On the subject of medical bills-there are ways that people with less money will be charged less, & government assistance etc. It’s probably hardest on middle class cuz they have to pay the most without being rich. It’s kind of like that across the board, even if you need legal help. We do have taxes on everything, & with job tax it can get ridiculous with tax brackets. Income hasn’t caught up with inflation & even where it has gone up the tax brackets have stayed the same, & our taxes can be crazy. You can make just $1 more than your tax bracket & end up charged as if you’re making $100 more, so it isn’t even worth it. & that works with overtime. I’ve been charged like that to where all the money I was going to make by working extra hours went to taxes, so it was like I wasn’t even paid for the extra work. Then there’s taxes on pretty much everything. Having a gun in the US also requires a license, permit, & more if you want to be able to “conceal” it which just means not having it directly visible at all times. All of that cost money. Idk a whole lot about the process personally. You also have to pay an insurance in cases, sometimes required or strongly advised to have a gun safe, & there are a slew of other laws that can differ from state to state, & crossing into another state the laws might be different so you could end up with a violation just by driving a short distance past an invisible line without knowing it. Your background is checked also when you try to buy, & certain legal violations even if they don’t have to do with violence or anything could make you unable to purchase. Yes, I’ve taken over 4 hour flight just to go a little less than half the country’s length. It required getting off 1 plane & on another, so overall was a bit longer. Then having to drive a bit to get where we really wanted to go. & then there are toll roads…
You would come out with many friends. Especially because you are outgoing and a nice person. I am actually an ambivert and pretty much keep to myself, but I always make new friends in bars. So I know that you definitely would😂😂😂
Also I pay around $200 a month for my medical insurance but for that I know that if I needed a doctor I can see one of the best in the world because we get the best doctors in the world because they get paid the most in the world and I can see him in less than half an hour and I can have a Surgery that same day if I wanted. I don't have to wait, so it's worth it.
Most men in Switzerland are required to be a member of the military reserve after full time service, and are required to keep their battle rifle at home and be ready to defend Switzerland at a moments notice. Thus, a higher percentage of men in Switzerland have guns in their home than in America...Oh, and they're full auto battle rifles.
By the way, last time I was admitted to a hospital. I had my own hospital room a TV/ sofa. My own personal bathroom and nurses and doctors who came in and checked on me all the time. All all day long can't get that with socialist medical care
US Navy Veteran. When I was overseas, I would "play up" my southern accent and absolutely let them think I was dumb. You learn more when people around you think you're stupid.
Just make sure they know you are in the Navy and they will already think you are stupid. 😂😂😂. Just kidding. I am a Marine Corps vet and just had to take the shot. I will grab my crayons and head to the corner now if I deeply offended you. LOL
This list could be added upon based on subcategories. For example, pizza: Chicago vs New York; seafood: east coast vs west coast; jello: Utah vs everybody. I could go on.
one thing i love to say in regards to things like racism is that everywhere has the same problems as america, its just that americans are the loudest about the issues. i cant say how many stories ive heard of just very casual racism from europeans and they say about how racism is bad and terrible but then turn around and be part of that problem
💯 An American friend lived in Italy and were open about their dislike of people from other regions. Most of us would be appalled if someone in our friend group made fun of another ethnicity. Admittedly, this may be regional and we do pick fun at our own ethnic origins.
I think part of it isn't just how Loud we are...we're also really OVIOUS about our Racism. Compare that to Japan where it's like "I spelled your name in English Lettering" which you don't think is an Insult...until you realize the kid is Half Japanese and they're saying his NAME is Foreign like Hamburger. It goes WAY beyond the No Gaijin establishments. Not only that, but they teach that Japan made Reparations to China, which is 100% LIES!! German gets shit for their War Crimes, but Japan's go completely forgotten.
I once heard that the main difference between Europe and America is that Americans think that 100 years is a long time and Europeans think that 100 miles is a long distance.
This is fantastic. I often think about the distance perception in the comparison between smaller cities and bigger cities. My entire family (except my wife and me) live in a mid-sized city of about 200,000 people. Whenever I visit, I always hear complaints about any time they have to drive more than about 10 minutes. I live in a metro area of over 1 million and 10 minutes is about the shortest drive I make.
The commute of Americans is chaotic. Myself, 12min, to a very very good job. Because it’s such a wanted place to work, others travel 45min-1hr and some maybe more.
@@MrGameKiller8 I recently started a new job after being unemployed for about 5 months. Drained almost all of my savings. Fortunately, I found a great position with 15 minutes. I live in Richmond, VA and was a few days away from starting to take interviews from DC companies, which is about a 2 hour commute.
You should check out more UK reactors. MANY of them absolutely love the idea of America. They're blown away by what we have, do and the beauty of America. It's cool to see. The ones who come visit for content almost always say how cool the people are, how amazing the food is and how stunning the travel sights are. They find the people in places like NYC to be much nicer than they'd expected (they are) and the southern people to be absolute angels of kindness. They also see, CORRECTLY, zero signs of that myth of abject racism in America. They love it.
@@oxybenzol9254 Of course there's a huge difference. I didn't hint at there not being a difference. I was just telling the original poster that they'd enjoy seeing how many UK reactors say great things about America. What's an ONS?
The British narrator said four hours was the longest flight he had ever taken. As an American, my life perspective is that if I could drive there in 5 hours, why would I fly? By the time I drive to the airport, get through security, get on the plane (etc.) ….it would take longer than 5 hours and cost MUCH more.
Absolute truth. Hell, I've driven coast to coast 7 times and am planning to again next year. It's often cheaper, and I get to see some the greatest unspoiled land on the planet. People go on whole vacations to see mountains and plains and vast forests, I can drive right through them without a fuss.
Thanks for actually looking at us. And trying to understand. It's appreciated and heartening. So more people see us for who we are. And not based on those seemingly many, that are few that bring the bar low. I hope you continue to be healthy and keep doing what you're doing.
Most licensed professions can't practice outside of the state they are licensed in. I was a nail tech. The only reason I didnt have to get a duo license in each state I lived in was due to military. Military and dependants are allowed to keep all licenses in their "home state". Otherwise, even moving to a new state, you need to get a license in that state.
I work in healthcare, can confirm. It’s painful having to explain to people that you have to physically be in the same state as the provider, and no you cannot have your virtual visit if you decide to leave the state for vacation or some shit.
Even worse is you need a separate fishing license to fish in different states and even some lake like lack eerie you need an ohio a Michigan and a Canadian license is you want to fish the whole lake
This is due to each state having it's own laws. It's not just the medical field. Having a license in one state may not meet the standards in another because of the laws.
The biggest defense about Americans only speaking one language is there anybody in Europe can travel 8 hours in a direction and be in another country if not having crossed through another one along the way... In the United States you can sometimes drive 8 hours and still be in the same state.
Having lived in rural US for much of my life, most everyone has a gun. Usually a rifle or a shotgun. Either to protect their stock or because they hunt. Most learn to shoot when they are young. Dad taught me at age 5. 😎
@@512.Outdoors same! Texan here. I once even had a gaming buddy of mine who lived in Louisiana near Mississippi who legit thought us Texans were all crazy and rode horses and all that. Yes, I've seen it a couple of times but even then I feel it was more to be ironic than anything. But I also never shy away from telling people not from here, that it's technically in the state constitution that it is illegal for a building, lot, business or dwelling to not have a hitching post for ones horse. I do believe it's still in there as an archaic law that not many people even know about and it's just not enforced as it's much more difficult to get it removed than it is to turn a blind eye. Besides, it's not like there isn't a plethora of other issues going on in this State currently, so trying to remove it now would definitely have people scratching their heads and probably cause an uproar.
I think most people don't get that in america we genuinely don't have state run media (boot licking media and media influenced by the state sure, but not outright state moth pieces) so for about the last 70 years we've had to deal woth overtly sensationalized media thay makes money just making shit up. I think a few polls came out and foubd that the media accuracy between American news outlets it's similar to that of Cambodias or some shit
In the U.S.A., you will NOT usually see people carrying Firearms, but, you'll also walk past more people that are Carrying a Concealed Pistol, than you'll ever realized...
I live in PA and it's open carry. I do so quite frequently when I walk my dog, or am outside doing things. It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
@@garycamara9955 explain why it's not true? Because my state has no state income tax. Federal tax is required if you make over a certain amount each month (or a specific total for the year).
Yup. Nevada is an example. And several years ago there was enough surplus from the corporate taxes that Nevada decided to refund everyone's car registration fees that year.
US Navy Vet (Still active) I have spent over 16 years in Japan. I every year it never fails to get a couple of American’s old and young ask what Japanese do for 4th of July or Thanksgiving (American Holidays BTW) I always answer back with the question of “Do you celebrate Russia’s Victory week, or in April do you celebrate Thailand’s independence?” Most usually answer back “Why would I celebrate some other country’s independence?” I just walk away after that.
Lived in Iwakuni and then near Nagasaki for a while. I noticed that my japanese friends in iwakuni did celebrate 4th of July and Thanksgiving, mostly because there were fair activities and events on base the public could come to. But in Nagasaki, no one had even heard of the holidays. Kinda depends where you are.
Also, a train ride here, if it's not within a specific metropolitan area, can easily be half a day or several days. For me to get to Chicago, it'd take me an hour to GET to the nearest train station, then anywhere from 16-20 hours to reach Chicago.
@@Tiewaz We are Finally getting somewhere with this, we have had long entrenched anti rail opposition (airlines don't like them) . They just put $2.1 billion into Amtrak finally. But it's really up to the states and at least in Ohio it's a no go with the GOP. Florida was the same, Rick Scot killed it there despite the fact it was ready to go and had a lot of private money backing it and the cities wanted it etc etc.. If he was willing to kill that with %11 unemployment, I don't' se anything happening in republican states.
My friend is 2nd generation German. She happened to be in Germany when the acquaintances she was talking to (in German) found out that she was American. During the same conversation, someone complained to her about American being involved in the world's business. It wasn't much farther in the conversation that some problem in another country came up and he wanted to know when America was going to do some something about it! She set him straight telling him you can't have it both ways.
It makes me wonder what would happen if the US decided to pack up all its military bases and equipment and come home. Let the world police itself for awhile. The world cannot fathom how we spend so much on our military while they reap the benefits of our military being close by. They can enjoy many things because their country doesn't have to spend so much for military budgets.
@scottrondaadey7214 some in both respects; but I agree it's naive to say we do it without benefit....if the us dollar wasn't the currency in the oil market, we would drop like rocks
That’s because most law abiding US citizens who carry a gun conceal them, don’t flaunt them, don’t play with them and are not fanatics. Most of us think of a gun as a tool that is used in very specific situations and nothing more.
One of things that I learned from my grandfather is that any Veteran also has more authority than police officer. Especially if they witness an officer not helping a citizen.
We gotta conceal carry, unless you have a constitution carry permit. Absolutely a tool meant to defend ourselves and our homes, unless it is a friggin criminal. But I am always trying to get comfortable driving with my firearm diggin in my waist. Hard to find a holster that is good in every situation or carry placement. But I never go out without a good tactical blade. Carbon fiber dagger is the way to go for me. Light, fast and lethal (I hope that NEVER happens) and comfy!
It's called propaganda! But never in my wildest dreams did I ever think the American people would be propagandized by their own government to the extent it is today. And it's all for politics! But the problem is is they have the world believing these lies as well
The vast majority of the U.S. media is not just politically motivated, but geographically biased. It’s like if Germany got all their news from Portugal and their entertainment from Greece.
It's funny how they complain about Americans up until they come here and live here. A lot of Europeans after staying a bit get that it is not being "fake" but genuinely just being nice, and then realize that they do indeed like it better. No-one likes rude people!
@@jdtubaman Oh... At work they said it is ok do not pretend! Now it makes sense, my coworker explained that the europeans visiting our job found it weird cuz like you said. I am like 😅 huh, I am being nice because I am. Then they said but you do not know us. I said I do not need to know anything to be nice ❤❤😊 They understood it then then followed me cuz they wanted me to help them while visiting.
@@whimsicalgoldeYeah I'm a nice American citizen because I want to be and try to be. I'm also shy but unless someone is rude to me I'll be nice to them in my own way
One of the things I usually laugh at about Oregon (in particular, but it happens in other states as well, I've been told). You can go to the grocery store, have a fairly long checkout line, chances are really good that you're going to strike up a conversation with the next person in line, maybe two(in front and behind you), and chances are good that by the time you're done checking out you'll know what school they went to, what they do for a living, where they grew up, how many kids they have, how many and what kinds of pets they have, and every single annoying thing their neighbors are currently guilty of doing.
this is exactly what happened to my mother. shed never had anything like that happen to her before in the US but she visited France once with a friend, they got robbed at knifepoint.
As a white straight male from America the first time I experienced racism was when I went to Ireland and it wasn’t because of my skin color but because of my accent and being red headed. America isn’t the only racist country
My dad once had a 2+ hour conversation on the phone (pre-cell phones - actually pre-wireless phones) with a guy - talking about things they used to do, places they used to go, etc. It sounded like he was catching up with an old school mate. He hung up, and we asked who it was? He replied that he didn't know, it was a wrong number.
I once knew a girl from Germany. when she first arrived in the US, she not only made fun of us for having air conditioning, she actually complained about it being in her dorm room. but when summer came and it got hot and muggy out, she sang a new tune. it was the muggy air that was killing her.
@@bethm5791Can confirm. I am also in Pittsburgh. The humidity is killer in the summer. But then you have our winters where half the time 6 degrees below freezing can be considered a heat wave. Pennsylvania weather is weird.
@@bethm5791 I grew up in the burgh, in a house with no AC. 2/10 would not recommend. We had a screened in porch, so camping out in the summer was my only saving grace lol.
As a New Orleanian, this is so spot on. They think they know what humidity, and we just have to laugh and tell them to wait for their first summer. If walking outside of your front door doesn't feel as wet as jumping in to a bayou, you don't know what humidity is yet.
When I was a kid we spent a summer in New Mexico in an area so arid that my mother couldn't put bread on the dinner table before a meal without it being desiccated by the time we sat down to eat. Their "air conditioners" were humidifiers, which would have been worse than useless in Louisiana, where we were from. Humidity makes a huge difference.
A lot of people outside of America don't realize how incredibly MASSIVE America actually is. A trip from one state to another would literally be considered cross country travel in other regions of the world.
Exactly. I was stationed in Germany back in the 70"s and 80"s. A trip from Wiesbaden to Koln would be a six month plan but I'll go from Georgia to Alabama and back in an afternoon
Yessssss! I know alot of Europeans and they all seem to hate traveling, but they can drive basically a state away and be in a different country. Most America's daily work commute is further than Europeans are willing to travel in general.
We had to get the owners to fix the AC in our rental apartment in Rome this past July when they were having a record heatwave and a drought. Italy was literally on fire. Mount Vesuvius was actually smoking from wildfires. They definitely need AC!
People in Britain this year were complaining about 75° fahrenheit being hot. In Florida we would put our ac units to 70 or 75 during the summer to keep the house cool.
UK doesnt really have air conditioning like we do. I used to think they were just exaggerating but i recently lived in a small town in new york with no a/c. One day, it was 80F and I felt like I was being cooked in my apartment
@@malachai1212 Hang out in the mid-west for a while. lol It's not unusual to have multiple days of 100F-110F temps in a row. Usually July & August are 90F+ with very few days cooler. And, last winter hit -22F. (The Windchill was ridiculous. -46 if I remember right.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying 80F isn't hot. My AC kicks in at 74F most of the time. lol
@ I have lived in SW florida my whole life. I just moved to northern ny for a few months. Those 80 degree days in my apartment were bad even compared to running around playing football mid summer in my hometown
The absolute irony in a Brit not knowing what imperialism is kills me. Anyways much love from the US, I really like learning more about what other people from other cultures really think about us. It’s always so skewed from the media, so it’s nice to see that there are plenty of people open to learning about the realities and not the stereotypes. Love the videos man!
Might not be taught like it was back in the day, back when 'The Sun never sets on the British Empire', so vast and global were Her Royal Majesty's colonial reach. Is of note that all the Imperial Nations in the 1800's and 1900's balked at the growing US having imperial aspirations after the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, not to mention the Punitive Expedition after Francisco 'Pancho' Villa's raids in 1916, who had fled deep into the heart of Mexico, with Patton and Pershing following. Huh, that Expedition might no longer be taught as part of our American History in public schools.
I thought that was pretty crazy too! Do British schools just glaze over that part in history class? I was absolutely floored by a video of a British mother and daughter who had never heard of George Washington. It's like not knowing there was a Queen of England!
I discovered this when I visited the UK about 10 years ago. I grew up in a rural area near Jamestown, Virginia. Yes, _that_ Jamestown. When a shop worker would hear my Tidewater accent and ask me where I was from, and I said Jamestown, Virginia, about a third of them had even heard of it. Heck, most didn't even know Virginia was a state. Even if the history of European colonization of the Americas is taught in UK schools, how many people actually paid attention or retain that knowledge?
Not for Lewis, he's not into politics. There are plenty of Americans that wouldn't understand the term. Hey, many of them don't know who the Vice President is.
not quite the same thing - George died 200+ years ago, and the American Revolution was happy news for us, so we like to remember it. It wasn't a highlight in history for them. Meanwhile the Queen was still alive up until last year. If you asked an American who was King/Queen 200 years ago they would probably be stumped too! Where the Brit may know who their monarch was 200 years ago, and probably know who the first King of England was even though it was much more than 250 years ago.
I live in Alabama. When people hear me speak and then ask about schools and outhouses and cousin "bumping", BUT we have NASA, Boeing, top medical schools, specialized Ag colleges, entire Marine Biology islands. Where Im from, we have 1 of the highest concentrations of engineering masters and PHDs. However, it ALWAYS works to my advantage to let them think Im dumb... We SPEAK slow but we dont THINK slow...
...Yes you do. I literally met people in SEVENTH GRADE who couldn't ALPHABETIZE. I saw a 4th grader given COLOR BY NUMBERS AS HOMEWORK. The vast majority of people has NO IDEA HOW TO USE THE INTERNET in 2005. The Xtians are LITERALLY AFRAID of atheists quite often, and can't figure out the difference between atheism and "devil worship" (not that "devil worship" actually exists, for the most part). There are literally HEAVILY-ADVERTISED ADULT READING CLASSES FOR ADULTS WHO CAN'T READ. As in it is COMMON, not merely about immigrants or a very rare few people and offered by a library. In fact, there are even people there who think that talking about their LARGE COLLEGES is somehow proof that they aren't stupid as a population! ....You know, COLLEGES, where THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE USUALLY FROM OUT-OF-STATE. Louisville (possibly - this is based on 5-minute interactions only, in Louisville) and Nashville both had a hell of a lot more stupid people then Alabama did, but Alabama didn't exactly exude a normal level of intelligence! They would even casually tell complete strangers that they dropped out of high school or even middle school, as in, it's so incredibly common that it's just expected as a trait that isn't considered unusual at all!
I live in Alabama too and while I have more personal issue that are driving me away from the state but Alabama is so misrepresented in the media it’s not even funny. It truly is a beautiful state and I pray and wish that our state can beat the stereotypes and be one of the best states in the country both subjectively AND objectively.
During my military career, I traveled all over the world multiple times. It was always great to see new places, meet new ppl, and have new experiences, but there was nothing like coming home to the US! If I had to recommend just 1 thing for everyone in the world to see up close and personal just 1 time, it would have to be the northern lights I saw in Alaska. I’m sure they are visible from other places besides AK of course, but that’s just where I saw them. Wow! There just aren’t any words to describe it! “Mesmerizing” is about the closest!
Just remembered, "normal" rarely makes the news. What you see in the news is "newsworthy", meaning it's sensational, extreme, extraordinary. Even fiction stories tend to highlight extremes. The average person, anywhere, is pretty much the same as the average person anywhere else.
I blame this on Ted Turner. When he created 24/7 CNN, they had to go looking for news and using it to fill the time. 30 minute newscast is better but still tends to sensationalize some aspects of it
I actually had a funny experience with this a month ago. My niece (she is almost 9) asked me "why is your belly happy" me being fat I was like " because it is well fed" thinking nothing of it and then she said "so is that why it is smiling?" which caught me off guard till my brother and mom and eventually me looked and saw my belly button looks like a smile. yeah I am fat but my gut is happy with it so it's all OK
Ehh, obesity is strange. BMI is meant to measure body fat, but it’s based on height and weight. There’s more in a body than fat. Body type, age, activity level, and more can make the reading not exactly as clear as it should be. That said, it’s more of an “on the line” thing. And if you are at that line, maybe you aren’t at the same risk as others well past the line, but you can probably afford to live healthier.
There have always been, and always will be obese people. Back in the 1700s, obese people were mostly wealthy and it was seen as a sign of wealth. Times change....standards change, and social views change.
I was able to send my son to England for 2 weeks when he was in high school, he dresses a lot like me including the Stetson. Biggest difference is he's 6'4" and I'm just 5' 11", the boy says I look like an old saddle bag with eyes. All the English folks he met thought he was a western movie star and asked to see his gun. I laughed like hell when he told me about that (yes, he has one 30-06 rifle and one 45 pistol I bought him), don't folks in England know you can't take weapons on a plane?
@@cascadingdreams8743we are poor right now- thanks to the Bidenomics and Kamalanomics. It not costs a family of 4 $17k more per year to live than 4 years ago.
I was chatting online with a guy from Canada. He asked if it was true you can get a free gun when you open a bank account here. Still my favorite question to this day
"and even an automatic weapon of your choice for renting a Safe Deposit Box for 1 year, pre-paid". I'm a New Yorker -- I'd have HAD to say that with a straight face just to see the reaction.
Not necessarily untrue. Weatherby used to have a program where you could open a CD for 5k and receive a MK5 rifle (bolt action, very expensive) at the end of the CD term you get the 5k back they keep the interest to cover cost of the rifle. So basically free to you over time.
"I bet some of the states militaries can take on entire countries." Dude some of the states have untrained civilian populations that can take over some countries.
Hell, in some places in America, certian cities could knock over a small country. For instance: ruclips.net/video/gibYZRzV_0I/видео.html All civilian owned firearms. And they had been shooting them all day.
Sooo true. I gotta bunch of friends at church. Now, ask me their names... Well, that's a different story, you know? It's just because we're too personal to be impersonal😂
On the subject of meeting people in an American bar: Dude, all you have to do is say something. A Brit accent shows up in the bar and EVERYbody will talk to you!
@@shannon6876Speaking as a (male and straight) American, if there was a single British woman with a posh accent and no spouse/significant other, I'd _definitely_ be attracted to her by her hearing her speak.
Americans generally love meeting foreigners. I tried to explain to a british guy in college that his accent was a massive cheat code and he should be out using it to his full advantage. He didn't believe me. It was a lost opportunity for him.
As an American who is a geography nerd, I gotta be honest. Someone actually asked me who the president of Czechoslovakia right now. And when I told him it split into Czech republic and Slovakia, He looked at me like I was crazy.
Fr I love history and that probably the only reason I would want to visit Europe I’m jealous they have all the cool monuments and historical buildings from all the passed empires whom once ruled the land but on and geography scale there’s just so much of America I would want to see
I grew up in a part of the U.S. where it is considered impolite NOT to smile and be nice to everybody. We drive down the highway and wave to everyone whether we know them or not. Starting conversations with complete strangers is nothing new, it happens everyday. I love that about the U.S.
I live in Ohio and my mom treats a 20 mile drive as though it's a polar expedition. She rarely goes outside of the 5 mile area that is our small town. She refuses to go anywhere near Columbus unless she's a passenger in the car, and even then she complains about going too fast on the freeways to get around Columbus. The speed limit is 70mph, but it's the law of the jungle and she's saying that 70 is too fast.
I decided to take a page from the British on that and my compromise has been anywhere more than two and a half hours away qualifies as a day trip. My trips out of town have been so much more relaxing and rewarding for it. 8 hours driving? That's two overnights for me.
I regularly drive 8-9hrs to just visit a friend. 3-4hrs is a quick day trip. (Its a 23hr drive to visit my oldest son. And an hour to drive to my youngest sons home and I do it a few times a week to see the grandkids)
Paused on Switzerland gun thing. The Swiss REQUIRE every home to have a firearm. Every citizen is required to participate in the military (even though they are neutral and don’t participate in wars). This training gives every single citizen the ability to defend the country if needed. This goes back hundreds of years.
I, as a Texan, full-heartedly endorse this requirement, but I would go a couple steps further and shorter. For example, I would like to see firearms treated more like ID cards and you can be fined for not having one. Next would be government issued weapons upon 18th birthday. Finally a massive law enforcement data base of forensics from said weapons.
@@jamesclugston1626to be fair some people should never be allowed to have a gun and you know it. I do support the second amendment 100% especially since I'm a veteran. But I should never have a firearm because I have a temper it's not that I shoot somebody but I definitely get in trouble for brandishing. Other examples a paranoid schizophrenic, or someone convicted of using a firearm to rob someone. They've already proven they can't be trusted don't give them a second chance. And the list goes on but that's just my opinion once again I 100% support the second amendment and almost every one of my friends while growing up had their own guns in their room in their own control and none of us ever shot each other.
@zodarian6705 you are speaking of problems that would solve themselves given time. Also, a veteran here, robbing someone usually requires one of the parties to be unarmed. Schizophrenics and drug addicts either get medicated or die.
@nickl4855 Lots of people do, actually! Vancouver has cheaper rent than Portland and is just across the river. Also consider-- vehicles. It may be cheaper to buy a new car in Oregon and drive it home, than pay sales tax on one...
Thats pretty cool. I know Ohio has no sales tax on food, and Pensylvania has no sales tax on clothing; but nothing as comprehensive as just no sales tax
Don't be a dick. Why would you want him to come here? He's got universal health care... he's likely to leave with a giant medical bill that's he'll have no way of paying. Not a smart move.
Ok to be a little more fair with that, Americans are a bit more paranoid about the government and wouldnt frickin tell anyone if we were. That said, there are more legal guns in the hands of citizens then in the hands of every military in the world combined, so. Make of that what you will.
American gun owners usually own more than one gun. We own several and I know people who more than us. All the weapons were purchased legally. Most criminal activity involving gun use are weapons that were purchased illegally. 😊
Here's a little something to consider the size of the US: In many states, you can drive in a straight line for 4 hours, and still be in the state. In the lower 48, you can fly in a straight line in for 4 hours, and still be in the lower 48.
4 hours by plane would only get you halfway across the country. I once flew from a stopover in Minneapolis, 4 hours to Seattle. I thought I was going to die of boredom.
😂 It took a whole 23 hours to drive from Topeka ks to Just inside the border of Texas! A whole day and night to cross two states and the roads were crap!
Do people in other countries think American homes aren't insulated well? It was -4F (-20C) in Wisconsin this morning while kids were waiting outside on the corners for their school bus. Our homes are built to hold in heat as well. That's why we have AC for our summers which average higher temps than a British Heat wave.
Yep never gonna forgot Brits losing their minds over 78 F heat as if that's not warm in the US and not the normal temperature in places like Florida and Texas.
I did a NATO deployment, and the first half was with the Britts. One of the medics asked what is was like growing up with so much gang violence and getting shot at all the time. He was shocked when I told him I grew up in a small rural town and we didn't even lock the doors of our cars or house.
I had friends who live in Chicago visiting, couldn't believe we just keep my kids' bicycles in the driveway. I guess in the city, those would be stolen from our front yard in a heartbeat. A real pinnacle of our civilization, these cities. Sounds like I'm missing out on quite a lot by not living in one. /s
@MrOmegaRabbit depends on people. Not location. When I lived in Florida as a kid, people would constantly steal bikes. Had 5 taken from the BACKYARD. If you wanted to keep your stuff, it goes in the garage.
Being an American is like being the most popular kid in school. A lot of people don’t like you but don’t know you. Everyone seems to have an opinion about you but you don’t know them
It’s not like being the popular kid, just means you’re loud enough to where people have an opinion on u, happened with Britain, happened with Germany, happened with Russia, America isn’t special
Considering we are the strongest military power and have been the only consistent world super power since WW2 we do in fact stand out and as a country are special, statistically we're the standouts. You are a perfect example of what this person said lol @RandomMackem3247
I lived in South Korea for 5 years. I was fluent in Korean and it was fun listening to what people say about you when they have no clue you can understand them. The Texas National Guard is larger and more capable than some countries.
have served alongside guardsmen from Texas, I will agree larger and better armed than a number of countries' militaries, but more capable is questionable. sill the Texas guardsmen were better than Hawaii's...
@mikloowl4899 If you go to Guatemala once a year, I know you're disconnected from modern society. Don't be so arrogant about your own situation, then claim to speak for the majority.
My son got diagnosed with cancer and we found out our insurance was a scam. He had surgery and 3 rounds of chemo along with 3 weeks in hospital. The hospital cut our bill down to about 20% of the original cost. Our community stepped up and donated the rest. There are charities to help plus hospitals carry funds to help those in need. Plus, because we don’t have “free healthcare“ our taxes are much less and our care is better.
Yeah I guess I took 5 days to do WA to AZ & back, but it was personal & I didn’t have an engine clock, although I’m pretty sure it killed my poor little versa.
One of my favorite stories is from when I was stationed in Japan, I had extra duty training in Toyko, I (6'1" white guy) was down there with a buddy (6'8"ish white guy with tons of tattoos). After training was complete on a Friday, we decided to go wander around and check out a place. We got a little lost, so we stopped at a 7-11, my buddy being a smoker stayed outside to smoke a cigarette while I went in to get direction, I asked for directions of the family behind the counter, looked like mom, dad and 3 kids. I asked in Japanese without really looking at them then I caught them flabbergasted but not answering, I looked at them and realized they were Chinese and asked for directions in Chinese. Watching their jaws hit the floor was great, they gave me directions, and I went outside to tell my buddy where we were headed when the wife came out and told me in Mandarin that my Chinese was very good. My buddy asked what she said, I told him she said my Chinese was very good. At that point, he asked dumbfoundedly, "You speak Chinese too?"
@@c8Lorraine1 It seems Japanese people don't see tattoos on non-Japanese as being associated with the Yakuza. They would NOT however let him enter an onsen due to his tattoos.
@@DarkAngel-ki3co That is also slowly changing I hear. Onsen are slowly doing either doing away with the ban or being more lenient towards foreigners. This is especially true in more tourist-frequented places.
More Americans are armed than you see in Switzerland. Most Americans who carry a firearm, carry it legally concealed, either with a concealed weapons permit, or because they live in a constitutional carry state. Concealed is the best way to carry because the firearm simply does not draw attention. so, when the creator of the original video says you just don’t see Americans carrying guns, he’s correct. I carry a gun everywhere I go and nobody ever sees it. And God willing, nobody ever will.
The Swiss are armed largely because they are required to be as part of their military service. They remain armed after active duty as part of the reserves. They keep and maintain their weapon at home. Legend has it that Kaiser Wilhelm said to a Swiss general, "So you have a 500,000 man Army. What will you do if I bring a million man Army?" Reportedly, the general replied "Shoot twice and go home."
Your not wrong but it depends where you are. Where I am in Tennessee it’s very common to see someone concealed carry but in places like California literally 0 people carry guns unless they sell drugs or are gang members.
Over Spring Break we went to London. One of the ladies on the trip fell and seriously hurt herself. We asked our UK tour director to call an ambulance. He said there was no point it would take 2-3 hours to get there. We got her an Uber back to the hotel and called emergency services. The said an ambulance would be there in 90 minutes, and its actually took 3 hours. In the US, there would have been an ambulance there in a less than 15 minutes guaranteed based on our urban location. There are some things that are worth the money.
Yeah that kinda thing would happen here too if the government took over health care and made it free. That is the price of creating a government run health system over a private one. You just get charged high prices for it.
@@zeromagnum2811 Certain parts of our culture/society are corrupt. The incredibly high prices of everything now, particularly medical services, is attributable to those parts forcing us to live according to their rules. They are ruining capitalism and pushing socialism seriously hard, particularly in universities. It has even passed into the standard educational system. Our government is run by criminals, apt evidence that what our founding fathers set up was masterful, particularly for the time, seeing as they still have to work within it and have taken well over a century to get to this point.
That is utterly ridiculous--but people shouldn't have to pay thousands just to GET to the location that would give them medical assistance, especially since in many cases people use ambulances are because they cannot function or someone called it for them. There has to be something in between this...
Not everywhere. It's not illegal in Georgia. Heat is required, but not A/C. But if one is provided, the landlord must keep it in working order. I've rented a few homes where I had to provide my own air conditioning. And the summers here are brutal, with temps consistently over 100 degrees in the summers.
Also, London and Berlin are both at the same latitude as Canada. Britain doesn’t get even close to as hot as southern America. Arizona regularly gets to 110s and hits 120+ a few times a year.
I'm American and I'd like to address some of the points in this video. I've traveled through 20 countries, and there were fat people everywhere! I noticed that the Scots and Irish people were quite patriotic. People need to realize that America is as big as a CONTINENT, and we have such a huge amount of diverse cultures, so a lot of stereotypes will apply to us. I smiled and initiated many conversations throughout the U.K., and I was met with kindness and friendliness nearly 100% of the time 😊 I think you get back what you give
I live in Washington State. I was at a horse camp along the Pacific Crest Trail when I was approached by a German man who was traveling north towards Canada on horseback. We talked for a while and I told him to contact me if he needed a hand moving his truck and trailer north. He called me a few days later and I met him to take him back to his rig. On our way back I was pulled over for speeding in Mt. Rainier Nat. Park ( my fault ) . The Ranger asked me if I was carrying a gun. I replied " Yes, I have one in my pocket, but I'm not going to take it out ". He said " Ok just show me your concealed carry permit" Which I did and we were on our way. My friend asked me rather wide eyed " You have a gun?" To which I replied " Yes, you never know if you might need it." This is a wilderness area and there are predators both human and animal to found there!
American here, I live in an area where I don't lock my doors, and leave my keys in my car. The USA has dangerous areas, and it has very safe areas. Almost like every where else in the world.
My sister, when she lived in rural Alaska, would leave their doors unlocked just like everyone in their 300 person town because if your out walking and a moose or a bear is passing by, you can duck into a house if it decides to run you down. I had to lecture my parents about locking their doors in central California cause the area isn’t quite as safe as it used to be.
I worked with a lady who wanted to get a gun to carry around in her purse...just to be quirky. I asked her if she was mentally prepared to unalive someone if she pulled it out. She said she wouldn't have to because she has a gun and everyone would be afraid. I also have a neighbor who is a teacher and wants to carry in the classroom. I asked him if he was mentally prepared to unalive a child, and he had the same logic . If he pointed a gun at someone, they would be very afraid of him.
@@stanleyhape8427 Some people are just ignorant about guns. If you pull a gun out and you aren't prepared to shoot someone, then you have no business carrying a gun.
@motarded4214 it's not so much a case of "there are too many guns", more a case of "there are too many untrained idiots who have guns". I feel like there should be some sort of training to use a gun when you buy one.
As a southern here in America that lives in America, I carry my gun far more when outside doing yard work than I do when I go to town. We have bear, mountain lions, and posion snakes here.
Yup. I always make sure I have either my shotgun or a sidearm and a good knife on me when I'm out doing yard work or just walking around my property. We've got bears, bobcats, the occasional mountain lion. And the past two years there have been multiple sightings of wild pigs in the area too which is new. And I really don't want to run into a wild boar while I'm unarmed. I'm too old to be trying to run away from angry Pumbaa lol
We Americans do love our cars. For a very good reason. When you live miles away from doctors,schools,hospitals,family, ect you need them to get around. Mass transit only exists in cities. When your in the middle of literally nowhere on the highway and a crash happens, life is threatened, we don't call for an ambulance ,we call for a helicopter to the nearest hospital. I live in a small city with two good hospitals. And the heliports are almost as busy as the ambulance bays.
LOL I was thinking the same thing. Also, that opening a window on a humid 95F day isn't necessarily better. than leaving it shut, or just going to the bar.....lol
@@freewill1114why would anyone NOT want window screens??? They’re so useful! My screen broke when I was a kid, and I went from no bites to many bites per night, and I lived in an area that sprayed for mosquitoes.
Racism is a lot less in the US than most other countries. Even Japan, which is idolized, has places with signs that say "no foreigners." The US has laws against any discrimination.
Heard someone who was Brazilian trying to to a club with friends and the security said "no blacks" even though she said she wasn't, he was definitely talking about her skin, it was ridiculous, brown skin? No entry, but other places no foreigners of any kind
No foreigners isn't necessarily racism. I would think that would even means Japanese American. And although America has laws against discrimination, it doesn't stop it from happening every single day. They might let me in their establishments because they can't put up signs saying I can't come in, but that doesn't mean they don't treat me badly once I am there.
There is absolutely racism in the US but i agree that it is no more ridiculous then anywhere else in the world. A lot of Asian countries would probably take the cake on being the most racist. America is probably one the most unique places when it comes to having such a large set of diverse cultures and people. I've lived in the US my entire life and while i have seen plenty of stuff from individuals that is border line racist i cannot recall a moment where i have seen something that is genuinely racist, like someone being denied access to something because of their race. A lot of this would obviously be due to laws that basically prevent most real discrimination from happening and anything racist that generally happens boils down to an individual trying to be racist to another individual and it basically never goes well for the person trying to be racist.
@PressPowerPlay "Racism is prejudice or hostility towards a person's race, colour, language, nationality, or national or ethnic origin" So, yes. No Foreigners is a form of racism.
@@NightsDecent so by that definition a club only for women is racist. It has to be more than just exclusion, the reason for the exclusion is the most important part.
According to a CNN report back in June of 2022, there are 120 guns for every 100 citizens. The thing is, some people are gun collectors have many guns, while most people do not even have 1 gun.
Yup, less than 1/3rd of american adults own guns, but most of them own multiples. Most of those guns are also in rural areas because the statistics we gather don't separate out hunting rifles.
Yes. A majority of people do not own a firearm, and the ones who do tend to own multiple, or even be a collector who owns dozens to hundreds, depending on how much money they have to spend on the hobby.
I heard a woman from the UK say she hasn’t seen her dad in 7 YEARS because he lives 45 minutes away. In America I drive over an hour to go to the shopping mall. It’s not that far.
Born in Spain, have lived in UK, Germany, Belgium and Cote d'Ivoire and the US. Have been the happiest in the US. Despite the press I've never had to answer 47 questions about my ancestors before an American is willing to help and be my friend. Americans care far less about it than most European countries.
I made the exact same comment on Yahoo the other day in a response and you would laught at the responses. Many in America are completely ignorant of how America was formed.
There's no like about it; that is exactly what the United States are. It's just like the EU, but if an EU chairman went rogue and conquered all the member states and the UK after Brexit.
So far, all of these replies are less than stellar. Also, it's no secret why so many have this particular problem. It's because our education system is designed to filter out a certain demographic and include other demographics on the basis of foolish philosophies like "imperialism," "marxism," and others. The true history of the US and the world is being altered in real time and with each generation so that the people of the world will turn out like the citizens of much of the federation's planets from Jack L Chalker's Midnight at the Well of Souls. Automatons in human skin.
@@pwd1679 so I guess they never wondered why laws are different in different states. Or even why these states needed to be "united" in the first place.
@@tomjohnson4822 no, just be friendly. I’ve been in sweats or dressed up. I’m from Texas and outgoing, so maybe I have an easier time of it. I just act like I belong. Have fun and people will have fun with you.
America has many gun laws. There is a criminal background check first a 30-60 day waiting period after you apply and you are required a gun permit in which many states require gun safety courses to receive the permit. So I haven’t checked but based on what was read there even more to getting a gun in America than there is in Switzerland
I have a good friend from Blackpool. He told me that when he moved here, he thought we'd all have a thick Texas accent, wear ten gallon cowboy hats and six shooters on our hips. He was quite surprised when he moved to delaware and saw none of that lol
I knew a girl who lived in Newcastle upon Tyne and she says that the typical Brit conception of Americans is a gun in one hand and a cheeseburger in the other. Mean while my ex-wife who was from just outside Canterbury set the conception of Americans around where she lives is that we are all gun crazy but the cheeseburger was never a factor
Texan here. We don't have State tax; but you still have to pay Federal taxes such as income tax, social security tax, etc. Other states that don't have state tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming. Yes, every state has their own military, called the [state] National Guard. I've visited 49 states and 12 other countries.
Also, the state makes up its loss in wage taxes through property taxes. Dude was kind of deceptive with his no tax statement. You know a government is gonna get theirs.
I'd offer a correction - beyond the National Guard, several states have their own State Military Forces - for example, Texas has a State Military completely unaffiliated with the National Guard or Reserves (both of which can be deployed to active service along side the nation's full time military) but a completely separate "state owned" military force which falls under full command of the Texas Governor. Admittedly, these state military forces are used to support emergency service personnel, helping with disaster relief and other domestic "humanitarian" responses, they aren't tasked with direct combat.
The National Guard is Federal. It's part of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. The POTUS is the Commander In Chief of the National Guard. They do have a function at a state level but they are still a Federal organization. Some states have an active State Guard that is separate from the National Guard.
I found a couple of ways to explain to people how big America is to Europeans. 1.London is closer to Istanbul than New York is to LA. 2. It takes 50 hours of "windshield time" to drive from New York to LA. 3. We've had small planes crash inside America and it took months or years to find the wreckage. 4.Texas is larger than France. 5.The USA is larger than China.
@@LiqdPT If you don't count America's territories. People are pretty sensitive about "Size" so they play little games China doesn't count Alaska or Hawaii , they only look at the 48 Contiguous States. Canada counts Alaska and Hawaii but conveniently forgets about Puerto Rico and other US territories, which gets them into second place. The only Country larger than the USA is Russia.
@@glennchartrand5411 to be fair, before I posted I looked at several online lists of countries by size, and the only debate seemed to be whether China or the US was bigger (and afaik China hasn't grown significantly and I learned that the US was 3rd largest, but that's when the USSR was 1st). There seemed to be no debate anywhere that Canada is larger, and you're the first person I've ever heard assert that.
when I was in Europe, every time someone made fun of me for not knowing all the countries in the EU, i asked them to name all 50 states in the USA. only a small number admitted their ignorance of MY home was as bad as mine of theirs. hypocrites...
@@KONEIL1775 My ninth grade geography teacher. Of course many of the countries I was expected to be able to name and locate on a map back then have different names now or no longer exist at all.
Absolutely. I got to meet many people from the UK during Covid and yeah, they are socialists and primarily pagans, so they can’t comprehend our conservatism and our country that was founded on Christian principles. So they all hate President Trump and adore Bernie Sanders. Need I say more?
Not public transport per se but train travel. Our railways went private thanks to the government. So yes our train fares have increased a LOT! I live about 200 miles away from London. Can cost about £80 !! If you book in advance though you can get it a lot cheaper. But honestly the prices with rail travel have increased significantly over the last few years.
I feel your pain! Train prices in the US are crazy, too- I was going to take a train from Montana to Missouri for my brother's wedding (about 1500 miles), and it was less expensive just to buy a two-way plane ticket for $300. How are the bus fares over there? I'm living in Costa Rica, now, and bus fares all over are very inexpensive, but back in the US it still would be cheaper and less time to fly.
@@MrsLynB Yikes, that is really high. You could travel about the same distance (one way from Chicago, Illinois to Springfield, Illinois) for about $20-30 in coach, $50-65 if you want to go business class, depending on the time of day. However, traveling half that far, from Milwaukee to Chicago, is about the same price. Just depends where you're going.
I’m from the US (from the south so I was raised to smile and become best friends with every person that made eye contact) and lived in the UK for 3 years and it was so difficult to get used to the fact that no one wants to smile or talk to you 😭🤣
My dad went to Ireland for work last year and the craziest thing he told me when he got back was this: It takes about 3 hours to drive across the entirety of Ireland. I live in Indiana, and it takes about 3 hours to drive across, maybe a little longer. That right there blew my mind and made me realize just how big our states are here!
I live In the little tiny state of Maryland and if we go farthest west to east it takes about 6 and a half hours. Wow! Always have wanted to see Ireland BTW.
@@AF-mq8xbAin’t that the damn truth, as a fellow texan it’s taken me around a full work day just to get out of texas to visit family. Driving in texas tests patience like nothing else I swear
@@sydney.g.sloangammagee8181 I can believe it, the States can be huge at times. And yeah never been to Atlanta or Georgia, been to many places but not them yet. Plan on it though, any recommendations for spots to check out when I go?
My husband took me to meet his family in France. We were walking around his little town on market day (it was amazing). Two little old ladies past us, my husband whispered to me, “they just said, there’s the American” 🤣 Ohhhh my goodness, I asked how did they know I’m American. He said, “because you are smiling.” 🤣 🤣 🤣 I promptly turned around waved and smiled at them. I really enjoyed my time over seas. I enjoyed the people, the countries, the food, the culture. In fact I LOVED it!
In Texas, no tax on income, no tax on groceries (except junk food and hot food), no tax on medicine. HOWEVER, our property taxes are higher than many other places, but we have cheaper housing costs than a lot of other places too. The federal government still taxes your income though.
I was born in America but grew up in the UK. The kids in my class didn't believe I was American because I'm not fat. Genuinely comical. Great video mate. You have earned a new subscriber
The tenth amendment to the constitution basically says if the constitution doesn’t explicitly give the federal government a power, that power belongs to the states. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
That's true, but your missing the point. The flip side of that "IF" statement is "IF" the US Constitution DOES explicitly give the federal government a power, then it supercedes State law. States just get the leftovers not in the Constitution. That is a huge area where State laws cover most of what is legal/illegal, but that is gone whenever the US Constitution gets an update. Welcome to a Democratic Republic Federation, because we are all of those things.
@@codywarhawk7099I'm reminded of that video of Biden telling those factory workers " I don't work for you, you work for me" pretty sure that's not how it works but sadly our government is currently under the impression it's a ruling authority and not a bloody elected official meant to act on behalf of their constituents. And we are all to busy arguing with one another to turn and look at the actual problem in congress
@@Paul-jc4xh ammendments to the constitution require a balance of all 3 powers: legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches have to support it retuiring 140/200 senators, the president, 66% of congress, and approval of 6/9 justices Any of the president and congress can be substituted by a popular vote, added to the presidential ballot, requiring 76% of americans to vote for it. But you still need the approval of the Judiciary and either executivr or legislative branches. To undo an ammendment, like the Prohibition, an 80% popular vote can overturn it on its own. However the bill of rights (the first 10 ammendments) cannot be overturned.
He doesn't go into how dangerous it is to be a victim of guns. The militaristic treatment by many states,cities Police forces are 100% to draw a gun on people,especially against black people, Hispanics, poor white people.
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On the subject of medical bills-there are ways that people with less money will be charged less, & government assistance etc. It’s probably hardest on middle class cuz they have to pay the most without being rich. It’s kind of like that across the board, even if you need legal help.
We do have taxes on everything, & with job tax it can get ridiculous with tax brackets. Income hasn’t caught up with inflation & even where it has gone up the tax brackets have stayed the same, & our taxes can be crazy. You can make just $1 more than your tax bracket & end up charged as if you’re making $100 more, so it isn’t even worth it. & that works with overtime. I’ve been charged like that to where all the money I was going to make by working extra hours went to taxes, so it was like I wasn’t even paid for the extra work. Then there’s taxes on pretty much everything.
Having a gun in the US also requires a license, permit, & more if you want to be able to “conceal” it which just means not having it directly visible at all times. All of that cost money. Idk a whole lot about the process personally. You also have to pay an insurance in cases, sometimes required or strongly advised to have a gun safe, & there are a slew of other laws that can differ from state to state, & crossing into another state the laws might be different so you could end up with a violation just by driving a short distance past an invisible line without knowing it. Your background is checked also when you try to buy, & certain legal violations even if they don’t have to do with violence or anything could make you unable to purchase.
Yes, I’ve taken over 4 hour flight just to go a little less than half the country’s length. It required getting off 1 plane & on another, so overall was a bit longer. Then having to drive a bit to get where we really wanted to go. & then there are toll roads…
You would come out with many friends. Especially because you are outgoing and a nice person. I am actually an ambivert and pretty much keep to myself, but I always make new friends in bars. So I know that you definitely would😂😂😂
Also I pay around $200 a month for my medical insurance but for that I know that if I needed a doctor I can see one of the best in the world because we get the best doctors in the world because they get paid the most in the world and I can see him in less than half an hour and I can have a Surgery that same day if I wanted. I don't have to wait, so it's worth it.
Most men in Switzerland are required to be a member of the military reserve after full time service, and are required to keep their battle rifle at home and be ready to defend Switzerland at a moments notice. Thus, a higher percentage of men in Switzerland have guns in their home than in America...Oh, and they're full auto battle rifles.
By the way, last time I was admitted to a hospital. I had my own hospital room a TV/ sofa. My own personal bathroom and nurses and doctors who came in and checked on me all the time. All all day long can't get that with socialist medical care
US Navy Veteran. When I was overseas, I would "play up" my southern accent and absolutely let them think I was dumb. You learn more when people around you think you're stupid.
I do the same thing but stateside. Its amazing what you learn when people think you are too slow to know anything.
Being underestimated is often an advantage.
45 must know everything then
Just make sure they know you are in the Navy and they will already think you are stupid. 😂😂😂. Just kidding. I am a Marine Corps vet and just had to take the shot. I will grab my crayons and head to the corner now if I deeply offended you. LOL
@FreezyAbitKT7A still way smarter than 46
In Europe a 45 min drive is considered a vacation to see your family once a year. Here it's going to work one way
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The EU is all full of small minds & small places, that are old & refuse to progress.
That’s called “going to Walmart” here in tx
Is it crazy that I drive 45 minutes to go a gym
Nah that's incorrect, but hey how would you know
If you visit California, Louisiana, New York, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas, from a cultural and food standpoint, youve been to multiple countries.
Facts!!!!!!
Having travelled across the entire U.S. 3 times, this is the most true comment here.
It's crazy how our food changes so much in just hours during a drive
This list could be added upon based on subcategories. For example, pizza: Chicago vs New York; seafood: east coast vs west coast; jello: Utah vs everybody. I could go on.
If you visit any Buc-ees in the US you visited 3 different countries from a food offering stand point. 😂😂
one thing i love to say in regards to things like racism is that everywhere has the same problems as america, its just that americans are the loudest about the issues. i cant say how many stories ive heard of just very casual racism from europeans and they say about how racism is bad and terrible but then turn around and be part of that problem
💯 An American friend lived in Italy and were open about their dislike of people from other regions. Most of us would be appalled if someone in our friend group made fun of another ethnicity. Admittedly, this may be regional and we do pick fun at our own ethnic origins.
I think part of it isn't just how Loud we are...we're also really OVIOUS about our Racism. Compare that to Japan where it's like "I spelled your name in English Lettering" which you don't think is an Insult...until you realize the kid is Half Japanese and they're saying his NAME is Foreign like Hamburger. It goes WAY beyond the No Gaijin establishments. Not only that, but they teach that Japan made Reparations to China, which is 100% LIES!! German gets shit for their War Crimes, but Japan's go completely forgotten.
I once heard that the main difference between Europe and America is that Americans think that 100 years is a long time and Europeans think that 100 miles is a long distance.
This is fantastic. I often think about the distance perception in the comparison between smaller cities and bigger cities. My entire family (except my wife and me) live in a mid-sized city of about 200,000 people. Whenever I visit, I always hear complaints about any time they have to drive more than about 10 minutes. I live in a metro area of over 1 million and 10 minutes is about the shortest drive I make.
The commute of Americans is chaotic. Myself, 12min, to a very very good job. Because it’s such a wanted place to work, others travel 45min-1hr and some maybe more.
@@MrGameKiller8 I recently started a new job after being unemployed for about 5 months. Drained almost all of my savings. Fortunately, I found a great position with 15 minutes. I live in Richmond, VA and was a few days away from starting to take interviews from DC companies, which is about a 2 hour commute.
@@azuravianyup, I live in Richmond and work for DC Water. 2+hr commute one way everyday
@@GorramT ugh
Honestly, hearing a British guy hear America out instead of just being rude is such a breath of fresh air.
Yes it is
Yes... Props, my British brother!
You should check out more UK reactors. MANY of them absolutely love the idea of America. They're blown away by what we have, do and the beauty of America. It's cool to see. The ones who come visit for content almost always say how cool the people are, how amazing the food is and how stunning the travel sights are. They find the people in places like NYC to be much nicer than they'd expected (they are) and the southern people to be absolute angels of kindness. They also see, CORRECTLY, zero signs of that myth of abject racism in America. They love it.
@@mneugent7658There is a difference between being on vacation in a country and living there.
It's like the difference between an ONS and marriage.
@@oxybenzol9254 Of course there's a huge difference. I didn't hint at there not being a difference. I was just telling the original poster that they'd enjoy seeing how many UK reactors say great things about America. What's an ONS?
The British narrator said four hours was the longest flight he had ever taken. As an American, my life perspective is that if I could drive there in 5 hours, why would I fly? By the time I drive to the airport, get through security, get on the plane (etc.) ….it would take longer than 5 hours and cost MUCH more.
Absolute truth. Hell, I've driven coast to coast 7 times and am planning to again next year. It's often cheaper, and I get to see some the greatest unspoiled land on the planet. People go on whole vacations to see mountains and plains and vast forests, I can drive right through them without a fuss.
And the flight would probably be delayed
my last job i drove an hour and a half each way for work lmao
My flight from SJ to Boston was longer than my flight from Boston to Iceland haha
😮@@mikemurrow
Thanks for actually looking at us. And trying to understand. It's appreciated and heartening. So more people see us for who we are. And not based on those seemingly many, that are few that bring the bar low.
I hope you continue to be healthy and keep doing what you're doing.
To emphasize just how divided our states are, doctors can't practice across state lines. You need to be licensed separately.
Most licensed professions can't practice outside of the state they are licensed in. I was a nail tech. The only reason I didnt have to get a duo license in each state I lived in was due to military. Military and dependants are allowed to keep all licenses in their "home state". Otherwise, even moving to a new state, you need to get a license in that state.
I work in healthcare, can confirm. It’s painful having to explain to people that you have to physically be in the same state as the provider, and no you cannot have your virtual visit if you decide to leave the state for vacation or some shit.
Even worse is you need a separate fishing license to fish in different states and even some lake like lack eerie you need an ohio a Michigan and a Canadian license is you want to fish the whole lake
unless you get a license in two states but you need two licenses.
This is due to each state having it's own laws. It's not just the medical field. Having a license in one state may not meet the standards in another because of the laws.
Him not getting that he's actively NOT pronouncing the 'r' in hard kills me.
"We don't pronounce the aahr in hahd? I'm confused." hehe
That had me cracking up too
In Boston maybe no r
Came to the comments to find this. Thanks.
Yeah, the fact that he doesn't consciously know that he's not pronouncing the 'r' is hilarious-- no offense to him!
@@annlolmaugh4491 DEFINITELY no r
The biggest defense about Americans only speaking one language is there anybody in Europe can travel 8 hours in a direction and be in another country if not having crossed through another one along the way... In the United States you can sometimes drive 8 hours and still be in the same state.
And in Texas, you can drive for 2 days and still be in Texas. Drive from Brownsville to El Paso or El Paso to Texarkana.
😂 I was about to point this out as well
Good point
It takes almost 24 hours to drive from the most southern part of California to the most northern part of California.
There is no economic motivation to learn another language when English is the language of money and is the official International language.
Having lived in rural US for much of my life, most everyone has a gun. Usually a rifle or a shotgun. Either to protect their stock or because they hunt. Most learn to shoot when they are young. Dad taught me at age 5. 😎
As an American, I love when foreigners are willing to actually learn about us instead of just repeating crazy stereotypes blown up by the media.
Bro you’re telling me lol as a dude from Texas, I feel like people think I ride my horse with 4 guns on me to work lol
@@512.Outdoors so I have been doing it wrong the entire time 💀
@@512.Outdoors same! Texan here. I once even had a gaming buddy of mine who lived in Louisiana near Mississippi who legit thought us Texans were all crazy and rode horses and all that. Yes, I've seen it a couple of times but even then I feel it was more to be ironic than anything. But I also never shy away from telling people not from here, that it's technically in the state constitution that it is illegal for a building, lot, business or dwelling to not have a hitching post for ones horse.
I do believe it's still in there as an archaic law that not many people even know about and it's just not enforced as it's much more difficult to get it removed than it is to turn a blind eye. Besides, it's not like there isn't a plethora of other issues going on in this State currently, so trying to remove it now would definitely have people scratching their heads and probably cause an uproar.
It's funny because we are too...
I think most people don't get that in america we genuinely don't have state run media (boot licking media and media influenced by the state sure, but not outright state moth pieces) so for about the last 70 years we've had to deal woth overtly sensationalized media thay makes money just making shit up. I think a few polls came out and foubd that the media accuracy between American news outlets it's similar to that of Cambodias or some shit
In the U.S.A., you will NOT usually see people carrying Firearms, but, you'll also walk past more people that are Carrying a Concealed Pistol, than you'll ever realized...
lol, nah. You can totally tell.
Edit: Wow! I didn't expect so many replies! Sheesh, sorry to burst so many bubbles! 🫣
depends on where you live, in Montana its constitutional carry so you see people open carry here quite often.
Most women I know have them in their purses.
I live in PA and it's open carry. I do so quite frequently when I walk my dog, or am outside doing things. It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
@@indy2867yeah, no, you can't.
When he’s talking about “no taxes” in some states he is referring to state income tax. That pesky federal income tax though, is unavoidable.
Not true
@@garycamara9955 explain why it's not true? Because my state has no state income tax. Federal tax is required if you make over a certain amount each month (or a specific total for the year).
@@AD-ri4bs pretty sure he's making a tax evasion joke
Yup. Nevada is an example. And several years ago there was enough surplus from the corporate taxes that Nevada decided to refund everyone's car registration fees that year.
Oregon has no sales tax. And Florida has no state income tax. Different states do their taxes differently.
US Navy Vet (Still active) I have spent over 16 years in Japan. I every year it never fails to get a couple of American’s old and young ask what Japanese do for 4th of July or Thanksgiving (American Holidays BTW) I always answer back with the question of “Do you celebrate Russia’s Victory week, or in April do you celebrate Thailand’s independence?” Most usually answer back “Why would I celebrate some other country’s independence?” I just walk away after that.
Lived in Iwakuni and then near Nagasaki for a while. I noticed that my japanese friends in iwakuni did celebrate 4th of July and Thanksgiving, mostly because there were fair activities and events on base the public could come to.
But in Nagasaki, no one had even heard of the holidays. Kinda depends where you are.
Semper Fi brother, I lived in Iwakuni for about eight months while I was active duty. Enjoyed it very much.
He’s not calling you poor. He’s saying your train rides are expensive lol
i almost said this lol
Seriously. They are 4 or 5x as much as anywhere else.
Yuuuuup
Also, a train ride here, if it's not within a specific metropolitan area, can easily be half a day or several days. For me to get to Chicago, it'd take me an hour to GET to the nearest train station, then anywhere from 16-20 hours to reach Chicago.
@@Tiewaz We are Finally getting somewhere with this, we have had long entrenched anti rail opposition (airlines don't like them) . They just put $2.1 billion into Amtrak finally. But it's really up to the states and at least in Ohio it's a no go with the GOP. Florida was the same, Rick Scot killed it there despite the fact it was ready to go and had a lot of private money backing it and the cities wanted it etc etc.. If he was willing to kill that with %11 unemployment, I don't' se anything happening in republican states.
My friend is 2nd generation German. She happened to be in Germany when the acquaintances she was talking to (in German) found out that she was American. During the same conversation, someone complained to her about American being involved in the world's business. It wasn't much farther in the conversation that some problem in another country came up and he wanted to know when America was going to do some something about it! She set him straight telling him you can't have it both ways.
It makes me wonder what would happen if the US decided to pack up all its military bases and equipment and come home. Let the world police itself for awhile. The world cannot fathom how we spend so much on our military while they reap the benefits of our military being close by. They can enjoy many things because their country doesn't have to spend so much for military budgets.
@@bscaryeh, president Trump talks about this.
We do it for US corporations not out of the goodnesses of our heart.
Didn't Trump complain that America was paying for most of NATO?
@scottrondaadey7214 some in both respects; but I agree it's naive to say we do it without benefit....if the us dollar wasn't the currency in the oil market, we would drop like rocks
That’s because most law abiding US citizens who carry a gun conceal them, don’t flaunt them, don’t play with them and are not fanatics. Most of us think of a gun as a tool that is used in very specific situations and nothing more.
One of things that I learned from my grandfather is that any Veteran also has more authority than police officer. Especially if they witness an officer not helping a citizen.
We gotta conceal carry, unless you have a constitution carry permit. Absolutely a tool meant to defend ourselves and our homes, unless it is a friggin criminal. But I am always trying to get comfortable driving with my firearm diggin in my waist. Hard to find a holster that is good in every situation or carry placement. But I never go out without a good tactical blade. Carbon fiber dagger is the way to go for me. Light, fast and lethal (I hope that NEVER happens) and comfy!
Concealed carriers also have the lowest rate of criminal activity than any other group including law enforcement.
@@gib59er56 I use ghost belt holster, its perfect for ccw
True. Even here I'm Texas, when it switched to constitutional and open carry, is still see few out in the open.
My mother was a journalist for decades and her editor use to say, "if it bleeds, it leads."
I'll be honest. The media has become such a force in the USA that many American citizens believe a lot of these misconceptions.
yes, Americans themselves, are more ignorant that people who have never been within 5000 miles of US soil..
Thats the worst part.
Indeed, a force for evil.
It's called propaganda! But never in my wildest dreams did I ever think the American people would be propagandized by their own government to the extent it is today. And it's all for politics! But the problem is is they have the world believing these lies as well
The vast majority of the U.S. media is not just politically motivated, but geographically biased. It’s like if Germany got all their news from Portugal and their entertainment from Greece.
Europe - I'll dislike you until you give me a reason to like you.
America - I'll be your friend until you give me a reason not to be.
It's funny how they complain about Americans up until they come here and live here. A lot of Europeans after staying a bit get that it is not being "fake" but genuinely just being nice, and then realize that they do indeed like it better. No-one likes rude people!
@@jdtubaman Oh... At work they said it is ok do not pretend! Now it makes sense, my coworker explained that the europeans visiting our job found it weird cuz like you said. I am like 😅 huh, I am being nice because I am.
Then they said but you do not know us. I said I do not need to know anything to be nice ❤❤😊 They understood it then then followed me cuz they wanted me to help them while visiting.
@@whimsicalgoldeYeah I'm a nice American citizen because I want to be and try to be. I'm also shy but unless someone is rude to me I'll be nice to them in my own way
One of the things I usually laugh at about Oregon (in particular, but it happens in other states as well, I've been told). You can go to the grocery store, have a fairly long checkout line, chances are really good that you're going to strike up a conversation with the next person in line, maybe two(in front and behind you), and chances are good that by the time you're done checking out you'll know what school they went to, what they do for a living, where they grew up, how many kids they have, how many and what kinds of pets they have, and every single annoying thing their neighbors are currently guilty of doing.
Don't touch the boats
I spent 40 years in America, without falling victim to a single crime. Less than 10 minutes in France, I was pickpocketed.
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you can't own a minigun in france
@@jordanlouis4663because you don’t have the money for it, you’ve been pickpocketed.
@@jordanlouis4663nor can you in America?
this is exactly what happened to my mother. shed never had anything like that happen to her before in the US but she visited France once with a friend, they got robbed at knifepoint.
As a white straight male from America the first time I experienced racism was when I went to Ireland and it wasn’t because of my skin color but because of my accent and being red headed. America isn’t the only racist country
Guys in America can become friends without knowing each other's names lmaoo
My dad once had a 2+ hour conversation on the phone (pre-cell phones - actually pre-wireless phones) with a guy - talking about things they used to do, places they used to go, etc. It sounded like he was catching up with an old school mate. He hung up, and we asked who it was? He replied that he didn't know, it was a wrong number.
That’s not unique to America. That’s guys pretty much anywhere.
i have a friend i didnt know he real name for years eveyone called him by a nickname
@@asherandai1000ur right, that’s a male thing
my best friend of like 4 years and i didnt know eachothers names for the entire first two years XD
I once knew a girl from Germany. when she first arrived in the US, she not only made fun of us for having air conditioning, she actually complained about it being in her dorm room. but when summer came and it got hot and muggy out, she sang a new tune. it was the muggy air that was killing her.
They underestimate how warm it gets in the summers in America. I’m in Pittsburgh and even we hit well over 100 in August.
@@bethm5791Can confirm. I am also in Pittsburgh. The humidity is killer in the summer. But then you have our winters where half the time 6 degrees below freezing can be considered a heat wave. Pennsylvania weather is weird.
@@bethm5791 I grew up in the burgh, in a house with no AC. 2/10 would not recommend. We had a screened in porch, so camping out in the summer was my only saving grace lol.
As a New Orleanian, this is so spot on. They think they know what humidity, and we just have to laugh and tell them to wait for their first summer. If walking outside of your front door doesn't feel as wet as jumping in to a bayou, you don't know what humidity is yet.
When I was a kid we spent a summer in New Mexico in an area so arid that my mother couldn't put bread on the dinner table before a meal without it being desiccated by the time we sat down to eat. Their "air conditioners" were humidifiers, which would have been worse than useless in Louisiana, where we were from. Humidity makes a huge difference.
A lot of people outside of America don't realize how incredibly MASSIVE America actually is. A trip from one state to another would literally be considered cross country travel in other regions of the world.
Even among Americans, we have little comprehension of how big ALASKA really is.
Exactly. I was stationed in Germany back in the 70"s and 80"s. A trip from Wiesbaden to Koln would be a six month plan but I'll go from Georgia to Alabama and back in an afternoon
@@garyleahy4537what?
It is.
Yessssss! I know alot of Europeans and they all seem to hate traveling, but they can drive basically a state away and be in a different country. Most America's daily work commute is further than Europeans are willing to travel in general.
We had to get the owners to fix the AC in our rental apartment in Rome this past July when they were having a record heatwave and a drought. Italy was literally on fire. Mount Vesuvius was actually smoking from wildfires. They definitely need AC!
People in Britain this year were complaining about 75° fahrenheit being hot. In Florida we would put our ac units to 70 or 75 during the summer to keep the house cool.
UK doesnt really have air conditioning like we do. I used to think they were just exaggerating but i recently lived in a small town in new york with no a/c. One day, it was 80F and I felt like I was being cooked in my apartment
@@malachai1212 Hang out in the mid-west for a while. lol It's not unusual to have multiple days of 100F-110F temps in a row. Usually July & August are 90F+ with very few days cooler. And, last winter hit -22F. (The Windchill was ridiculous. -46 if I remember right.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying 80F isn't hot. My AC kicks in at 74F most of the time. lol
@ I have lived in SW florida my whole life. I just moved to northern ny for a few months. Those 80 degree days in my apartment were bad even compared to running around playing football mid summer in my hometown
We will turn it on even when it's not hot, just to keep the humidity down.
I've lived in Florida and New Mexico. Now I'm in Washington.
The absolute irony in a Brit not knowing what imperialism is kills me. Anyways much love from the US, I really like learning more about what other people from other cultures really think about us. It’s always so skewed from the media, so it’s nice to see that there are plenty of people open to learning about the realities and not the stereotypes. Love the videos man!
Might not be taught like it was back in the day, back when 'The Sun never sets on the British Empire', so vast and global were Her Royal Majesty's colonial reach. Is of note that all the Imperial Nations in the 1800's and 1900's balked at the growing US having imperial aspirations after the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, not to mention the Punitive Expedition after Francisco 'Pancho' Villa's raids in 1916, who had fled deep into the heart of Mexico, with Patton and Pershing following. Huh, that Expedition might no longer be taught as part of our American History in public schools.
I thought that was pretty crazy too! Do British schools just glaze over that part in history class? I was absolutely floored by a video of a British mother and daughter who had never heard of George Washington. It's like not knowing there was a Queen of England!
I discovered this when I visited the UK about 10 years ago. I grew up in a rural area near Jamestown, Virginia. Yes, _that_ Jamestown. When a shop worker would hear my Tidewater accent and ask me where I was from, and I said Jamestown, Virginia, about a third of them had even heard of it. Heck, most didn't even know Virginia was a state. Even if the history of European colonization of the Americas is taught in UK schools, how many people actually paid attention or retain that knowledge?
Not for Lewis, he's not into politics. There are plenty of Americans that wouldn't understand the term. Hey, many of them don't know who the Vice President is.
not quite the same thing - George died 200+ years ago, and the American Revolution was happy news for us, so we like to remember it. It wasn't a highlight in history for them. Meanwhile the Queen was still alive up until last year. If you asked an American who was King/Queen 200 years ago they would probably be stumped too! Where the Brit may know who their monarch was 200 years ago, and probably know who the first King of England was even though it was much more than 250 years ago.
I live in Alabama. When people hear me speak and then ask about schools and outhouses and cousin "bumping", BUT we have NASA, Boeing, top medical schools, specialized Ag colleges, entire Marine Biology islands. Where Im from, we have 1 of the highest concentrations of engineering masters and PHDs. However, it ALWAYS works to my advantage to let them think Im dumb... We SPEAK slow but we dont THINK slow...
...Yes you do. I literally met people in SEVENTH GRADE who couldn't ALPHABETIZE. I saw a 4th grader given COLOR BY NUMBERS AS HOMEWORK. The vast majority of people has NO IDEA HOW TO USE THE INTERNET in 2005. The Xtians are LITERALLY AFRAID of atheists quite often, and can't figure out the difference between atheism and "devil worship" (not that "devil worship" actually exists, for the most part). There are literally HEAVILY-ADVERTISED ADULT READING CLASSES FOR ADULTS WHO CAN'T READ. As in it is COMMON, not merely about immigrants or a very rare few people and offered by a library. In fact, there are even people there who think that talking about their LARGE COLLEGES is somehow proof that they aren't stupid as a population! ....You know, COLLEGES, where THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE USUALLY FROM OUT-OF-STATE. Louisville (possibly - this is based on 5-minute interactions only, in Louisville) and Nashville both had a hell of a lot more stupid people then Alabama did, but Alabama didn't exactly exude a normal level of intelligence! They would even casually tell complete strangers that they dropped out of high school or even middle school, as in, it's so incredibly common that it's just expected as a trait that isn't considered unusual at all!
People forget that the vast majority of rocketry (space and aircraft missiles) are engineered and manufactured in Alabama.
I live in Alabama too and while I have more personal issue that are driving me away from the state but Alabama is so misrepresented in the media it’s not even funny. It truly is a beautiful state and I pray and wish that our state can beat the stereotypes and be one of the best states in the country both subjectively AND objectively.
@@HaunsX well remember that Alabama will be waiting on you if you ever need to come back
Fun fact: 19 US states legally allow cousin marriage. Alabama is not one of them, but California and New York are.
You may draw your own conclusions.
During my military career, I traveled all over the world multiple times. It was always great to see new places, meet new ppl, and have new experiences, but there was nothing like coming home to the US! If I had to recommend just 1 thing for everyone in the world to see up close and personal just 1 time, it would have to be the northern lights I saw in Alaska. I’m sure they are visible from other places besides AK of course, but that’s just where I saw them. Wow! There just aren’t any words to describe it! “Mesmerizing” is about the closest!
Some states don't have state income tax, some don't have grocery tax, but all have federal income tax
Michigan is one of those states that doesn't tax you for food at a grocery store or some big box store like Walmart or target
@@JDDAGAMER yeah I live in michigan and you only get taxed on items, not food, I thought it was like that everywhere.
and property tax
Some states have no grocery tax, but do have sales tax on other things. Some states have no sales tax at all.
@@JDDAGAMERsame in ohio
Just remembered, "normal" rarely makes the news. What you see in the news is "newsworthy", meaning it's sensational, extreme, extraordinary. Even fiction stories tend to highlight extremes.
The average person, anywhere, is pretty much the same as the average person anywhere else.
I blame this on Ted Turner. When he created 24/7 CNN, they had to go looking for news and using it to fill the time. 30 minute newscast is better but still tends to sensationalize some aspects of it
"America does have an obesity problem. But not all Americans are involved in it. I... am."
As a chubby American, i laughed so hard 😅
I actually had a funny experience with this a month ago. My niece (she is almost 9) asked me "why is your belly happy" me being fat I was like " because it is well fed" thinking nothing of it and then she said "so is that why it is smiling?" which caught me off guard till my brother and mom and eventually me looked and saw my belly button looks like a smile. yeah I am fat but my gut is happy with it so it's all OK
@@ArcCahlonThat's so cute 😂❤
Ehh, obesity is strange. BMI is meant to measure body fat, but it’s based on height and weight. There’s more in a body than fat. Body type, age, activity level, and more can make the reading not exactly as clear as it should be.
That said, it’s more of an “on the line” thing. And if you are at that line, maybe you aren’t at the same risk as others well past the line, but you can probably afford to live healthier.
@@miers2002 it was I was bragging about it to everyone at work. children can be so adorable even when being so blunt
There have always been, and always will be obese people. Back in the 1700s, obese people were mostly wealthy and it was seen as a sign of wealth. Times change....standards change, and social views change.
I'm from Texas and when I went to England they thought I was weird because I smiled and said hi to everyone. We call it southern hospitality! ❤
It's not just people from the South who smile and say "Hi" to everyone.
I was able to send my son to England for 2 weeks when he was in high school, he dresses a lot like me including the Stetson.
Biggest difference is he's 6'4" and I'm just 5' 11", the boy says I look like an old saddle bag with eyes.
All the English folks he met thought he was a western movie star and asked to see his gun.
I laughed like hell when he told me about that (yes, he has one 30-06 rifle and one 45 pistol I bought him),
don't folks in England know you can't take weapons on a plane?
He wasn't calling the UK poor, dude. He was saying your trains are too expensive. :)
sounds like something someone poor would say.
The U.K. is going through it right now. Jobs that pay living wages are few & far between. A lot of people are really struggling. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
@@cascadingdreams8743we are poor right now- thanks to the Bidenomics and Kamalanomics.
It not costs a family of 4 $17k more per year to live than 4 years ago.
@@becca1189it seems much of Westernized civilization is self-destructing.
I'm sorry you're experiencing the same insanity as Americans.
@@ArleneFerguson-h2o 1: just making sure, but I was joking.
2: damn, that sucks.
I was chatting online with a guy from Canada. He asked if it was true you can get a free gun when you open a bank account here. Still my favorite question to this day
I fucking wish 😂
"and even an automatic weapon of your choice for renting a Safe Deposit Box for 1 year, pre-paid".
I'm a New Yorker -- I'd have HAD to say that with a straight face just to see the reaction.
Not necessarily untrue. Weatherby used to have a program where you could open a CD for 5k and receive a MK5 rifle (bolt action, very expensive) at the end of the CD term you get the 5k back they keep the interest to cover cost of the rifle. So basically free to you over time.
@@stevegiguere1315 I'll take 4. In assorted colors.
Damn. Which bank is that??
"I bet some of the states militaries can take on entire countries." Dude some of the states have untrained civilian populations that can take over some countries.
I bet the average texan gun owner is better trained than most african militaries 😂
True statement. Brits would be shocked to find out how often American go practice with their firearms for fun.
Hell, in some places in America, certian cities could knock over a small country. For instance: ruclips.net/video/gibYZRzV_0I/видео.html All civilian owned firearms. And they had been shooting them all day.
@@zaphodb777 now that's what freedom looks like
There are countries with militaries of less than 5 people... So not a high bar
Sooo true. I gotta bunch of friends at church. Now, ask me their names... Well, that's a different story, you know? It's just because we're too personal to be impersonal😂
On the subject of meeting people in an American bar:
Dude, all you have to do is say something. A Brit accent shows up in the bar and EVERYbody will talk to you!
@@shannon6876Speaking as a (male and straight) American, if there was a single British woman with a posh accent and no spouse/significant other, I'd _definitely_ be attracted to her by her hearing her speak.
@@shannon6876I wouldn’t say all that
Americans generally love meeting foreigners. I tried to explain to a british guy in college that his accent was a massive cheat code and he should be out using it to his full advantage. He didn't believe me. It was a lost opportunity for him.
No lie here! We do love the extroverted Brits! 😂
Or really anyone with a foreign accent 😂
As an American who is a geography nerd, I gotta be honest. Someone actually asked me who the president of Czechoslovakia right now. And when I told him it split into Czech republic and Slovakia, He looked at me like I was crazy.
Fr I love history and that probably the only reason I would want to visit Europe I’m jealous they have all the cool monuments and historical buildings from all the passed empires whom once ruled the land but on and geography scale there’s just so much of America I would want to see
I love ruins and Europe has so many. It also, unfortunately has many languages to stumble over
@@TheFlowerGirl13 if you want ruins just drive around detroit lol
@@jeremyhesson2719 lol
truth. a LOT of Americans are excellent at geography. when he mentioned Czechoslovakia I too thought no it's the Czech Republic and Slovakia lol
I grew up in a part of the U.S. where it is considered impolite NOT to smile and be nice to everybody. We drive down the highway and wave to everyone whether we know them or not. Starting conversations with complete strangers is nothing new, it happens everyday. I love that about the U.S.
Same here. My state’s entire population is less than most major cities.
Rural areas in general are like this. If you dont smile and nod you look suspicious and out of place. Of course the opposite is true in a city.
east coast could not be more the opposite of this lol
INDIANA!! I LOOOOOVE Hoosier hospitality. However, my New York daughter says NOT to talk to other people (strangers at the grocery store!).
I rarely smile ever, and sometimes go a week without talking to the people I work in the same room with.
You are right about American air travel- NY or Boston to California is a 5 1/2-6 hour flight- Direct flight from NYC to Hawaii is 11 hour flight.
One of the things that I find funny is how Americans think a 3 hour drive is close and people from the UK plan a day trip for an hour one way trip.
I live in Ohio and my mom treats a 20 mile drive as though it's a polar expedition. She rarely goes outside of the 5 mile area that is our small town. She refuses to go anywhere near Columbus unless she's a passenger in the car, and even then she complains about going too fast on the freeways to get around Columbus. The speed limit is 70mph, but it's the law of the jungle and she's saying that 70 is too fast.
I decided to take a page from the British on that and my compromise has been anywhere more than two and a half hours away qualifies as a day trip. My trips out of town have been so much more relaxing and rewarding for it. 8 hours driving? That's two overnights for me.
Ive driven from Prescott, to fagstaff, to pheonix, back to flag, and then back to Prescott in one day.
I regularly drive 8-9hrs to just visit a friend. 3-4hrs is a quick day trip. (Its a 23hr drive to visit my oldest son. And an hour to drive to my youngest sons home and I do it a few times a week to see the grandkids)
I regularly drive almost 2 hours just to get pizza lol
Paused on Switzerland gun thing. The Swiss REQUIRE every home to have a firearm. Every citizen is required to participate in the military (even though they are neutral and don’t participate in wars). This training gives every single citizen the ability to defend the country if needed. This goes back hundreds of years.
The only wars Switzerland participates in are "accidental" invasions of Liechtenstein.
Yep tell us if they are allowed to have ammunition in the house
I, as a Texan, full-heartedly endorse this requirement, but I would go a couple steps further and shorter. For example, I would like to see firearms treated more like ID cards and you can be fined for not having one. Next would be government issued weapons upon 18th birthday. Finally a massive law enforcement data base of forensics from said weapons.
@@jamesclugston1626to be fair some people should never be allowed to have a gun and you know it. I do support the second amendment 100% especially since I'm a veteran. But I should never have a firearm because I have a temper it's not that I shoot somebody but I definitely get in trouble for brandishing. Other examples a paranoid schizophrenic, or someone convicted of using a firearm to rob someone. They've already proven they can't be trusted don't give them a second chance. And the list goes on but that's just my opinion once again I 100% support the second amendment and almost every one of my friends while growing up had their own guns in their room in their own control and none of us ever shot each other.
@zodarian6705 you are speaking of problems that would solve themselves given time. Also, a veteran here, robbing someone usually requires one of the parties to be unarmed. Schizophrenics and drug addicts either get medicated or die.
Can confirm: Two states right next to each other-- Oregon has no sales tax, Washington has no income tax
I’d make a joke about working in washington and grocery shopping in Oregon, but that would require me to go to Washington and Oregon.
@nickl4855 Lots of people do, actually! Vancouver has cheaper rent than Portland and is just across the river.
Also consider-- vehicles. It may be cheaper to buy a new car in Oregon and drive it home, than pay sales tax on one...
@@desmondweber3683 Yep, and a lot of people live in Oregon, but work in Washington.
Thats pretty cool. I know Ohio has no sales tax on food, and Pensylvania has no sales tax on clothing; but nothing as comprehensive as just no sales tax
Tennessee also has no state income tax
13:05 lol, my Wife, Daughter, and I are flying to Illinois here in a few days from the Washington state. That’s a 4 hour flight as well lol.
We the people of the United States... need to come together and buy this man a plane ticket to visit us!
Or at least a new AC unit.
@@JuanDoe-j9p😂😂😂
Don't be a dick. Why would you want him to come here? He's got universal health care... he's likely to leave with a giant medical bill that's he'll have no way of paying. Not a smart move.
@@charynmw How are you living? lol
He can just walk in from Mexico like everyone else. 🎉
"Americans dont walk around with guns" most of Americans just dont tell anybody because we dont have too, a sword hidden is the safest
Less than 1 in 3 Americans own a gun. Even fewer carry regularly. Most Americans don’t walk around with guns is entirely accurate.
Ok to be a little more fair with that, Americans are a bit more paranoid about the government and wouldnt frickin tell anyone if we were. That said, there are more legal guns in the hands of citizens then in the hands of every military in the world combined, so. Make of that what you will.
@@busomite based on what’s statistic, because that’s not remotely true
@@frozenraider5097 Gallup poll from 2022 shows US adult gun ownership at 32%. And study from 2016 shows daily carry at under 5%.
American gun owners usually own more than one gun. We own several and I know people who more than us. All the weapons were purchased legally. Most criminal activity involving gun use are weapons that were purchased illegally. 😊
Here's a little something to consider the size of the US:
In many states, you can drive in a straight line for 4 hours, and still be in the state.
In the lower 48, you can fly in a straight line in for 4 hours, and still be in the lower 48.
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago. It took us over 8 hours to drive to Southern Illinois University. 8 hours in the same state.
And 4 hours....that's just a trip into LA during the daily traffic!
4 hours by plane would only get you halfway across the country. I once flew from a stopover in Minneapolis, 4 hours to Seattle. I thought I was going to die of boredom.
I live in Houston. When I travel to El Paso for work it’s a two hour flight and I don’t leave the state.
😂 It took a whole 23 hours to drive from Topeka ks to Just inside the border of Texas! A whole day and night to cross two states and the roads were crap!
Do people in other countries think American homes aren't insulated well? It was -4F (-20C) in Wisconsin this morning while kids were waiting outside on the corners for their school bus. Our homes are built to hold in heat as well. That's why we have AC for our summers which average higher temps than a British Heat wave.
Yep never gonna forgot Brits losing their minds over 78 F heat as if that's not warm in the US and not the normal temperature in places like Florida and Texas.
I did a NATO deployment, and the first half was with the Britts. One of the medics asked what is was like growing up with so much gang violence and getting shot at all the time. He was shocked when I told him I grew up in a small rural town and we didn't even lock the doors of our cars or house.
I had friends who live in Chicago visiting, couldn't believe we just keep my kids' bicycles in the driveway.
I guess in the city, those would be stolen from our front yard in a heartbeat.
A real pinnacle of our civilization, these cities. Sounds like I'm missing out on quite a lot by not living in one. /s
@@MrOmegaRabbitOh please, that’s only certain parts of Chicago, your anecdote is not a legitimate reflection of Chicago.
@@graysonjd5624Chicago resident here. This city is garbage.
@MrOmegaRabbit depends on people. Not location. When I lived in Florida as a kid, people would constantly steal bikes. Had 5 taken from the BACKYARD. If you wanted to keep your stuff, it goes in the garage.
Yeah, but Brits in general just seem far more xenophobic and arrogant, from my experience.
Being an American is like being the most popular kid in school. A lot of people don’t like you but don’t know you. Everyone seems to have an opinion about you but you don’t know them
It’s not like being the popular kid, just means you’re loud enough to where people have an opinion on u, happened with Britain, happened with Germany, happened with Russia, America isn’t special
@RandomMackem3247 wow... someone is a grumpy little bastard. Wtf?! Do you people never get laid or something??
@@RandomMackem0069_Officialdamn bro. It was just a comparison. No need to get butthurt about it
Considering we are the strongest military power and have been the only consistent world super power since WW2 we do in fact stand out and as a country are special, statistically we're the standouts. You are a perfect example of what this person said lol @RandomMackem3247
@@kylelenz2645 are u agreeing with me or something else?
I lived in South Korea for 5 years. I was fluent in Korean and it was fun listening to what people say about you when they have no clue you can understand them.
The Texas National Guard is larger and more capable than some countries.
have served alongside guardsmen from Texas, I will agree larger and better armed than a number of countries' militaries, but more capable is questionable. sill the Texas guardsmen were better than Hawaii's...
Same for me
I go to Guatemala once a year and it's great when most assume I don't speak Spanish.
@mikloowl4899 If you go to Guatemala once a year, I know you're disconnected from modern society. Don't be so arrogant about your own situation, then claim to speak for the majority.
and they also have the Rangers.
They also have a state guard, pretty sure their also armed though way smaller than national guard in numbers. For texas
My son got diagnosed with cancer and we found out our insurance was a scam. He had surgery and 3 rounds of chemo along with 3 weeks in hospital. The hospital cut our bill down to about 20% of the original cost. Our community stepped up and donated the rest. There are charities to help plus hospitals carry funds to help those in need. Plus, because we don’t have “free healthcare“ our taxes are much less and our care is better.
I'm a truck driver in the US and it takes at least 3 days of hard driving to drive across America
We have done it in two but that’s non stop driving with three people rotating Orange County California to Massachusetts
That would be basically no sleeping
Yeah I guess I took 5 days to do WA to AZ & back, but it was personal & I didn’t have an engine clock, although I’m pretty sure it killed my poor little versa.
53 hours from TLH to Vegas with one person driving, but that was under pressure.
Same here. I don't cross 35 anymore. California is to much aggravation.
One of my favorite stories is from when I was stationed in Japan, I had extra duty training in Toyko, I (6'1" white guy) was down there with a buddy (6'8"ish white guy with tons of tattoos). After training was complete on a Friday, we decided to go wander around and check out a place. We got a little lost, so we stopped at a 7-11, my buddy being a smoker stayed outside to smoke a cigarette while I went in to get direction, I asked for directions of the family behind the counter, looked like mom, dad and 3 kids. I asked in Japanese without really looking at them then I caught them flabbergasted but not answering, I looked at them and realized they were Chinese and asked for directions in Chinese. Watching their jaws hit the floor was great, they gave me directions, and I went outside to tell my buddy where we were headed when the wife came out and told me in Mandarin that my Chinese was very good. My buddy asked what she said, I told him she said my Chinese was very good. At that point, he asked dumbfoundedly, "You speak Chinese too?"
Tattoos in Japan ! Surprised they didn’t think you were Yakusa (Japanese Mafia)
@@c8Lorraine1 It seems Japanese people don't see tattoos on non-Japanese as being associated with the Yakuza. They would NOT however let him enter an onsen due to his tattoos.
@@DarkAngel-ki3co That is also slowly changing I hear. Onsen are slowly doing either doing away with the ban or being more lenient towards foreigners. This is especially true in more tourist-frequented places.
Tell me something that really happened
@@DarkAngel-ki3co Some onsen will allow you in if you cover them up with adhesive patches that they will sell you.
More Americans are armed than you see in Switzerland. Most Americans who carry a firearm, carry it legally concealed, either with a concealed weapons permit, or because they live in a constitutional carry state. Concealed is the best way to carry because the firearm simply does not draw attention. so, when the creator of the original video says you just don’t see Americans carrying guns, he’s correct. I carry a gun everywhere I go and nobody ever sees it. And God willing, nobody ever will.
Same bro. Even told my boss that I wouldn't be disarmed and he just shrugged and said ok.
Exactly true, because there's only one time we get it out. Defense.
The Swiss are armed largely because they are required to be as part of their military service. They remain armed after active duty as part of the reserves. They keep and maintain their weapon at home. Legend has it that Kaiser Wilhelm said to a Swiss general, "So you have a 500,000 man Army. What will you do if I bring a million man Army?" Reportedly, the general replied "Shoot twice and go home."
Great comment through and through
Your not wrong but it depends where you are. Where I am in Tennessee it’s very common to see someone concealed carry but in places like California literally 0 people carry guns unless they sell drugs or are gang members.
😂😂😂im dying at you not realizing you dropped the R. Trying to say hard. Awesome stuff!
Over Spring Break we went to London. One of the ladies on the trip fell and seriously hurt herself. We asked our UK tour director to call an ambulance. He said there was no point it would take 2-3 hours to get there. We got her an Uber back to the hotel and called emergency services. The said an ambulance would be there in 90 minutes, and its actually took 3 hours. In the US, there would have been an ambulance there in a less than 15 minutes guaranteed based on our urban location. There are some things that are worth the money.
Yeah that kinda thing would happen here too if the government took over health care and made it free. That is the price of creating a government run health system over a private one. You just get charged high prices for it.
@@zeromagnum2811 Certain parts of our culture/society are corrupt. The incredibly high prices of everything now, particularly medical services, is attributable to those parts forcing us to live according to their rules. They are ruining capitalism and pushing socialism seriously hard, particularly in universities. It has even passed into the standard educational system. Our government is run by criminals, apt evidence that what our founding fathers set up was masterful, particularly for the time, seeing as they still have to work within it and have taken well over a century to get to this point.
omg.
Private and government funded medicine can exist at the same time...@@zeromagnum2811
That is utterly ridiculous--but people shouldn't have to pay thousands just to GET to the location that would give them medical assistance, especially since in many cases people use ambulances are because they cannot function or someone called it for them.
There has to be something in between this...
Him: Took me 4 hours by plane to get to Greece.
America: It’s a 5 hour flight from LA to NY 🤣
6 actually! 🤣
Me its a 5 hour trip from seattle to fairbanks
That seems fast.
@@charliebrazzo9562 thats on a good day
Bro it’s a 7 hour DRIVE from Atlanta to NC
Man! In the southern most portion of the US, it's illegal to rent out a residence that doesn't have AC. The summers are SO hot that it will kill you!
Heat+humidity. Some summers legit feel like you're walking into an oven as you step outside.
Same in central and southern California.
Not everywhere. It's not illegal in Georgia. Heat is required, but not A/C. But if one is provided, the landlord must keep it in working order. I've rented a few homes where I had to provide my own air conditioning. And the summers here are brutal, with temps consistently over 100 degrees in the summers.
@@LynetteA68 My parents didn't grow up with A/C in Los Angeles, but the climate has changed. They installed a unit in the 90s.
@@GMAMEC yeah I know. I was born and raised here although I won’t say my age I will say I’ve been 40 for MANY years now!! lol
Also, London and Berlin are both at the same latitude as Canada. Britain doesn’t get even close to as hot as southern America. Arizona regularly gets to 110s and hits 120+ a few times a year.
To be fair the USA is 50 small countries(states) in a trench coat pretending to get along.
This is always what I say
Most definitely AGREE
thats right cass,
this is actually real
Yup
I'm American and I'd like to address some of the points in this video. I've traveled through 20 countries, and there were fat people everywhere! I noticed that the Scots and Irish people were quite patriotic. People need to realize that America is as big as a CONTINENT, and we have such a huge amount of diverse cultures, so a lot of stereotypes will apply to us. I smiled and initiated many conversations throughout the U.K., and I was met with kindness and friendliness nearly 100% of the time 😊 I think you get back what you give
Good point.
I live in Washington State. I was at a horse camp along the Pacific Crest Trail when I was approached by a German man who was traveling north towards Canada on horseback. We talked for a while and I told him to contact me if he needed a hand moving his truck and trailer north. He called me a few days later and I met him to take him back to his rig. On our way back I was pulled over for speeding in Mt. Rainier Nat. Park ( my fault ) . The Ranger asked me if I was carrying a gun. I replied " Yes, I have one in my pocket, but I'm not going to take it out ". He said " Ok just show me your concealed carry permit" Which I did and we were on our way. My friend asked me rather wide eyed " You have a gun?" To which I replied " Yes, you never know if you might need it."
This is a wilderness area and there are predators both human and animal to found there!
If it fits in your pocket, hopefully you don't need it for a bear.
Brits don’t really understand the wilderness need for guns to fend of predators because they don’t really have any natural predators left in England
@@kathrynckYou can fit a Glock in your coat pocket. That will kill a bear.
@@Carolinian4372 It 'may'... probably will "eventually". Could make it real mad first though, depending on shot placement.
You can carry a double barrel 45-70 nowadays that'll fit in your pocket, the new Derringers. @@kathrynck
The fact that He cant hear the difference in his dropping of the hard R is classic
My man heard *HARD* and said *HAWD* when repeating it back to himself and still didnt hear it lol
Irish and Scottish English have more pronounced Rs and certain southern US accents have a softer R.
I think it was interesting watching him trying to force a hard R when saying hard. When we assume it would just be easy
"We dwopped the hawd aw in hawd so... had? huuuh?"
That one had me pretty good.
Came here to comment this😂
😂😂
American here, I live in an area where I don't lock my doors, and leave my keys in my car. The USA has dangerous areas, and it has very safe areas. Almost like every where else in the world.
We never locked up our house, when I was a child! I grew up in a small town, nearly no crime, and everyone watched out for their neighbors.
Same here. I live out in country. We always leave keys in the car and don't lock the doors. I've never locked my door
@AudreyW1997 same I always leave my keys in the car at home and at school.
My sister, when she lived in rural Alaska, would leave their doors unlocked just like everyone in their 300 person town because if your out walking and a moose or a bear is passing by, you can duck into a house if it decides to run you down. I had to lecture my parents about locking their doors in central California cause the area isn’t quite as safe as it used to be.
Wow that’s crazy? Not even locking your car? Wow.
First time seeing you. I loved your reactions. 🎉 Keep it up. Much love from the USA
“Not everyone in America walks around with guns”
Me at work with a concealed carry: *laughs nervously*
Well I could've guessed that from ur username and logo 🤣
I worked with a lady who wanted to get a gun to carry around in her purse...just to be quirky.
I asked her if she was mentally prepared to unalive someone if she pulled it out. She said she wouldn't have to because she has a gun and everyone would be afraid.
I also have a neighbor who is a teacher and wants to carry in the classroom. I asked him if he was mentally prepared to unalive a child, and he had the same logic . If he pointed a gun at someone, they would be very afraid of him.
@@stanleyhape8427 Some people are just ignorant about guns. If you pull a gun out and you aren't prepared to shoot someone, then you have no business carrying a gun.
@motarded4214 it's not so much a case of "there are too many guns", more a case of "there are too many untrained idiots who have guns". I feel like there should be some sort of training to use a gun when you buy one.
shhhhh dude lol
As a southern here in America that lives in America, I carry my gun far more when outside doing yard work than I do when I go to town. We have bear, mountain lions, and posion snakes here.
Venomous. You can eat almost if not all species of snakes. Cobras are regularly eaten venom and all
Yup. I always make sure I have either my shotgun or a sidearm and a good knife on me when I'm out doing yard work or just walking around my property. We've got bears, bobcats, the occasional mountain lion. And the past two years there have been multiple sightings of wild pigs in the area too which is new. And I really don't want to run into a wild boar while I'm unarmed. I'm too old to be trying to run away from angry Pumbaa lol
Ain't no mountain lions the south
@@SirGomez805 We don't have mountains...yes. But we certainly have mountain lions. Florida panthers are mountain lions.
I carry mine everywhere I can
We Americans do love our cars. For a very good reason. When you live miles away from doctors,schools,hospitals,family, ect you need them to get around. Mass transit only exists in cities. When your in the middle of literally nowhere on the highway and a crash happens, life is threatened, we don't call for an ambulance ,we call for a helicopter to the nearest hospital. I live in a small city with two good hospitals. And the heliports are almost as busy as the ambulance bays.
I’m dying😂 you are so channeling Pete Davidson’s Chad from SNL
"Not opening the windows in the summer".... We have window screens to keep out the bugs.😂
I have read that window screens are almost unheard of in Europe. Very odd....
LOL I was thinking the same thing. Also, that opening a window on a humid 95F day isn't necessarily better. than leaving it shut, or just going to the bar.....lol
@@freewill1114why would anyone NOT want window screens??? They’re so useful! My screen broke when I was a kid, and I went from no bites to many bites per night, and I lived in an area that sprayed for mosquitoes.
Except in early spring the black flies can still get through the screen and the no see ems are a problem in the hottest parts of summer.
Air conditioners. Here on the east coast where it's muggy, they are a must.
Racism is a lot less in the US than most other countries. Even Japan, which is idolized, has places with signs that say "no foreigners." The US has laws against any discrimination.
Heard someone who was Brazilian trying to to a club with friends and the security said "no blacks" even though she said she wasn't, he was definitely talking about her skin, it was ridiculous, brown skin? No entry, but other places no foreigners of any kind
No foreigners isn't necessarily racism. I would think that would even means Japanese American.
And although America has laws against discrimination, it doesn't stop it from happening every single day. They might let me in their establishments because they can't put up signs saying I can't come in, but that doesn't mean they don't treat me badly once I am there.
There is absolutely racism in the US but i agree that it is no more ridiculous then anywhere else in the world. A lot of Asian countries would probably take the cake on being the most racist. America is probably one the most unique places when it comes to having such a large set of diverse cultures and people. I've lived in the US my entire life and while i have seen plenty of stuff from individuals that is border line racist i cannot recall a moment where i have seen something that is genuinely racist, like someone being denied access to something because of their race. A lot of this would obviously be due to laws that basically prevent most real discrimination from happening and anything racist that generally happens boils down to an individual trying to be racist to another individual and it basically never goes well for the person trying to be racist.
@PressPowerPlay "Racism is prejudice or hostility towards a person's race, colour, language, nationality, or national or ethnic origin" So, yes. No Foreigners is a form of racism.
@@NightsDecent so by that definition a club only for women is racist.
It has to be more than just exclusion, the reason for the exclusion is the most important part.
According to a CNN report back in June of 2022, there are 120 guns for every 100 citizens. The thing is, some people are gun collectors have many guns, while most people do not even have 1 gun.
Yup, less than 1/3rd of american adults own guns, but most of them own multiples. Most of those guns are also in rural areas because the statistics we gather don't separate out hunting rifles.
I disagree lots of people have a couple guns. Some have lots of them.
@@Ruthless-1699 disagree? With who? What you said agrees with OP. It doesn't conflict with anything I said either.
Yes. A majority of people do not own a firearm, and the ones who do tend to own multiple, or even be a collector who owns dozens to hundreds, depending on how much money they have to spend on the hobby.
Yep I don't own a gun never even shot one and I'm from the south 😅
I heard a woman from the UK say she hasn’t seen her dad in 7 YEARS because he lives 45 minutes away. In America I drive over an hour to go to the shopping mall. It’s not that far.
Born in Spain, have lived in UK, Germany, Belgium and Cote d'Ivoire and the US. Have been the happiest in the US. Despite the press I've never had to answer 47 questions about my ancestors before an American is willing to help and be my friend. Americans care far less about it than most European countries.
"You have like 50 countries in one" You understand how America is constructed better than many Americans do.
I made the exact same comment on Yahoo the other day in a response and you would laught at the responses. Many in America are completely ignorant of how America was formed.
There's no like about it; that is exactly what the United States are. It's just like the EU, but if an EU chairman went rogue and conquered all the member states and the UK after Brexit.
So far, all of these replies are less than stellar. Also, it's no secret why so many have this particular problem. It's because our education system is designed to filter out a certain demographic and include other demographics on the basis of foolish philosophies like "imperialism," "marxism," and others. The true history of the US and the world is being altered in real time and with each generation so that the people of the world will turn out like the citizens of much of the federation's planets from Jack L Chalker's Midnight at the Well of Souls. Automatons in human skin.
@@pwd1679 so I guess they never wondered why laws are different in different states. Or even why these states needed to be "united" in the first place.
@themanifestorsmind They're completely ignorant! When you try to point this out, it's the deer in the headlights stare.
Americans in a bar, all talk to each other. It’s usually just one big party.
It’s the only reason I still go to the bar at 41
You must need to look a certain way... Most bar goers haven't been all that friendly to me. Small town looks are all I get generally.
@@tomjohnson4822 no, just be friendly. I’ve been in sweats or dressed up. I’m from Texas and outgoing, so maybe I have an easier time of it. I just act like I belong. Have fun and people will have fun with you.
Especially if you are from a different country and have an accent. You become the New guy everyone wants to talk to and ask questions
Unless they're cheering on different sports teams.
America has many gun laws. There is a criminal background check first a 30-60 day waiting period after you apply and you are required a gun permit in which many states require gun safety courses to receive the permit. So I haven’t checked but based on what was read there even more to getting a gun in America than there is in Switzerland
I have a good friend from Blackpool. He told me that when he moved here, he thought we'd all have a thick Texas accent, wear ten gallon cowboy hats and six shooters on our hips. He was quite surprised when he moved to delaware and saw none of that lol
I knew a girl who lived in Newcastle upon Tyne and she says that the typical Brit conception of Americans is a gun in one hand and a cheeseburger in the other.
Mean while my ex-wife who was from just outside Canterbury set the conception of Americans around where she lives is that we are all gun crazy but the cheeseburger was never a factor
I knew one guy who wore that stuff (minus the gun) back when I lived in delaware for a bit... He was a total prick :/
Delaware isn't even close to Texas. 😅
@@craigauclair4026 yeah... I Imagine Texas is further from Delaware than London is from many other European capitals... Lol
Trying to explain the National Guard to many Europeans and Middle Easterners was amusing.
Texan here. We don't have State tax; but you still have to pay Federal taxes such as income tax, social security tax, etc. Other states that don't have state tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming. Yes, every state has their own military, called the [state] National Guard. I've visited 49 states and 12 other countries.
In Alaska the government actually pays you!
Also, the state makes up its loss in wage taxes through property taxes. Dude was kind of deceptive with his no tax statement. You know a government is gonna get theirs.
I'd offer a correction - beyond the National Guard, several states have their own State Military Forces - for example, Texas has a State Military completely unaffiliated with the National Guard or Reserves (both of which can be deployed to active service along side the nation's full time military) but a completely separate "state owned" military force which falls under full command of the Texas Governor.
Admittedly, these state military forces are used to support emergency service personnel, helping with disaster relief and other domestic "humanitarian" responses, they aren't tasked with direct combat.
The National Guard is Federal. It's part of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. The POTUS is the Commander In Chief of the National Guard. They do have a function at a state level but they are still a Federal organization. Some states have an active State Guard that is separate from the National Guard.
Texas has no state income tax but significantly higher sales tax.
There's no tax on clothes in Pennsylvania, and some stetasee have no property tax
I found a couple of ways to explain to people how big America is to Europeans.
1.London is closer to Istanbul than New York is to LA.
2. It takes 50 hours of "windshield time" to drive from New York to LA.
3. We've had small planes crash inside America and it took months or years to find the wreckage.
4.Texas is larger than France.
5.The USA is larger than China.
Th US is the 3rd largest and 3rd most populated country in the world
@@missyburg1395 It's the second largest.
It's only the "Third Largest" if you don't count Alaska and Hawaii.
@@glennchartrand5411no, pretty sure both Russia and Canada are larger than the US
@@LiqdPT If you don't count America's territories.
People are pretty sensitive about "Size" so they play little games
China doesn't count Alaska or Hawaii , they only look at the 48 Contiguous States.
Canada counts Alaska and Hawaii but conveniently forgets about Puerto Rico and other US territories, which gets them into second place.
The only Country larger than the USA is Russia.
@@glennchartrand5411 to be fair, before I posted I looked at several online lists of countries by size, and the only debate seemed to be whether China or the US was bigger (and afaik China hasn't grown significantly and I learned that the US was 3rd largest, but that's when the USSR was 1st). There seemed to be no debate anywhere that Canada is larger, and you're the first person I've ever heard assert that.
when I was in Europe, every time someone made fun of me for not knowing all the countries in the EU, i asked them to name all 50 states in the USA. only a small number admitted their ignorance of MY home was as bad as mine of theirs. hypocrites...
That's fair
Who goes around asking people to name every country on a continent? 🤣
@@KONEIL1775 My ninth grade geography teacher. Of course many of the countries I was expected to be able to name and locate on a map back then have different names now or no longer exist at all.
@mosaicthing5700 That's different, I'm talking about when you're in another country on business or for vacation.
Absolutely. I got to meet many people from the UK during Covid and yeah, they are socialists and primarily pagans, so they can’t comprehend our conservatism and our country that was founded on Christian principles. So they all hate President Trump and adore Bernie Sanders. Need I say more?
He wasn't calling UK poor. He's saying that UK have absolutely insane prices on public transport. Look it up, it's completely nuts.
That's how I heard it as well.
Not public transport per se but train travel. Our railways went private thanks to the government. So yes our train fares have increased a LOT! I live about 200 miles away from London. Can cost about £80 !! If you book in advance though you can get it a lot cheaper. But honestly the prices with rail travel have increased significantly over the last few years.
I feel your pain! Train prices in the US are crazy, too- I was going to take a train from Montana to Missouri for my brother's wedding (about 1500 miles), and it was less expensive just to buy a two-way plane ticket for $300. How are the bus fares over there? I'm living in Costa Rica, now, and bus fares all over are very inexpensive, but back in the US it still would be cheaper and less time to fly.
@@MrsLynB Yikes, that is really high. You could travel about the same distance (one way from Chicago, Illinois to Springfield, Illinois) for about $20-30 in coach, $50-65 if you want to go business class, depending on the time of day. However, traveling half that far, from Milwaukee to Chicago, is about the same price. Just depends where you're going.
How do you think the hospitals are "free"?
Alaska has almost no tax. They used to pay back to citizens because of oil money.
I’m from the US (from the south so I was raised to smile and become best friends with every person that made eye contact) and lived in the UK for 3 years and it was so difficult to get used to the fact that no one wants to smile or talk to you 😭🤣
They're a covetous, bigoted, nation from my experience.
I'm born and raised in the South (US) and people like you skieve the heck out of me. I don't want to smile or talk to strangers either.
@@libby6494 Go somewhere else where you'll be happy with those who are like you.
@@onekerri1 right lol
@@libby6494 being repelled by niceness… that’s an interesting trait lol
My dad went to Ireland for work last year and the craziest thing he told me when he got back was this: It takes about 3 hours to drive across the entirety of Ireland. I live in Indiana, and it takes about 3 hours to drive across, maybe a little longer. That right there blew my mind and made me realize just how big our states are here!
I live In the little tiny state of Maryland and if we go farthest west to east it takes about 6 and a half hours. Wow! Always have wanted to see Ireland BTW.
I'm from Texas. I can drive 8 hours+ and still be in Texas.
@@AF-mq8xbAin’t that the damn truth, as a fellow texan it’s taken me around a full work day just to get out of texas to visit family. Driving in texas tests patience like nothing else I swear
@@sydney.g.sloangammagee8181 I can believe it, the States can be huge at times. And yeah never been to Atlanta or Georgia, been to many places but not them yet. Plan on it though, any recommendations for spots to check out when I go?
@@PolarisTheMorrigan Atlanta is the capitol of Georgia…
My husband took me to meet his family in France. We were walking around his little town on market day (it was amazing). Two little old ladies past us, my husband whispered to me, “they just said, there’s the American” 🤣 Ohhhh my goodness, I asked how did they know I’m American. He said, “because you are smiling.” 🤣 🤣 🤣 I promptly turned around waved and smiled at them. I really enjoyed my time over seas. I enjoyed the people, the countries, the food, the culture. In fact I LOVED it!
In Texas, no tax on income, no tax on groceries (except junk food and hot food), no tax on medicine. HOWEVER, our property taxes are higher than many other places, but we have cheaper housing costs than a lot of other places too.
The federal government still taxes your income though.
I was born in America but grew up in the UK. The kids in my class didn't believe I was American because I'm not fat. Genuinely comical. Great video mate. You have earned a new subscriber
The tenth amendment to the constitution basically says if the constitution doesn’t explicitly give the federal government a power, that power belongs to the states.
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
If only our government actually followed the constitution and took their oaths of office seriously.
That's true, but your missing the point. The flip side of that "IF" statement is "IF" the US Constitution DOES explicitly give the federal government a power, then it supercedes State law. States just get the leftovers not in the Constitution. That is a huge area where State laws cover most of what is legal/illegal, but that is gone whenever the US Constitution gets an update.
Welcome to a Democratic Republic Federation, because we are all of those things.
Tell that to the Democratic Party, which doesn't respect the law of the land or our Founding documents.
@@codywarhawk7099I'm reminded of that video of Biden telling those factory workers " I don't work for you, you work for me" pretty sure that's not how it works but sadly our government is currently under the impression it's a ruling authority and not a bloody elected official meant to act on behalf of their constituents. And we are all to busy arguing with one another to turn and look at the actual problem in congress
@@Paul-jc4xh ammendments to the constitution require a balance of all 3 powers: legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches have to support it retuiring 140/200 senators, the president, 66% of congress, and approval of 6/9 justices
Any of the president and congress can be substituted by a popular vote, added to the presidential ballot, requiring 76% of americans to vote for it. But you still need the approval of the Judiciary and either executivr or legislative branches.
To undo an ammendment, like the Prohibition, an 80% popular vote can overturn it on its own. However the bill of rights (the first 10 ammendments) cannot be overturned.
"I bet some state's militaries could take on other countries"
Texas: "more like the entire EU, but sure"
Laughs in 3rd Armored Division....
The States' National Guards and State militia (where they still exist) are more like the British Territorials in function.
@@Cerdinok most southern states take their national guard units seriously and they are the first responder in most disaster scenarios.
@@sparkysun43 I laughed in 19K. 😂😂
He doesn't go into how dangerous it is to be a victim of guns. The militaristic treatment by many states,cities Police forces are 100% to draw a gun on people,especially against black people, Hispanics, poor white people.