counted in millions, it's just it's already paid off in advance by the society (yourself included), no matter how huge the cost was. So it's not like it's a free gift, we pay taxes, we deserve it
lived in canada all 46 years of my life and not once did the thought id get shot ever cross my mind. or the debt i would have to deal with if i did.....
If the amount is big enough they will get an international case on you and its likely that the country you are hiding in will hand you over if the judge you are in breach of law. I think she meant they moved to Canada to not add to the payment down the line with more medical stuff
For 50 grand they'd have to the courts to get it back. Since it's MEDICAL debt the Canadian courts would not be on the side of 'Healthcare ' company, so she'd probably end up being ordered to pay back $10 a week or something.
@alexanderstockport8268 Maybe and if so very lucky she would be. That wouldnt really be running away from it but a "fair" settlement though the Company not be happy if that became the norm
For $50K, they'd have to find her first, and then take her to court, and you don't go to jail in Canada for debt. So, no. She could totally have skipped out on the debt if here dad came with her.
@rachaelogrady9820 Sure if she doesnt want to ever go to the USA or any US controlled territory
She said her father had the debt not her.
UK here. The talk of free health care? No health care is FREE, we pay for our health care through National Healcare Stamps. Taken directly out of our wages/salery. What is FREE is the care at the point of need. No co pay no deductables. The UK is not alone with this system, maybe the majority of the world. But America will never impliment it as the insurance companies not survive or is it that most of the world look after their populations. There is still private health care if you want it.
En España la sanidad es totalmente gratuita ,un saludo
The point about free health care for all is the speaker in Canada is telling you her dad would NOT have that debt after cancer treatment.
New titanium hip...free. Spinal fusion...free. Cut my hand at work, needed a tetanus shot...free. Most provinces in Canada have a monthly charge for health care, around $50 I think. I'm in Alberta which doesn't have any monthly charge because our province is one of the wealthier ones due to the oil industry. The cost of parking at the hospital is bloody outrageous, though ;-D
In the USA the legal alcohol limit is 0.08%. In Ireland its 0.05%
In Poland 0.02 and in Czechia ZERO.
Yeah, we have knife crime in the UK & Europe - it's bad, but amazingly still better than U.S.A: "in the US, knife murders are reported at a rate of 4.96 per million people, while in Europe, including the UK, the rate is 3.26 per million people.".
I feel really bad for honest Americans - they have gun crime on top of the higher knife crime!
She lost weight because of lots of sex, not food.
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Things like the beef industry in America is poorly regulated. Beef use growth hormones, so that cattle grow faster. Australia is heavily regulated, so no growth hormones are used. It's not just healthy food that needs to change. Meats probably have an effect on Americans weight.
Well said!
This so American!!
ITS NOT JUST GUNS its the mentality of "owning the most deadly WEAPON available".
So the KNIFE carrying culture is the same mentality as a gun owner.
However Guns were developed as more effective weapons so whilst Knives are deadly they do have two disadvantages relating to proximity.
Obviously you can only kill the person you can reach. Secondly you have to see, upclose, and overcome the victim.
Strac youll have to come visit us, but not atm when you may not get back in...We would definitely call your name if we saw you! Love from Australia 💜
Gun deaths by police in the UK between 2010-2019, 22.
thats a lot
@HeraskevytsjSLAVEWHORE666 It's likely still way less than the US.
@HerrUbrandVonTussenhof how is that alot in the time span of 19 years, that doesnt even equate to one death per year. January 2026 has just finished, and so far there has been at least 10-12 deaths in the U.S
@LuvNickynGina4ever It’s actually over nine years but I agree with your point. 😊
@LondonEve24 omg!! I stared at those dates far too long calculating the maths before adding my comment and i still got it wrong 😱🙈 omg!! *ground swallow me up* ahhhh
Fact check: legal blood alcohol legal limit in Ireland is 0.05%
The debt does not cross the border
Why are you more scared of someone with a knife than a gun? You have a 50/50 percent chance of outrunning someone with a knife, you have a 0 percent chance of outrunning a bullet
the 50/50 is flawed. On average, randomly pulling any human, sure. But if Usaine Bolt chases you with a knife your survival chances are 0 percent, while any fat US cop chasing you with a knife has you at 100% survival rate if you manage to get to the end of the road without running out of breath. Because they won't.
@liquidminds exactly how many times do you think Usain Bolt will be chasing you with a knife?
In Eire (Ireland) the legal drinking limit is50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. But, of course, it's better to have not drink at all if driving.
What a lot of Americans also don't realise is many of us across the pond can go our entire lives and never see a single gun in person. I myself have seen guns in person, but only from a distance and I can count on one hand how many times. Couple of times at airports, one time at a school trip to a police station that did have officers that trained there with firearms and one time in France after there was a bomb scare at the train station at Disneyland. So suffice it to say that it's been a considerable amount of time since that last happened.
Aussie here: America is a stressed out war zone that tells itself lies about freedom - my heart goes out to every decent, sane American who can see it
yo soy de argentina, recuerdo que cuando estaba en secundaria una profesora no conto que en eeuu la gente tenia que pagar por la educación universitaria y llegaban hasta a endeudarse por eso, a todos nos pareció tan raro en ese momento que alguien tuviera que pagar por estudiar