An Australian reacts to an American’s view of Australia
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
- My reaction to a rather “interesting” video about Australia by an American
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They don't seem to have a clue do they?
With regard to aggressive driving a few weeks ago I was taking part in a funeral procession in Sydney with headlights on to indicate that we were part of a procession, the law clearly states that other drivers must NOT interfere with the procession yet I was cut off at least a dozen times, disgraceful!
SORRY TO HEAR THAT DISRESPECTFUL AND AT SUCH A TIME
Oh that is disrespectful! I’ve driven in 5 states & I have to say that I find Tassie drivers to be the most aggressive- the first time a driver let me into heavy Melbourne traffic, not long after I moved to Victoria, it blew my mind!
She is the fist American I have heard saying the food was bland. Maybe their taste buds are use to a ton of salt, sugar and MSG, American food labels do read like a chemical factory.
I guess we are not known for Mexican or Italian food, but I doubt it's as bad as what they claim, unless they just had bad luck and went to bad eating places.
I am wondering if they tried any Asian food. Most Indian or Korean or Filipino food places are run by Indian, Korean and Filipino's so its normally very good.
I do know that gambling isn't as open in the US. I don't think they have pubs with pokies. I think they would have to go to a casino.
Lawn bowls? Well that's also a first. We do have a Commonwealth Games lawn bowling team, so its more than retirees, but huge? No.
American football? I can't think of anything more boring to watch- apart from lawn bowls. 😂And yeah I don't give two hoots about it. I'm from Queensland and while we are not known for being the biggest AFL state I will watch AFL.
Nearly every other American who’s come here has really liked our food! Go figure!
The trouble with Americans , they are use to eating fast foods . The Australian food isn’t bland . Asian food is spicy . There must be something with their taste buds . I visited casino’s in the USA and they do gamble .I noticed that us Aussies don’t complain too much when we travel overseas but when tourists come to Australia , they complain about trivial things like putting beetroot on burgers . I hate how they say things that isn’t quite true . Two British backpackers were recently in Victoria and it has been cold . They complained that they thought Australia was always hot and they thought that they would be in their swimming costumes . Then they tried to say that the Aussie winters are colder than in the UK . I am just over people that want to exaggerate things while travelling . I love your videos because you say the true .
Admittedly we’ve had a bloody cold start to winter here in Victoria, but to say it’s colder than the UK? 😂😂😂 I think that when it comes to Aussie food, there are a number of food additives which are used in America that are banned here in Australia, so maybe this couple eats a lot of highly processed foods with lots of additives usually?
Whaaaaa
Um? More words please 😂😂😂
@@CheekyKoala So true
@@CheekyKoalaMost tourists don’t seem to do some basic research on the country. The usual let’s go to Sydney, Australia Zoo and the barrier reef but forget to check a weather climate for that time of year. Real basics for some like not knowing when it’s winter even..
All about research as part of planning.
Red rooster started in WA unless an American bought it. It is still an Aussie business. I agree about the food comments she obviously did not try much. Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, indian all very spicy foods
Oh wow! I thought Red rooster was another American company!! That explains why you can get yummy roast potatoes & roast sweet potatoes! I was confused by her food comments!
Is Red Rooster American or Australian?
Australia
Red Rooster (Reds) is Australia's first and favourite chicken shop with over 50 years of satisfying Australia's chicken cravings. Reds is the only fast-food company in Australia that now truly specialises in both roast and fried chicken and is in an exciting time of change and innovation for the brand.
And now I don’t feel bad about buying the occasional 1/4 roast with roast potatoes & sweet potatoes… 😂😂
Yep, the first RR store opened just down the road from me in Kelmscott WA. It's still open 👍
That’s super cool!
In UK we would call it a facecloth and we did have wash cloths when I was a kid but I've never used one since I had my own home. I heard they provide a perfect environment for breeding bacteria. I don't look for them but I have a feeling that you don't normally get them in UK hotels. You also don't typically get a fridge in a hotel room so the tea and coffee making stuff will usually include UHT milk.
Yeah, I thought it might be a hygiene thing - here I’ve heard them referred to as wash cloths, face cloths, face washers & something that my family used to call them, but I’ve never heard elsewhere is: “flannel” (odd?) I guess because of the climate, it’s normal to have a little bar fridge in a hotel room, but at the same time, you always get the long life milk - UHT: they’re those little pots of milk?
Red Rooster is an Australian fast food chain
If they food our food bland, perhaps they have too much sweet food.
Gambling - while Australia has pokies in our pubs and casinos adjacent to our CBD; I believe that gambling is more regulated in the US. state by state basis. Except Nevada which is gambling from top to bottom.
NFL - there is some interest in Australia, if only limited to the Superbowl. I think Triple M give away a trip to America and free tickets to the Superbowl or at least they used to. The TV station will show the Superbowl live here.
Ah! That goes a long way to explaining some of their misconceptions! Yes, I think that they perhaps are accustomed to a diet with lots of additives….
Full Cream = Whole Milk; We use stainless kettle on natural gas burner to heat water. 115 Volt electric kettle takes WAY longer than 220 Volt one. Some people have a hot water source in the kitchen sink that runs on 240 Volt US power. They are about equivalent to yours. You have met a "Karen"; and they think no one else's way of doing things is right.
I rewatched the intro and got that she was talking about Americans being weird, not Australians,
I can see where gas would be much faster than 115 volt! So any insight on why only 115 volts? It must be less efficient? Or do appliances somehow make up for that…? I’ll definitely have to rewatch that first part!
@@CheekyKoala Modern three wire plugs are live, neutral and safety ground. It is standard practice to tie neutral and ground together and bond to a water pipe. Older two wire plugs were line & neutral and much less safe, Common 240 volt was for electric stoves, dryers and some HVAC equipment. It had two lives out of phase and a neutral. Some plugs also had safety ground. The choice of 115 volt happened when US switched from DC to AC power along with the 60 Hz frequency. DC and AC coexisted for a while as different compnies ran the service.
That makes sense! I thought that all US plugs were only 2 wire plugs! I love when i get to learn new things! Thank you
I'm Australian and I don't have a kettle, because I'm a bit on the lazy side( just kidding,) I have a hot & cold water filter system which gives me 24 hour access to both.
It sounds to me that they have had very limited exposure to the real Australia.
Cheers.
Those filter systems are brilliant!!
Yes, it certainly appears that they’ve had very little exposure to real Australia!
Thank you!
We stayed at an AirBNB with no hand towels let alone no washcloths and also no top sheet! It had a flat sheet used as a bottom sheet and a doona, and this was in the summer! Ended up unmaking the bed to use that one sheet as both a top and a bottom. I think AirBNB's vary a lot, far more than say a hotel chain.
Oh wow! That sounds really unpleasant! I’ve always been super lucky with Airbnbs - good bedding, good heating, great bathrooms with towels, washers etc…
I had to look up the word "doona" and it sounds like it is a duvet without the duvet cover? In UK you normally get a bottom sheet and a duvet in a cover but no top sheet. If you are too hot you have the option of removing the duvet and just sleeping with the duvet cover over you.
I think that doonas & duvets are the same - doonas also have covers
@@Phiyedough How annoying to be putting it on and off all the time. Why no top sheet?
Sheet sets normally come with a fitted bottom sheet, a flat top sheet and 1-2 pillow cases.
I know the word duvet but would not use it in conversation. To me if it isn't a blanket or a spread but something warm and quilted or warm and filled with feathers or some acrylic stuffing, it's a doona.
Not to say every state in Australia uses the same word, I'm from Queensland and I live inland rurally which only about 15% of us do. It's a large state so someone on the coast or city may use different words again.
Summer nights can be so hot all you want is a sheet and air conditioning blowing.
Koala sounds to be from Tasmania which is the furtherest state south. Completely different climate, Tassie is more like England and we are more hot and dry. The coast is more humid and I was reminded of that when we stayed over to see our daughter. You would be sleeping in a sauna under a doona.
Yep - you’re right - I’m originally from Tassie & now live in Victoria- the bulk of my knowledge is from living in these southern states! 😄
she properly saying that we do play Grid Iron here as club sport I play season many years ago
I think she was just very confused!
Just bizarre their take on the food the bowls and the American football : so American centric they probably assumed when they heard AFL stands for American football
Good point! They seemed to be somewhat confused on many things…
and the seppos wonder why we dont like or respect them
People like this give them all a bad reputation!
I think she thinks she's in Australia but she is in Austria.
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LOL She might be comparing our drivers to the American drivers ... Maybe the Americans are more aggressive on the roads and she think our aggressive drivers, are not aggressive in the eyes of Americans. LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You’re probably right about that!
I think she was in NSW. When I drive to Sydney, I do notice that the drivers are far more aggressive than in county NSW. I live in the Shoalhaven area of NSW and lawn bows is very big, with many clubs having a large function center with a large restaurant attached and serval bowling greens, some clubs also have a golf course. Clubs and pubs in NSW are also big in gambling and do have banks of monitors, displaying all sorts of sports and gambling games.
I do not think she is talking about a restaurant, but 'fast food'. I also am sick of 'fast food', and I also think it is bland and expensive. But Americans do cover their food with a lot of seasoning and, I for one, do not like all this seasoning and I think American style food would not sell in Australia.
I’ve driven through Sydney twice & I found it scary & exhausting…. I was trying to figure out what state she was in - I guess I’m used to Victoria & Tassie where lawn bowls aren’t exactly huge…. And yes I think you’re right about where they were eating….
Karen & Daren RUclips channel.
😂😂😂😂 spot on!
Could I, very respectfully request, that you keep your own audio up as close to the OG video as possible please? In fact I would be happy if you were higher.
In regard to buying you a coffee, which I would gladly do, is "Ninja Chihuahua’s True Crime" your name?
Ah - good point on the audio- I’ll definitely do that from here on in thank you! Yes my name is “ninja chihuahua’s true crime” that’s my original channel- I use the same buy me a coffee for both accounts…
I should probably try to add “cheeky koala” as a name on my buy me a coffee- it probably is a little confusing right?
I haven’t even got to the end yet. Honestly I’ve never heard anyone nit pick or correct Aussies so much . We like American football more?? First I’ve ever heard that one.
Our food is bland? There used to be a vid on American food with additives that have been banned in so many countries. Apparently, their bread is also full of sugar and additives. Food colourings so many countries have banned are still used in America. You can get, as you know, many countries food made here by people who come from different countries as One Pack Wanders discovered. Some things we’d all have to adjust to in another country - but complain about so much , I found to be a tad rude.
Oh and where is our lawn bowls stadium? many love the game, but where is the stadium ? If there is one I’ve definitely never heard about it - a game I don’t personally know one person who plays.
The wine convo came up, I turned it off. I don’t drink, only because I hate the taste of alcohol lol. So did they complain?
Tia & Cheveyo certainly don’t have complaints about out food! Yep out of all the people I know, one person plays lawn bowls & as for that stadium- how have we missed such a whopping great structure…..😂😂
@@CheekyKoala someone is hiding that stadium from us, lol. No Tia & Chev never complained, more often they liked more than others, which is normal but never ever rude about it.
I don’t think I’ve heard a couple nit pick so much before.
Same here! I was super unimpressed!
somewhere near Germany.
Cheeky, this is your Aussie sporting conscience speaking. Close to 5 mil of us watched Collingwood win the GF. About 2.7 mil of us watched the NFL Superbowl, your conscience has been watching since The Green Bay Packers won in 69. 1985 was a great year, our mighty Eels won and Dan Merino lead the Dolphins to the Superbowl. Got to love a Merino. And don't forget that were supporting NSW game 3 in QLD next week. lol
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AND 3 GALAHS AND A BIN CHICKEN WATCHED LAST WEEKENDS LAWN BOWLS
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@@user-ct8nk9me4w Big weekend at the Bolo
She said it , there the strange ones !!
For sure!
High sodium food is probably what they used to - and the music take was also bizarre she totally wrong on everything
I know right! I was shaking my head a lot through their video!
I will mention the state and city with the most incompetent impatient ignorant rude drivers in Australia. Sorry Adelaide and SA, you need to take your daily chill pill before driving.
Not driven there:worse than Tassie?
@@CheekyKoala I've driven Tassie and Hobart a few times and never noticed any cruddy drivers. Maybe I was just lucky but they weren't too bad. Not as good as me of course.
Tassie drivers can be quite aggressive, particularly on highways- way too often, when you try to over take, you’ll find that the person will speed up to stop you getting through… when you get to a spot on a highway where it goes back to one line, people will run you off the road rather than let you get ahead of them in that merge…..
GAMBLING LEGAL IN ONLY 2 STATE CASINO SET UP LOUISIANA AND VEGAS SORRY NO CASINO IN NYC BUT SOME STATES ALLOW HORSE/GREYHOUND (AKA DISHLICKERS) ONLINE GAMBLINE ALSO LEGAL IN MINORITY OF STATES BUT MOST ARE GOING TO LEGALISE IT FOR TAX REVENUE
So they don’t have a culture of horse racing in every state? I had no idea gambling was only legal in 2 states - it’s kind of ironic when you consider that certainty drugs (Mary Jane & shrooms) are legal in multiple US states!!
@@CheekyKoala NO CASINO EXCEPT FOR THE 2 STATES HORSE RACING VERY POPULAR BUT ONLINE GAMBLING IS STILL A NEW THING AND ONLY ABOUT 14ISH STATES HAVE MADE IT LEGAL BUT MOST ARE EITHER PUSHING TO LEGALISE IT
Ah! Figures- they’ve probably seen how much our government makes out of gambling!!
Salty ,Sweet ,Spicey & Fatty.
Yep, I’d say you’re right!
OK NEED TO DEFEND THE 1ST PART SHE SAID ABOUT QUIRKY WEIRD ETC SHE ACTUALLY SAID THAT IF YOU TRAVEL TO THE US YOU MAY FIND WEIRD QUIRKY UNUSUAL SHE DID NOT REFER TO AUS AS THOSE 3 THINGS I THINK U MISUNDERSTOOD HER AND YES IM AUSSIE FROM ADELAIDE AND I NEVER THOUGHT ID BE DEFENDING AN AMERICAN YIKES
😂😂😂 I’ll have to listen to that part again
@@CheekyKoala I LISTENED TO IT 3 TIMES IM CERTAIN THATS WHAT SHE SAID !
Thanks!
@@user-ct8nk9me4w stop shouting! 🤦♂️
@@sandgroperwookiee65 IT HELPS MY EYES TOO READ WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN I HOPE YOUR HEARD THAT !!
so negative
They really were!