I had a funny conversation with my best who is an international student from China. He asked what the stereotype “basic white girl” meant. I described it to him. He laughed and said in China, there’s a Chinese girl stereotype equivalent to it. They’re called “Green Tea Bitches.” He proceeded to describe the stereotype of a basic white girl perfectly but instead of Star Bucks, the Chinese girl stereotype drinks green tea instead but otherwise acts the exact same.
@@JW-uy2on A basic white girl refers to a teenage girl who is obsessed with Starbucks. A basic white girl usually wears leggings, converse or uggs, and scrunchies.
I know what you mean..绿茶婊. But I feel like the connotation is different? "Green Tea Bitches" mean women who look and act pure and nice but actually are cheaters/homewreckers/sell their bodies. Basic white girl feels more harmless.
OMG I almost spit my water out when the guy said "we are definitely the biggest country, so it makes sense" and you put the clip of laughing Putin in there.. lol! JT should've followed since Canada is the second largest country after Russia... Also, that totally proved the "geography" stereotype right there ;D
When you're from a big country, not owning a passport is pretty normal. In my country, if you're poor, you will probably never touch an airplane in your life. So there is not point.
Imagine that the Rome of today does not expand its capitalist domain beyond the financial one, and that is where China and Russia can make a difference, do what they did with China and send it their technology. Instead of Latin America, which is now sent its cheap labor to it illegally, I think China came out smarter and now they will be forced to truly compete politically, economically, militarily and even culturally because the gringos are frowned upon morally.
Being from a big country doesn't equal to not owning a passport. Canadians and Russians do travel overseas way more than American. The thing is America has nearly every climate on his soil so that point may validate the relative low percentage of passport owners
@@muramasarfs9970 “ Canadians and Russian travel obviously way more than Americans”. => Correct about Canadians (66% of population having passports) but WRONG about Russians. It is estimated that 60% of Russians have never been abroad. www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/04/10/60-of-russians-have-never-been-outside-cis-poll-says-a33827 And like the video states, the number of passport owners in the US is around 42%. It used to be much lower because traveling to Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean countries didn’t require passports back in the 1990s. And the reason why Canadians are more prone (or have the desire) to international traveling is because Canada, like Australia, is more isolated with half of its population being spread out in the North. And plus, Canada has a more generous paid-time off policy and it is cheaper to travel to Europe from eastern Canada than , for example, California.
The thing about most U.S. Citizens not owning passports is that not everyone is capable of dropping hundreds on a plane ticket then travel expenses and not everyone is able to take off from work for weeks on end. Personal time off isn't as common in the U.S. as it is in most other countries.
I am both an immigrant and American and this video made me laugh so much! When I first arrived in the US as a child, all of these attributes stood out and I found them incredibly foreign and strange. But fast forward 20yrs later--after having lived and worked in several states and done international work--and I found some of these qualities, endearing. Especially the one about being idealistic, optimistic and can-do in mindset. That is such a beautiful quality and I would argue, one that has made a profound difference to my life. I have accomplished much that I doubt I would have been able to accomplish anywhere else. And people here have been not just extremely supportive of my growth and success, but also deeply appreciative and generous. I know that good people exist in every culture--I meet them everywhere!--but Americans till this very day, have been some of the most big hearted people I have ever met. Outsized in their ideas of self, but also outsized in their regard for others. And that gives me hope. Thank you for this video! It was hilarious and heart warming ❤
From the few Americans that I've met in my life I could, hands down, say that this is the sort of vibe they left, as mentioned above. I love them for that!
I'm not an American but the whole world always critizing Americans is fucking annoying. It's good to read a comment of someone who actually came to USA and had a good experience. They sound like amazingly generous people.
This was good to watch. I'm American living in Australia. I learned a lot about American values and about my culture from just being away from it all, and it's so true. Things like being risk takers, valuing individualism and indepenency, or even trying new things and if it fails, we're still optimistic about it.
This was so fun to watch even though I’m American (from Texas, California and Hawaii). I’ve heard ALL of these stereotypes when I lived in Prague and have had these same confirm/dispel type conversations with the people I met; all mostly fun conversations.
The bad stereotypes I’ve read somewhere : ignorant about the rest of the world, arrogant/rude, confrontational/violent. The good ones are: open, truthful, fearless etc Great content.
@@greenmachine5600 There is a theory that potatoes come from the Polynesian triangle which were brought to South America by the Polynesians. I don't have the links to prove it (you can easily find it on the internet), but research suggests certains types of potatoes come from Polynesian islands and genetically they are many similarities and/or are the same. Tests have been also done to sail from Polynesian islands to modern day Chile with just a customized boat.
I remember learning about the mix up. American soldiers started calling them french fries because they believed they we're still in France. They we're actually in Southern Belgium the boarder where the locals speak french.
You can NOT buy a gun at Walmart in Florida or anywhere else for that matter without an ID and background check. That lady obviously knows next to nothing about buying guns.
I love you, my dear Americans, with all good and bad sides of you. Americans are one of the nicest nations in the world and I am very happy to live in the US and call this my home now. Plus I come from a country where people are also very loud and blunt, but not that optimistic or nice. I never even knew people consider Americans loud and obnoxious. I used to hate the small talk where no one seems to care about how you feel, but I soon realized that's not always true and plus it is also nice to have some random person on the street greeting you
I did a road trip in US, some asked "where you from?" "we were like "brazil" and they were like "nice!!" but they really didn't know where brazil is lol, I was passing by a small texas city, a lady asked me if Brazil was inside Australia.......
I was very unlucky. I work in the tourism industry and I found them quite arrogant. But I'm sure it was just not good luck, probably there are some nice American tourists out there lol
I've been working with mostly US tourists in Europe for more than a decade and in my experience if I were to chose a nationality I'd probably go for the US too. Occasionally there're some crazy short tempered idiots, but for the most part I've found them very cheerful, accommodating and generous. I wonder if they behave "worse" in the Americas where they may feel more at ease and entitled, but I am just starting to speculate here.
SMH… I’m American and feel so embarrassed when I hear some of the answers my fellow Americans give. I swear we aren’t all dumb. The majority of us know that Europe is a continent and not a country. Plus, most of us know that the U.S. is neither the largest country, nor the center of the universe. Good lord, so sorry everyone! Lol
I’m glad this video highlighted positive things about America too. So often when speaking about our county to people from elsewhere, it’s often a negative conversation
Ive visted the US for 2 months and a half and for sure they love small talk! They could approach me and say that they love my jacket, I have nice hair etc. Or when their little kid was staring at me they said oh he likes you hahaha like this. I was shy when it happened because in my country we dont really talk to strangers. But definitely loved how friendly they were! I felt welcomed and got good impressions of Americans. More friendly and fun than bad stereotypes.
It didn't. What it proved is that a certain socioeconic class of Americans are stereotypically similar. Most Americans who travel internationally are usually wealthy or from stable upper-middle class families. I definitely did not get along with most of the Americans I met while traveling and I basically grew up in this country. They were all the same, save one or two, entirely unlike the people I went to school and work with. After traveling within the US, I realized that the US populace is definitely underepresented in media. Only certain types of people get shown.
He's not of European descent so he obviously doesn't know Europe that well. I'm Polish-American so I know the geography of Europe like the back of my hand.
@@juliaj7939 I am from South Asia and I can literally name practically any country in any continent. I may get confused between some but I still know their names lmao
Moved from Seattle to Singapore during high school. Went back to see my old teachers and friends. Saw my high school geography and world history teacher asked me where in China is Singapore.... Americans do not know geography.... Edit: I know that not every single American is ignorant about geography, but having been born and raised in the US, I can definitely say that the stereotype exists for a reason, one way or another.
It also depends on the state or how rich ur district/county is bc some states have better education than other states and poorer districts/counties tend to have worse education systems.
I’m from the U.K. , I’ve been to the USA once to Chicago , I didn’t find the Americans I met there loud or Obnoxious, very friendly and warm , even strangers greeted me in the street .
The geography and language ones while true are also misleading I feel, because it's really just down to our school system for not encouraging us to learn those things. I'm excellent at geography because travel is my thing and I wanted to be able to find every country on a map, but while that's something you can kind of learn on your own, languages are so much harder. I've tried to do online language learning, and it's just completely lacking the in person practice that you need, and we just don't get that in school. I spent a decade learning Spanish in school and the best I can do is read it halfway decently but I can't speak it or completely understand it spoken. It's not always for lack of want that Americans don't know those things, it's just not easily accessible.
Brennna, I completely agree. I wish there was more emphasis in school in the US put on teaching geography and the encouragement of learning more than one language beyond it being required to take two years of a foreign language in high school In order to have enough credits to graduate in some states.
the politician doesn't want you and the rest of u.s citizens to mastering at geography, because they're afraid you'll be sue them for what they're doing to another country in the world
@@javacova2096 Actually it’s because geography is oftentimes irrelevant to current events/history. You don’t need to know the latitude and longitude of Armenia to know about the Armenian genocide.
This is definitely an interesting time to make a video about Americans, but I felt it might also be a perfect time to shed some spotlight on the US. What stereotypes did you have about Americans prior to the video? Did it change your mind or reaffirm what you already knew? Also, for the Central/South Americans out there who will crowd the comments with "We are all Americans", yes you all are. But until there is another term invented and used in the media (and no, United Stadian won't do, no matter how good it sounds in Spanish), "Americans" it will be. Please don't waste your efforts in making the same redundant comment, and opt for something more meaningful. Thanks for watching everyone!
Maybe it'll be easier soon for Canadians, Mexicans, Central Americans, and South Americans to immigrate to the US, and then they can also be full "Americans"
No te preocupes acerca de los llorones que se quejan del término "american". Aun sufren porque los países latinoamericanos llegaron tarde a la independencia de América. De hecho, casi 20 años después de Estados Unidos. Entonces, Mientra ese país ya era una nación independiente que llevaba con orgullo el nombre del continente, el resto de los demás países eran aun territorio español, portugúes, francés u holandés. Pasa que no estudian bien la historia.
I'm so lucky I had the education I had. I think a lot of the reason Americans don't learn other languages or geography is because our media are so insular - we get practically no news from other countries, the focus is always "America first". I also feel like the people who end up on the videos are probably already a little more worldly than the average American you'd pick up off the street, otherwise they wouldn't even be in the video!
Big reason is because the majority of us in the U.S. never travel outside the U.S. Unlike people in the EU, for instance, where traveling and experiencing other cultures is normal
@@VIP_World That's because America is so large. But honestly, you don't have to travel to learn about foreign languages or cultures, it's a failure of our media by not including them.
No, it’s because they don’t really teach languages at a young age like that. They barely teach you and then they actually teach you when it’s an Highschool credit. Depending on the school is, the better education. More kids attend public schools so they get worse education. And then to top it off you have the rankings of class. A normal class, honors, AP and so on. Many people just take the average class because you can still get into a college or university mixed with an honors class. And honors class is just slightly more work than the average class. Then here comes the education requirements. You have to chose certain classes to help you become what you want to be in the future. And then most of the time, knowing another language fluently isn’t required. You need a certain amount of language credits to graduate. But since you can take other language classes and you don’t have to focus on one, you can just learn the basics of only 2 languages. It’s the easy way on graduating. Because of the education system and how it’s built around BASED ON WHAT YOU WANT TO BE thats just how it goes. If you want to be a doctor, they’re not going to make it so you take all these other classes that’s not necessary for you to become a doctor. If you want to be a mathematician, they’re not going to make you study psychology. If you want to be an author, they’re not going to make you take construction. Knowing a language fluently isn’t required so nobody goes for that if it’s not meant to help them become successful. Geography is a required course so the question is why are Americans so stupid on geography? Geography is like the first course you take in Highschool. And usually you have to be really good in geography already if you want to already be admitted in a better geography class. It’s like showing you are worthy which most of the time in your freshmen year, that won’t happen. And an average geography class in Highschool, knowing how flags look isn’t mandatory. Almost nothing is mandatory in an average class in a public school. So you know what they’ll do? They won’t teach it to you. Geography isn’t an EOC course (an end of the year exam.) In geography they’re more worried about the basics that you should have known in elementary. But in elementary they usually teach you barely anything. And because it’s been 4 years since you were in elementary many Americans will already forget these kind of things. Especially since school isn’t that long considering we have 8 days at the least per month out of school. At the most around 3 weeks for the holidays. Oh and then about 2 months for the summer break. Not to mention in elementary you don’t have to study almost not at all. In middle school you barely get into the habit. In freshman year they’re trying to get you into the habit and because Geography and language is like the first courses you take, they make it super easy for you. Therefore of course Americans are going to be stupid in these areas because they get so much free time, a lot less requirements, and they get the choice of education. For someone to sit there and know another language fluently, they either have other family members that know the language fluently and learned it young, or they studied the language because only one language was available for them in there school, or they’re dream career requires them to learn more than one language, or they’re just genuinely interested in the language so they used there Highschool credits on that rather than taking another science class, or computer class to help with there dream job.
I learned geography in elementary school AND high school. Not sure why the ppl in the video don't know geography, but as an American, I think it's pretty pitiful.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten it's not necessarily a matter of intelligence. While it is illegal to pay college athletes they find ways around this by giving them gifts and paying for tutors. When an athlete at a top school has a good chance at playing professionally, his education matters little because he will likely be making millions the day he signs a contract. I had a friend in college who would tutor some of the athletes. They basically paid him cash to do their homework. The top universities make money hand over fist from the athletes so they will do anything to make sure their GPAs are good enough to remain eligible to play.
@@brymcw I heard you only need a C and up. And technically you just got to take easy courses. And the easy courses are so friggin easy. And it won’t even matter if your dream is football.
Thank you for the video. It's interesting to see how you see yourselves. Stereotyping cultures is usually a wrong thing to do, because trends are never 100% true ...but it can also be a way to improve yourself if you're aware of the pros and the cons of your culture.
Most stereotypes about the US are true, but I find the stereotype that Americans are monolingual to be the most annoying, not because it isn't true but because it isn't applied evenly to every country. America is a large country, which reduces the need to travel. It also only has one language that is spoken in all 50 states. Of course there are minority communities that speak other languages, but English is spoken everywhere there, which reduces the need for English speakers there to learn other languages. We do learn other languages in high school, but we don't retain it because we don't have as much opportunity or need to practice them. If you go to a smaller country or a country with no nationally spoken language, it's more necessary for those residents to learn more than one language. The same thing applies to Russia and China. The vast majority of them are monolingual, but Americans are the only ones who get criticized for it.
Yes, the best way to learn a language is the opportunity or need to practice it. I come from Germany and a lot of people here learn English because they can use it all over the world. But only a few people learn another language, e.g. that of one of our neighboring countries. Here many assume that everyone else in these countries understands German.
@@onkelkeule652 So true. I moved to China back in 2014, and I needed to learn Chinese to do anything because it was very difficult to communicate otherwise. However, when I moved to Cambodia in 2018 I found it harder to learn Khmer than Chinese because it wasn't as necessary to speak Khmer in order to get around. It was very easy to get around Cambodia while speaking English, and even when I tried to speak Khmer with locals they would respond in English. Of course after I left China I forgot much of the Chinese I had learned because I didn't need to or have much opportunity to practice it.
Yeah when one of the people said we aren’t pushed to learn another language, that’s a lie. You have to take a foreign language class to graduate high school; the reason a lot of people are monolingual is because they forget it.
I think many Europeans do not realize that the United States is literally a bunch of States, the size of countries. Its basically 50 countries all grouped together and each State has unique culture.
That's what I see, each state has its own self-determination, although there is an inter-state pact with the federal government, and the federal reserve, whose owners are not from the government are powerful rich people
@@mypanexogamouslineage965 At least it can be said that despite speaking one language it has different cultural aspects, on the other hand in Latin America the variety is greater despite speaking all Spanish
@@mypanexogamouslineage965 ok , what about yours? Culture( Those custom that you share with your state peers) and your own culture or education I am interested in a brief answer, I would like to have an idea please
As an American, I wanted to say thank you for this video. I love my country dearly, despite our many problems, and this is first time in my young life where I've felt a sense of shame for being an American. There's been craziness all along the socio-political spectrum, and I've felt a keen sense of other countries laughing at our expense. The saddest thing is the fact that it's not without justification. We have awful people, just like any other country, and it's unfortunate that these people have received most of the press lately. I, along with most of the people I know, just want to live normally without all this mess. It's an unprecedented time for sure, and I've struggled to recognize the place I've called home for most of my life this past year and into this one. It can be difficult to wade through the media mire, but I'd like to encourage everyone who wants to know more to do so. What's made America truly great was the fact we were built on a multitude of other cultures that were all willing to dwell in one place and cooperate.
We are not laughing in Europe we are terrified. What many US-Americans don't seem to realize is that all the other countries in the world don't only look at you just because of your films and music industry but because you are the largest economy in the world and have the most powerful military on earth. The Dollar is the lead currency, you dominate institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. You are a giant and when you f* up and go down you will take the world with you. I wished more Americans were aware what a huge responsibility they have toward the world when they vote. But most people think US elections are just about the US.
@@solokom I didn't consider that. What happens here does have global implications. At the very least, the election is over. I can't pretend to know what will happen next, but I have no doubt everyone is watching.
@@solokom Most of not all countries only think about themselves. Don’t act like Germany, France, or the UK’s citizens worry about how their actions affect other countries. You’re just being an internet optimist.
@@JohnSmith-yf5bk you are totally missing the point. The named countries are no Imperiums like the US is. Their influence is really weak in comparison.
@@solokom that's just a question of scale. The choices of the UK, Greece, Germany, etc have quite a bit of influence within the EU. Are they totally benevolent toward one another, to where one country will sacrifice for another without complaint or expectation of return? That actually happens more than you'd think between US states, as there are definitely some states that take a lot of money from the government and others that give a lot to it, and it generally doesn't come up until the takers start whining about the givers wanting more help
As "fun" as it is for everyone to take the piss out of Americans in the comments section, there are actual positive characteristics as well about Americans (besides being optimistic and dreaming big): Americans don't mind helping strangers. Americans are innovative. Americans are creative. Americans don't mind being unique or individualistic. Americans have a soft spot in our hearts for the little guy. For the most part, when we care about how someone is doing, it's sincere. Yeah, other countries have stereotypes on this RUclips Channel, but those stereotypes tend to be way more benign, "the French are romantic!" "the Germans love order," "the English are stoic," etc. Meanwhile, "Yeah the Americans are fat, loud, obnoxious, dumb, and don't travel." "Oh - enjoy our channel, and don't take it personally!" Seriously? What's next? "Americans hate puppies?"
I'm French and hate all these stereotypes about Americans (ask a French where is Costa Rica on a map, or even some Eastern Europe country, ROFL). I think USA has such a huge influence that we know - or think we know - a lot about it, and feel like we can judge it, like it's not just stereotypes but the truth, despite most of the Europeans have never been overseas. Actually as a French I understand the feeling of receiving these kind of negative stereotypes, cause we don't only have the "romantic" thing but a lot of "snobby, think they are the best" shit too. That's infuriating, if I had to describe the French mentality nowadays it's "self hatred", seriously everyone in France is always talking about how bad we are in English, how racist we are, how alcoholic we are, our president Macron even said we have no culture WTF, and then you have your neighbours who are like "stop thinking you are the best in Europe, always so snobby". I guess that's why nationalism is raising in France, because you know, that's enough fuckers, it's time for France to rise again. Back to USA, they sound like an amazing people to me, hard workers and party freaks, with an unbelievable diversity of opinions and beliefs from an extreme to another. I'm pretty sure hanging out with Americans is a crazy experience!
I actually quite agree with all these stereotypes, I agree Americans are more helpful to strangers. But they also think the universe revolves around them. I also happen to live in the US, some americans think the critique is because of jealousy but its not, I can be an american(one of the other good things about the US, if you culturally act like an american and have that sense of nationalism many accept you), but i dont want to be an american, americans are quite arrogant people. For instance when I was in Turkey and flying an airplane, an american boy told me " there is a space up there in the overhead for you" I didnt quite understand him, and I said what, which might have sounded aggressive in english, the proper response was "I beg your pardon" however this old american guy in the front seat yelled aggressively, I didnt quite understand what he said but he was clearly being racist. The thing is I dont need to know the intricacies of the politeness of the english, at least when I am not in the US. So overall, I dislike americans because, they are defensive, rude, racist and in fact all the stereotypes in this video is correct, I had so many bad experiences with them that I actually find it refreshing when they experience discrimination abroad.
@@sinsinsinat5377 Certain Americans listen. Certain Americans wish to understand the perspectives of others. I hope you find peace in your life for the years to come. Kindest regards - An American.
What they told about egoistic culture is so true. For them it's not like, "I'm right" but more like "Only I'm right". The classic American mentality is doing things in their "own way" but not realizing it's not the "only way". I think that's how they are being raised which is absolutely ridiculous.
Sorry but it's ingrained in our culture. We like to be different. Years of isolationism and then two world wars and a cold war impacted our psyche. It's part of our culture to think that the rest of the world is backwards and were different. To be honest we stole that mentality from the British.
That even goes for the mainstream's attitude toward American subcultures like the Native Americans, the Amish, or certain people's attitudes about people from other parts of the country or even other parts of their own state.
Americans are generally really likeable guys, never had an argument with them. But they seem too naive sometimes. In Florence some american girls set on fire an house because they didn't know how to cook pasta: they just took the raw pasta and put it to cook...without water. You can imagine the rest.
I think the geography issue comes down to the state/school district your schools were in. Better school districts had better teachers, better curriculums, better statewide testing. Washington/Oregon/Massachusetts/Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine/Delaware have a good handle on world geography.
Most countries have way more serious regional differences than our mostly English speaking nation. We're hardly regionally diverse compared to alot of countries in the world.
Speaking prescriptively from a Californian perspective, "South California" and "North California" are terms that should never be used. They aren't common exonyms and most certainly are not endonyms like "Southern California" and "North California" are. Also, "South California" reads like a pseudo-calque of Baja California, causing even more bedlam for people who know the history of the name "California." More elegant shortenings (which are regularly used here anyway) are SoCal and NorCal IMHO.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten Honestly all that stuff would be considered offensive in the US and you can get in trouble for saying that stuff. Stereotyping people especially racial groups is not accepted here. In the comedy world it can have some acceptance, but more so if the person is of the group they are stereotyping. A lot of people like to generalize the US and think they know something about Americans, but you won’t know this country and culture well unless you grew up here.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten I and many Americans also have to work on the stereotypes we have of the rest of the world. As I meet so many people from around the world, I learned that one thing can’t define a culture or a country. There’s so many different narratives and experiences. I appreciate you being open-minded.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten Meh. I mean Americans notice and recognize different ethnic groups as that as they even hold holidays for them. But it really depends on where you live in the U.S. as some cities aren’t all that diverse and some cities are very diverse.
1. Yes but in a good way, we are also very friendly 2. No. I have never met anyone who thinks Africa is a country, we know geography, those shows pick out the idiots 3. No, at least where I live we don’t see almost any fat people. Everyone I know eats very healthy, fast food is if you are in a hurry and need a cheeseburger to go, not speaking for everyone lol 4. Not everyone but HELL YEAH WE GOT OUR GUNS! Guns are fun and help protect you and your family(PS, There is no such thing as an assault rifle, its an armalite rifle. Assault is an action, not an adjective) 5. Absolutely, thats why we are the richest nation. You can pretty much do anything as long as it’s not illegal 6. No, but a side effect of our power means we focus on our subjects a lot more than the rest of the world. 7. For the most part yes, but I know a few people who know another language 8. Yes! We love to talk and hang out even with strangers Most annoying stereotype: I hate it when other countries act like we are just a bunch of obese idiots who cant find countries on a map or spell correctly. TV does a good job at picking out the idiots in a crowd.
I totally agree about your ignorance of geography. But it's for a reason. Your schools don't teach you that stuff. Some American teachers no nothing about other countries. In European schools though since the age of 7 we learn about all the continents in a map and we think it's very important to know those things. It all starting with the schools.
in my elementary school one teacher gave us a map of the US and kept having us fill it out. some teacher teach it a bit but not really, so i think its mainly because they dont teach it unless where learning a topic placed in the area
I agree that might be part of the problem, but in Portugal, for example, we learn about the continents but besides that we learn mostly about European countries. People usually gather information about other countries on their own, the schools also don't teach us about countries from South America or Asia, etc. However, most people know relatively well where most of the countries are, with some exceptions, of course, we don't know where every single country is exacly. But at least we know the continent for sure. Americans don't have a clue about where a lot of important countries are. It's not only their fault, but it's also their fault in the sense that they don't search for it and they usually think they don't need it because they are American. Of course this is a generalization. There are a lot of educated people in the US who know these things. Usually the same people who don't think America is the center of the world. Surely a very important country though. Culturally and economically. Socially most of Europe is a lot more developed.
@@SprayCannon. New York. I mean, not a lot of people. But definitely some. Also there couldnt be a lot because i didnt say where i was from to a lot of people 😂
Happy Thursday Marina! As a Hispanic American born in Miami, Florida I approve this video 😉 and for me English and Spanish are spoken everyday and I do speak Italian too but not used often like English and Spanish. Also, I consider myself someone who's calm, laid-back, and easygoing so I'm the complete opposite of obnoxious. What's ironic is that I ate Taco Bell 🌮🥤 the other day and lately Taco Bell 🌮🥤 has been growing on me 😂 as it has been a rarity for me. Marina, I hope we can meet each other one day and stay safe and stay breathtaking ❤
When he said he speaks bits of 21-22 languages, knowing how much Americans are full of themselves, he knows 5 words/ phrases, in other languages: hi, bye, how much does it cost, thank you.
Some obvious stereotypes not mentioned here: • Religious • Patriotic and flag-waving • Drive big cars • Cannot do metric • Watch lots of superficial television
Raegan pissed me off with her mayo answers. So fake, and denied being fake with the most fake answers 😂 we all know she won’t tolerate any criticism of America and Americans. “America is perfect!”
The fast food one is a direct reflection of income inequality & how fast food is cheaper than healthier options. Along with what they said about our “hustle culture” & always being on the go, our mentality about food is an oversight when it comes to working that we no longer take care of our health because the capitalist viewpoint of remaining busy & productive all the time. For some individuals with income inequality, they must do so in order to survive & feed their families, which results in being overweight/obesity.
I am from the US and I live in Costa Rica. Many non-Costa Ricans visiting think I am from Canada because I am not very loud and am reserved when I first meet people. I even met several Canadians who say I am more Canadian whatever that means.Ha
One of the girls was saying how people who travel less don't know geography that well. Not to be funny but if you ask a lot of Europeans (besides maybe some from Western countries) where certain countries are located they would at least have a rough idea, regardless how much they travel. You can find an average, poor Easter European who has barely ever travelled outside of their home country and I'm certain they'd be better at geography then average Americans and British, for example, who can afford to travel around, or at least in most cases. Although the UK has become worse it still hasn't passed the US (since someone falsely mentioned that). But I do hope that people start chosing healthier options, as mentioned by Raegan, and not just in the US but anywhere. I, honestly, love the part about dreaming big, admirations to Americans for that! Also, nice to hear that there are people who have made a huge effort to learn other languages, I think that's super cool. Overall, I think, like people from any other country, we shouldn't judge a whole nation just by what we see from the media, what their leaders are doing or what their educational system is like. I'd like to say that the few Americans I've met were pretty amazing people and were able to leave a very good and positive impression on me.
As an American, I must tell everyone that Americans did not need a passport to travel to the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico before 9/11. I know people who visited like 20 nations without a passport. Now most everyone I know has one.
I’m from the UK and I had to learn Spanish and French in school since they are common languages. I learnt Russian and German on the side because I loved those languages.
Most people keep forgetting that America has 50 states which are basically 50 individual countries with different personalities, traits, laws, and cultures. Most people probably only go to New York or California and believe that they visited all of America.
1. Loud and obnoxious - broadly, generally.. mostly true.. but we don't mean any harm. 2. Geography - Not really.. keep in mind we're a self contained country on the other side of the world. We don't NEED to know the ins and outs of every little gergraphical fact. Many people never really leave their home state. When we do, we learn as well as anyone what we need to know 3. Fast Food and obese - Not everyone of course.. but too many. 4. Guns - Depends on where you are of course. I personally know several people who could equip a military platoon. No exaggeration. And I'm not that into gun culture. Yeah we're packing. 5. Optimistic/Dream Big - I guess? Shouldn't everyone be optimistic? 6. Center of the universe - Well politically/economically.. we are. Have been since WWII. Sorry. That's slowly changing I guess. Is that change good? We'll see. 7. English - Again.. big isolated country most of us never leave. We don't NEED to speak anything else. Of course there's Spanish. But moving on.. 8. Superficial/small talk. - Probably more or less true. I'm a shy introvert who hates crowds. When I went to Scotland after two weeks I felt like the most outgoing open person there. By comparison. 9. Most annoying stereotype - Probably that's we're all racist. To whatever extent we are, it's no more or less than any other nation or people on the planet. 10. World - I dunno.. we're really just like everyone else. Literally because we ARE everyone else. That's what being a nation of immigrants is. .
Марина, какая ж ты молодец! Такую важную вещь делаешь! Я все твои видео смотрю с бесконечным интересом. И английский по ним учу заодно ;) Спасибо тебе огромное!!
One thing I've learned about Americans after living here for more than 2 years is that they're very independent and if they have an opinion they hold onto it no matter what
It depends on the high school. My high school didn't require a foreign language so I didn't take one but they offered it. I don't like Spanish or French I'd rather learn Swedish and Russian and Finnish instead.
I absolutely love your videos! but I honestly think you could double your views if you splurged a bit on better lighting :D I don't know what it is, but as soon as a video looks 'professional' it seems that more people are willing to watch it
I have lived in both the US and the UK. In the USA, people are chatty, more open to talking to strangers, easygoing, and mostly very humble. Yes, they love fast food, because of the convenience and yes, lots of my peers didn't know about my country and where it was on map. And yes, they are mostly optimistic.
It’s a big state, so there’s a big difference in the two halves. But we say Northern California and Southern California (not north and south). That said, most Americans who aren’t from California don’t make the distinction.
There are some cultural differences between people in San Francisco and Los Angeles, so that's what most people assume are Northern and Southern California. However, people in both major cities would prefer to keep California as one state.
Historically we've had major cultural differences. These were two of the first states in the country (of the original 13 colonies), and the people had just developed different enough cultures to split into North and South. I've lived in both, but NC is home.
When I was in Europe, the fattest, loudest people I saw were Germans. Second loudest were italians, but they were very fit. But, at the airport, going back to the States, I could defnitely tell the Americans at boarding gates: Pretty overweight in general. The slimmest people I saw there were the Danes - and very tall. I have no problem with open, expressive, friendly people, as an American. Just keep your politics to yourself, unless you are directly asked for an opinion. But, even if asked, reply as if you are in someone else's house, because you are. On guns: A lot of people own guns, but you'd never know it as a foreign visitor who might be engaging with any typical American. 20 million Americans now have a license to carry a weapon concealed upon their person. Another 40 million own guns that they do not carry. These include handguns and hunting arms of many types. There are NO ASSAULT RIFLES in private ownership unless that person has a special Federal Registration Permit. Usually, that would be a collector or a private business that trains officers and security personnel. You cannot just go into a gunshop and buy an assaut rifle. They don't even sell them unless allowed to by Special Permit. Just because a gun may LOOK like an assault rifle doesn't mean that it can function as one. There are many laws and ordinances that regulate where people may carry and under what circumstances they may draw their weapon. Law abiding Americans will obey those laws - which qualifies them as "law abiding." Gun violence is not necessarily connected to the amount of gun ownership, but is connected to those who are already criminals, and who most likely have a stolen gun. Modifying a gun to function as an automatic or assault type action is strictly forbidden and carries Federal penalties. Only criminals do this, but even that is rare, unless that gun came into the United States via Mexico. It is a Myth that America is the most violent country in the world. The truth is easy to search. It is actually, given its population, pretty safe if you pick your neighborhood. If you are a tourist, stay out of the inner cities, don't come here and hang around seedy clubs, and you'll be fine.
My boyfriend's family are hunters and they own guns, yes, but they're not just running around waiting to shoot someone haha. For some reason people think us Americans are crazy people running around swinging guns just hoping to kill, we really aren't! Most of the time we don't wanna have to use our weapons and it's actually illegal to shoot first warning after unless they're armed too..you're supposed to tell them to leave and if they don't you still often times aren't supposed to shoot unless you have to. Guns are more so for show, hunting, or as a visual threat..not to go around downing people. And ironically I've barely seen anyone overweight? Could be a difference in location in the country. Everyone seems to be mostly either a heathy weight or stick.
I remember when I was a kid, many people in my country or might be even others think Americans are naturally "Karens" yet kind or friendly. Which is even long before the word "Karen" boom the internet.😂😂
325 million of us.... you name the personality trait and it’s here ... we’re more like 50 little countries... and FYI until recently you didn’t need a passport to get into Mexico or Canada, just a state ID
I'm glad they showed a variety of Americans and not only one demographic!! Truthfully, I wouldn't have guessed that guy was from Kansas. I don't I ever met a person from Kansas.
at first, I assumed that every American has traveled before. I never realized that there were Americans who've never traveled and don't even know where other countries are. it's quite shocking
What people miss about Americans is that people from different parts of the country have totally different lifestyles, accents, values, social norms/behaviors, ect. Just remember we are 33 million people and not 1 stereotype can ever fit that many people we are all very different. Most of the stereotypes in this are really true in some places and not really true in others so it kinda varies. The geography part is mostly true tho. I do know Americans who are super ignorant when it comes to other countries cultures, social behaviors, ect and it can come off as a superiority complex or rude expecally when they are the loud type (a few do have a superitory complex). Americans who tend to travel overseas more often usually are much more aware and interested in other cultures and lifestyles in different cultures. Basically it is hard to put us all under one umbrelle is what i'm saying. The gun one is not true tho, in some regions like the south, yeah they all do but up north in more liberal areas not really, around 3% of the adult population owns over half the guns. Most Americans you meet will all be different from eachother but the stereotypes are hilarious I love them.
I think the American version of this was the best because the American basically just said yea thats true and had fun with it. We know the world hates us so we just go with the flow
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I had a funny conversation with my best who is an international student from China.
He asked what the stereotype “basic white girl” meant. I described it to him. He laughed and said in China, there’s a Chinese girl stereotype equivalent to it.
They’re called “Green Tea Bitches.” He proceeded to describe the stereotype of a basic white girl perfectly but instead of Star Bucks, the Chinese girl stereotype drinks green tea instead but otherwise acts the exact same.
What is a basic white girl?
@@JW-uy2on A basic white girl refers to a teenage girl who is obsessed with Starbucks. A basic white girl usually wears leggings, converse or uggs, and scrunchies.
I know what you mean..绿茶婊. But I feel like the connotation is different? "Green Tea Bitches" mean women who look and act pure and nice but actually are cheaters/homewreckers/sell their bodies. Basic white girl feels more harmless.
Lol and the Texan and Maine guy almost felt like they were competing to be the loudest in the room
We have the same stereotype in Mexico , we normally call the whitexicans
I think this video was really balanced, and I liked how people weren’t afraid to disagree with each other
OMG I almost spit my water out when the guy said "we are definitely the biggest country, so it makes sense" and you put the clip of laughing Putin in there.. lol! JT should've followed since Canada is the second largest country after Russia... Also, that totally proved the "geography" stereotype right there ;D
aMerIcAnS ArE nOt tHat BaD iN GEogRaPHy
not even the second, sometimes I can't tell if they're saying it in an ironic tone hahahaha
me too!
@Armando Martinez
Some lists put China before America. Because they include Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
They really need to invest in education. Not the smartest people in the world.
When you're from a big country, not owning a passport is pretty normal. In my country, if you're poor, you will probably never touch an airplane in your life. So there is not point.
Yes, but America is the Mecca or center of capitalism, whose military and political power are shared among its Western European partners,
Imagine that the Rome of today does not expand its capitalist domain beyond the financial one, and that is where China and Russia can make a difference, do what they did with China and send it their technology. Instead of Latin America, which is now sent its cheap labor to it illegally, I think China came out smarter and now they will be forced to truly compete politically, economically, militarily and even culturally because the gringos are frowned upon morally.
Being from a big country doesn't equal to not owning a passport. Canadians and Russians do travel overseas way more than American.
The thing is America has nearly every climate on his soil so that point may validate the relative low percentage of passport owners
@@muramasarfs9970
“ Canadians and Russian travel obviously way more than Americans”.
=> Correct about Canadians (66% of population having passports) but WRONG about Russians. It is estimated that 60% of Russians have never been abroad.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/04/10/60-of-russians-have-never-been-outside-cis-poll-says-a33827
And like the video states, the number of passport owners in the US is around 42%. It used to be much lower because traveling to Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean countries didn’t require passports back in the 1990s. And the reason why Canadians are more prone (or have the desire) to international traveling is because Canada, like Australia, is more isolated with half of its population being spread out in the North. And plus, Canada has a more generous paid-time off policy and it is cheaper to travel to Europe from eastern Canada than , for example, California.
@@muramasarfs9970 Canada has large population of recent immigrants and most Canadians live close to the US border. They would need passports more.
The thing about most U.S. Citizens not owning passports is that not everyone is capable of dropping hundreds on a plane ticket then travel expenses and not everyone is able to take off from work for weeks on end. Personal time off isn't as common in the U.S. as it is in most other countries.
Yeah. We'd love to explore but America makes it difficult to do so
Lost it at 10:10, when he says, "You drive two hours in Texas, and you're in the same spot." BWAHAHAHA!!! So true!
Back in the sixties nearly half of my trip from Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo to my home in Ohio was spent in Texas.
I am both an immigrant and American and this video made me laugh so much! When I first arrived in the US as a child, all of these attributes stood out and I found them incredibly foreign and strange.
But fast forward 20yrs later--after having lived and worked in several states and done international work--and I found some of these qualities, endearing.
Especially the one about being idealistic, optimistic and can-do in mindset. That is such a beautiful quality and I would argue, one that has made a profound difference to my life.
I have accomplished much that I doubt I would have been able to accomplish anywhere else. And people here have been not just extremely supportive of my growth and success, but also deeply appreciative and generous.
I know that good people exist in every culture--I meet them everywhere!--but Americans till this very day, have been some of the most big hearted people I have ever met. Outsized in their ideas of self, but also outsized in their regard for others.
And that gives me hope.
Thank you for this video! It was hilarious and heart warming ❤
From the few Americans that I've met in my life I could, hands down, say that this is the sort of vibe they left, as mentioned above. I love them for that!
I'm not an American but the whole world always critizing Americans is fucking annoying. It's good to read a comment of someone who actually came to USA and had a good experience. They sound like amazingly generous people.
I'm American and this comment warms my heart, glad to hear your experience here has been good. Much love from Illinois :)
Loved the subtle cross-country seating arrangement of Nissa (West Coast), Michael (Central) & Jessica (East Coast)
Same here, + I found Michael really cute 👉🏼👈🏼
This was good to watch. I'm American living in Australia. I learned a lot about American values and about my culture from just being away from it all, and it's so true.
Things like being risk takers, valuing individualism and indepenency, or even trying new things and if it fails, we're still optimistic about it.
You can NOT go to Wal-Mart and buy ANY gun with out an ID. Every gun purchase is predicated on a clear background check.
Ive never seen walmart with these so called assault rifles. Just shotgun deer rifles and 22s
Agreed
The fact that you can even buy guns in a damn supermarket is crazy to us, non USians
This was so fun to watch even though I’m American (from Texas, California and Hawaii). I’ve heard ALL of these stereotypes when I lived in Prague and have had these same confirm/dispel type conversations with the people I met; all mostly fun conversations.
I’m american from Brazil
The bad stereotypes I’ve read somewhere : ignorant about the rest of the world, arrogant/rude, confrontational/violent. The good ones are: open, truthful, fearless etc Great content.
Americans in my experience ( been to the states over 10 times ) are open, curious, friendly and waaay more individualistic then most other nations!
Awww, lived in Prague? Greetings from Czech! Did u have stereotypes about us too? :D
I- those are literally the three most different states.
Im so glad he discovered Luxembourg 😂😂 my family still thinks I live in France.
Next steeeep : discover the existence of Andorra and Liechtenstein!
Letzebuerg !!!!!
@@cernunnos5727 a Kraaft! 💪💪
@@linanafie8571 dat souwiesou
as an American my school has paid off, i know where all 3 are!!!!!!!!
My american aunt still thinks my cousin lives in Russia( he lives in Luxemburg )
Lol I love how he doesn't know Belgium, but loves French fries.
Potatoes are from the Americas. Also fried potatoes are Peruvian technically
@@greenmachine5600 I know, but that's not the point lol.
@@greenmachine5600 There is a theory that potatoes come from the Polynesian triangle which were brought to South America by the Polynesians. I don't have the links to prove it (you can easily find it on the internet), but research suggests certains types of potatoes come from Polynesian islands and genetically they are many similarities and/or are the same. Tests have been also done to sail from Polynesian islands to modern day Chile with just a customized boat.
Potatoes come from Chile actually
I remember learning about the mix up. American soldiers started calling them french fries because they believed they we're still in France. They we're actually in Southern Belgium the boarder where the locals speak french.
You can NOT buy a gun at Walmart in Florida or anywhere else for that matter without an ID and background check.
That lady obviously knows next to nothing about buying guns.
I love you, my dear Americans, with all good and bad sides of you. Americans are one of the nicest nations in the world and I am very happy to live in the US and call this my home now. Plus I come from a country where people are also very loud and blunt, but not that optimistic or nice. I never even knew people consider Americans loud and obnoxious. I used to hate the small talk where no one seems to care about how you feel, but I soon realized that's not always true and plus it is also nice to have some random person on the street greeting you
Even though we hear about Americans everyday, turns out this is the most actual video we all needed! Thank you!
8:32 He's just proven for the second time that other stereotype about geography as right for himself. :P
I did a road trip in US, some asked "where you from?" "we were like "brazil" and they were like "nice!!" but they really didn't know where brazil is lol, I was passing by a small texas city, a lady asked me if Brazil was inside Australia.......
I used to buy a lot of wrong imagery about America, until I start working in tourism and find Americans are the nicest foreign customers I've ever had
I was very unlucky. I work in the tourism industry and I found them quite arrogant. But I'm sure it was just not good luck, probably there are some nice American tourists out there lol
@@gabriellamorabozzo3604 there are. I'm not adoring them, I'm just saying that all of American tourists I've taken are good and generous people
Beware of their southern hospitality, those are not genuine
I've been working with mostly US tourists in Europe for more than a decade and in my experience if I were to chose a nationality I'd probably go for the US too. Occasionally there're some crazy short tempered idiots, but for the most part I've found them very cheerful, accommodating and generous. I wonder if they behave "worse" in the Americas where they may feel more at ease and entitled, but I am just starting to speculate here.
As a American not all of us are assholes.
how one of the questions wasn't "there are a lot of Karens in USA"
Honestly that would've been the funniest question
That would be like a false truth or myth question that will never be put on this new Dating Beyond Borders video.
there's a lot of karens everywhere, you just need some middle age entitled wench that has a decent income to be a Karen
SMH… I’m American and feel so embarrassed when I hear some of the answers my fellow Americans give. I swear we aren’t all dumb. The majority of us know that Europe is a continent and not a country. Plus, most of us know that the U.S. is neither the largest country, nor the center of the universe. Good lord, so sorry everyone! Lol
You don't have to apologize.
I’m glad this video highlighted positive things about America too.
So often when speaking about our county to people from elsewhere, it’s often a negative conversation
Ive visted the US for 2 months and a half and for sure they love small talk! They could approach me and say that they love my jacket, I have nice hair etc. Or when their little kid was staring at me they said oh he likes you hahaha like this. I was shy when it happened because in my country we dont really talk to strangers. But definitely loved how friendly they were! I felt welcomed and got good impressions of Americans. More friendly and fun than bad stereotypes.
this video proved a lot of these stereotypes 😂
Exactly 😂 especially the way the ladies explained the stereotypes 😂😂
if any thing that's probably it
It didn't. What it proved is that a certain socioeconic class of Americans are stereotypically similar. Most Americans who travel internationally are usually wealthy or from stable upper-middle class families. I definitely did not get along with most of the Americans I met while traveling and I basically grew up in this country. They were all the same, save one or two, entirely unlike the people I went to school and work with. After traveling within the US, I realized that the US populace is definitely underepresented in media. Only certain types of people get shown.
Bingo!
Um, in what way?
A whole adult just found out about Belgium and Luxembourg!?!? Wtf 😳
Some Americans don't even know where Germany is LOLLLL
Cant we all just get along and respect each other. Why so rude?
He's not of European descent so he obviously doesn't know Europe that well. I'm Polish-American so I know the geography of Europe like the back of my hand.
@@juliaj7939 I'm African and I have heard of those countries. Being from another continent is not an excuse. He is just ignorant.
@@juliaj7939 I am from South Asia and I can literally name practically any country in any continent. I may get confused between some but I still know their names lmao
Moved from Seattle to Singapore during high school. Went back to see my old teachers and friends. Saw my high school geography and world history teacher asked me where in China is Singapore.... Americans do not know geography....
Edit: I know that not every single American is ignorant about geography, but having been born and raised in the US, I can definitely say that the stereotype exists for a reason, one way or another.
It also depends on the state or how rich ur district/county is bc some states have better education than other states and poorer districts/counties tend to have worse education systems.
Many people I know, know a lot about geography. Y’all can’t just generalize 330,000,000 people that come from all over the world
Speak for yourself and your poorly educated teacher
That's scary that the _teachers_ didn't know.
I’m American and never heard a teacher say something so ignorant
I’m from the U.K. , I’ve been to the USA once to Chicago , I didn’t find the Americans I met there loud or Obnoxious, very friendly and warm , even strangers greeted me in the street .
The geography and language ones while true are also misleading I feel, because it's really just down to our school system for not encouraging us to learn those things. I'm excellent at geography because travel is my thing and I wanted to be able to find every country on a map, but while that's something you can kind of learn on your own, languages are so much harder. I've tried to do online language learning, and it's just completely lacking the in person practice that you need, and we just don't get that in school. I spent a decade learning Spanish in school and the best I can do is read it halfway decently but I can't speak it or completely understand it spoken. It's not always for lack of want that Americans don't know those things, it's just not easily accessible.
Brennna, I completely agree. I wish there was more emphasis in school in the US put on teaching geography and the encouragement of learning more than one language beyond it being required to take two years of a foreign language in high school In order to have enough credits to graduate in some states.
I had a class in high school that was called world geography
the politician doesn't want you and the rest of u.s citizens to mastering at geography, because they're afraid you'll be sue them for what they're doing to another country in the world
Comprehensible input. Just watch a bunch of Spanish tv and film with Spanish subtitles on
@@javacova2096 Actually it’s because geography is oftentimes irrelevant to current events/history. You don’t need to know the latitude and longitude of Armenia to know about the Armenian genocide.
I love how they sat them just in the geographical order: West Coast, Middle America, East Coast
Very subtle 😄
This is definitely an interesting time to make a video about Americans, but I felt it might also be a perfect time to shed some spotlight on the US. What stereotypes did you have about Americans prior to the video? Did it change your mind or reaffirm what you already knew?
Also, for the Central/South Americans out there who will crowd the comments with "We are all Americans", yes you all are. But until there is another term invented and used in the media (and no, United Stadian won't do, no matter how good it sounds in Spanish), "Americans" it will be. Please don't waste your efforts in making the same redundant comment, and opt for something more meaningful. Thanks for watching everyone!
America is corrupt and there's lots of police brutality. But a positive stereotype would be that Americans are friendly.
Some Americans are friendly and some are reserved depending on the area
Marina, thanks for mentioning about the word American. So tired of the whiners 🙄
Maybe it'll be easier soon for Canadians, Mexicans, Central Americans, and South Americans to immigrate to the US, and then they can also be full "Americans"
No te preocupes acerca de los llorones que se quejan del término "american". Aun sufren porque los países latinoamericanos llegaron tarde a la independencia de América. De hecho, casi 20 años después de Estados Unidos. Entonces, Mientra ese país ya era una nación independiente que llevaba con orgullo el nombre del continente, el resto de los demás países eran aun territorio español, portugúes, francés u holandés. Pasa que no estudian bien la historia.
She’s so right about the attendance. Heeeeeerrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 😂😂
I'm so lucky I had the education I had. I think a lot of the reason Americans don't learn other languages or geography is because our media are so insular - we get practically no news from other countries, the focus is always "America first". I also feel like the people who end up on the videos are probably already a little more worldly than the average American you'd pick up off the street, otherwise they wouldn't even be in the video!
Big reason is because the majority of us in the U.S. never travel outside the U.S. Unlike people in the EU, for instance, where traveling and experiencing other cultures is normal
@@VIP_World That's because America is so large. But honestly, you don't have to travel to learn about foreign languages or cultures, it's a failure of our media by not including them.
Our media should include other countries rather than america like i just wanna learn more about their life-
No, it’s because they don’t really teach languages at a young age like that. They barely teach you and then they actually teach you when it’s an Highschool credit. Depending on the school is, the better education. More kids attend public schools so they get worse education. And then to top it off you have the rankings of class. A normal class, honors, AP and so on. Many people just take the average class because you can still get into a college or university mixed with an honors class. And honors class is just slightly more work than the average class. Then here comes the education requirements. You have to chose certain classes to help you become what you want to be in the future. And then most of the time, knowing another language fluently isn’t required. You need a certain amount of language credits to graduate. But since you can take other language classes and you don’t have to focus on one, you can just learn the basics of only 2 languages. It’s the easy way on graduating. Because of the education system and how it’s built around BASED ON WHAT YOU WANT TO BE thats just how it goes. If you want to be a doctor, they’re not going to make it so you take all these other classes that’s not necessary for you to become a doctor. If you want to be a mathematician, they’re not going to make you study psychology. If you want to be an author, they’re not going to make you take construction. Knowing a language fluently isn’t required so nobody goes for that if it’s not meant to help them become successful. Geography is a required course so the question is why are Americans so stupid on geography? Geography is like the first course you take in Highschool. And usually you have to be really good in geography already if you want to already be admitted in a better geography class. It’s like showing you are worthy which most of the time in your freshmen year, that won’t happen. And an average geography class in Highschool, knowing how flags look isn’t mandatory. Almost nothing is mandatory in an average class in a public school. So you know what they’ll do? They won’t teach it to you. Geography isn’t an EOC course (an end of the year exam.) In geography they’re more worried about the basics that you should have known in elementary. But in elementary they usually teach you barely anything. And because it’s been 4 years since you were in elementary many Americans will already forget these kind of things. Especially since school isn’t that long considering we have 8 days at the least per month out of school. At the most around 3 weeks for the holidays. Oh and then about 2 months for the summer break. Not to mention in elementary you don’t have to study almost not at all. In middle school you barely get into the habit. In freshman year they’re trying to get you into the habit and because Geography and language is like the first courses you take, they make it super easy for you. Therefore of course Americans are going to be stupid in these areas because they get so much free time, a lot less requirements, and they get the choice of education. For someone to sit there and know another language fluently, they either have other family members that know the language fluently and learned it young, or they studied the language because only one language was available for them in there school, or they’re dream career requires them to learn more than one language, or they’re just genuinely interested in the language so they used there Highschool credits on that rather than taking another science class, or computer class to help with there dream job.
I learned geography in elementary school AND high school. Not sure why the ppl in the video don't know geography, but as an American, I think it's pretty pitiful.
Putin laughing 😂👍🏼 hello from Russia))
That was hilarious!!! 😅
Lol you can not buy an "assault rifle" at Walmart without an ID learn the laws of your own country
You forgot the fact that Americans live and die by our sports teams!!! It shocked every exchange student that I met in high school or college.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten no, bad grades cut you from the team
Nah, I only watch ufc occasionally. Many Americans don’t watch sports, being overly invested in something like football is cringe.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten it's not necessarily a matter of intelligence. While it is illegal to pay college athletes they find ways around this by giving them gifts and paying for tutors. When an athlete at a top school has a good chance at playing professionally, his education matters little because he will likely be making millions the day he signs a contract. I had a friend in college who would tutor some of the athletes. They basically paid him cash to do their homework. The top universities make money hand over fist from the athletes so they will do anything to make sure their GPAs are good enough to remain eligible to play.
@@brymcw I heard you only need a C and up. And technically you just got to take easy courses. And the easy courses are so friggin easy. And it won’t even matter if your dream is football.
Me, an American: "It's true. All of it. It's all true."
Nah, I personally don't think all of it is true, but I could confirm, I am a loudmouth.
HAHAHHAHAHAHWHJAJENANSKWNANJM. True
Trout, did you borrow that quote from Star Wars?
@@reineh3477 Maybe.
Me as an American: Not very true.
Thank you for the video. It's interesting to see how you see yourselves. Stereotyping cultures is usually a wrong thing to do, because trends are never 100% true ...but it can also be a way to improve yourself if you're aware of the pros and the cons of your culture.
Most stereotypes about the US are true, but I find the stereotype that Americans are monolingual to be the most annoying, not because it isn't true but because it isn't applied evenly to every country. America is a large country, which reduces the need to travel. It also only has one language that is spoken in all 50 states. Of course there are minority communities that speak other languages, but English is spoken everywhere there, which reduces the need for English speakers there to learn other languages. We do learn other languages in high school, but we don't retain it because we don't have as much opportunity or need to practice them. If you go to a smaller country or a country with no nationally spoken language, it's more necessary for those residents to learn more than one language. The same thing applies to Russia and China. The vast majority of them are monolingual, but Americans are the only ones who get criticized for it.
Yes, the best way to learn a language is the opportunity or need to practice it. I come from Germany and a lot of people here learn English because they can use it all over the world. But only a few people learn another language, e.g. that of one of our neighboring countries. Here many assume that everyone else in these countries understands German.
@@onkelkeule652 So true. I moved to China back in 2014, and I needed to learn Chinese to do anything because it was very difficult to communicate otherwise. However, when I moved to Cambodia in 2018 I found it harder to learn Khmer than Chinese because it wasn't as necessary to speak Khmer in order to get around. It was very easy to get around Cambodia while speaking English, and even when I tried to speak Khmer with locals they would respond in English. Of course after I left China I forgot much of the Chinese I had learned because I didn't need to or have much opportunity to practice it.
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Thank you.
Yeah when one of the people said we aren’t pushed to learn another language, that’s a lie. You have to take a foreign language class to graduate high school; the reason a lot of people are monolingual is because they forget it.
I live in France and with the exception of being loud, all these things describe French people as well, as least Parisians.
@Anthrax the bacterium Not obese, but ignorant, at least in a self centric way? For sure.
@Anthrax the bacterium you're cringe.
I think many Europeans do not realize that the United States is literally a bunch of States, the size of countries. Its basically 50 countries all grouped together and each State has unique culture.
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That's what I see, each state has its own self-determination, although there is an inter-state pact with the federal government, and the federal reserve, whose owners are not from the government are powerful rich people
Most American states don't have unique culture.
@@mypanexogamouslineage965 At least it can be said that despite speaking one language it has different cultural aspects, on the other hand in Latin America the variety is greater despite speaking all Spanish
@@mypanexogamouslineage965 ok , what about yours? Culture( Those custom that you share with your state peers) and your own culture or education I am interested in a brief answer, I would like to have an idea please
As an American, I wanted to say thank you for this video. I love my country dearly, despite our many problems, and this is first time in my young life where I've felt a sense of shame for being an American. There's been craziness all along the socio-political spectrum, and I've felt a keen sense of other countries laughing at our expense. The saddest thing is the fact that it's not without justification.
We have awful people, just like any other country, and it's unfortunate that these people have received most of the press lately. I, along with most of the people I know, just want to live normally without all this mess. It's an unprecedented time for sure, and I've struggled to recognize the place I've called home for most of my life this past year and into this one. It can be difficult to wade through the media mire, but I'd like to encourage everyone who wants to know more to do so. What's made America truly great was the fact we were built on a multitude of other cultures that were all willing to dwell in one place and cooperate.
We are not laughing in Europe we are terrified. What many US-Americans don't seem to realize is that all the other countries in the world don't only look at you just because of your films and music industry but because you are the largest economy in the world and have the most powerful military on earth. The Dollar is the lead currency, you dominate institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. You are a giant and when you f* up and go down you will take the world with you. I wished more Americans were aware what a huge responsibility they have toward the world when they vote. But most people think US elections are just about the US.
@@solokom I didn't consider that. What happens here does have global implications. At the very least, the election is over. I can't pretend to know what will happen next, but I have no doubt everyone is watching.
@@solokom Most of not all countries only think about themselves. Don’t act like Germany, France, or the UK’s citizens worry about how their actions affect other countries. You’re just being an internet optimist.
@@JohnSmith-yf5bk you are totally missing the point. The named countries are no Imperiums like the US is. Their influence is really weak in comparison.
@@solokom that's just a question of scale. The choices of the UK, Greece, Germany, etc have quite a bit of influence within the EU. Are they totally benevolent toward one another, to where one country will sacrifice for another without complaint or expectation of return? That actually happens more than you'd think between US states, as there are definitely some states that take a lot of money from the government and others that give a lot to it, and it generally doesn't come up until the takers start whining about the givers wanting more help
As "fun" as it is for everyone to take the piss out of Americans in the comments section, there are actual positive characteristics as well about Americans (besides being optimistic and dreaming big): Americans don't mind helping strangers. Americans are innovative. Americans are creative. Americans don't mind being unique or individualistic. Americans have a soft spot in our hearts for the little guy. For the most part, when we care about how someone is doing, it's sincere.
Yeah, other countries have stereotypes on this RUclips Channel, but those stereotypes tend to be way more benign, "the French are romantic!" "the Germans love order," "the English are stoic," etc. Meanwhile, "Yeah the Americans are fat, loud, obnoxious, dumb, and don't travel." "Oh - enjoy our channel, and don't take it personally!"
Seriously? What's next? "Americans hate puppies?"
I'm French and hate all these stereotypes about Americans (ask a French where is Costa Rica on a map, or even some Eastern Europe country, ROFL). I think USA has such a huge influence that we know - or think we know - a lot about it, and feel like we can judge it, like it's not just stereotypes but the truth, despite most of the Europeans have never been overseas.
Actually as a French I understand the feeling of receiving these kind of negative stereotypes, cause we don't only have the "romantic" thing but a lot of "snobby, think they are the best" shit too. That's infuriating, if I had to describe the French mentality nowadays it's "self hatred", seriously everyone in France is always talking about how bad we are in English, how racist we are, how alcoholic we are, our president Macron even said we have no culture WTF, and then you have your neighbours who are like "stop thinking you are the best in Europe, always so snobby". I guess that's why nationalism is raising in France, because you know, that's enough fuckers, it's time for France to rise again.
Back to USA, they sound like an amazing people to me, hard workers and party freaks, with an unbelievable diversity of opinions and beliefs from an extreme to another. I'm pretty sure hanging out with Americans is a crazy experience!
@@oscur_destal Thank you for your refreshing and heartfelt comments. I've been to France twice and found it to be an amazing experience! Take care!
I actually quite agree with all these stereotypes, I agree Americans are more helpful to strangers. But they also think the universe revolves around them. I also happen to live in the US, some americans think the critique is because of jealousy but its not, I can be an american(one of the other good things about the US, if you culturally act like an american and have that sense of nationalism many accept you), but i dont want to be an american, americans are quite arrogant people. For instance when I was in Turkey and flying an airplane, an american boy told me " there is a space up there in the overhead for you" I didnt quite understand him, and I said what, which might have sounded aggressive in english, the proper response was "I beg your pardon" however this old american guy in the front seat yelled aggressively, I didnt quite understand what he said but he was clearly being racist. The thing is I dont need to know the intricacies of the politeness of the english, at least when I am not in the US. So overall, I dislike americans because, they are defensive, rude, racist and in fact all the stereotypes in this video is correct, I had so many bad experiences with them that I actually find it refreshing when they experience discrimination abroad.
@@sinsinsinat5377 Certain Americans listen. Certain Americans wish to understand the perspectives of others. I hope you find peace in your life for the years to come. Kindest regards - An American.
What they told about egoistic culture is so true. For them it's not like, "I'm right" but more like "Only I'm right". The classic American mentality is doing things in their "own way" but not realizing it's not the "only way".
I think that's how they are being raised which is absolutely ridiculous.
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Sorry but it's ingrained in our culture. We like to be different. Years of isolationism and then two world wars and a cold war impacted our psyche. It's part of our culture to think that the rest of the world is backwards and were different. To be honest we stole that mentality from the British.
That even goes for the mainstream's attitude toward American subcultures like the Native Americans, the Amish, or certain people's attitudes about people from other parts of the country or even other parts of their own state.
completely wrong
I'm american. Thank you for this! It was really sweet. 😍😍😍😍
“You can buy a gun at Walmart. No ID. No waiting period.”, yeah... that’s not true, but okay.
Americans are generally really likeable guys, never had an argument with them. But they seem too naive sometimes. In Florence some american girls set on fire an house because they didn't know how to cook pasta: they just took the raw pasta and put it to cook...without water. You can imagine the rest.
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Surely every country has those...?
Not all of us lol
And this is why cooking classes are common in high schools.
Scott Schmit: Ehm.... Noo??
I think the geography issue comes down to the state/school district your schools were in. Better school districts had better teachers, better curriculums, better statewide testing. Washington/Oregon/Massachusetts/Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine/Delaware have a good handle on world geography.
Connecticut and Minnesota also have really good education systems.
This video came at the right time 😂 Like many other countries, the U.S. has some serious regional/cultural differences 👀👀👀 #noshade
Most countries have way more serious regional differences than our mostly English speaking nation. We're hardly regionally diverse compared to alot of countries in the world.
I wish i saw this earlier. I spent alot of time on a comment XD
Honestly... this confirmed my opinions on them😂😂😂
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"You can by a gun at Walmart without and ID". Someone has obviously never actually tried to buy a gun.
Speaking prescriptively from a Californian perspective, "South California" and "North California" are terms that should never be used. They aren't common exonyms and most certainly are not endonyms like "Southern California" and "North California" are. Also, "South California" reads like a pseudo-calque of Baja California, causing even more bedlam for people who know the history of the name "California." More elegant shortenings (which are regularly used here anyway) are SoCal and NorCal IMHO.
Haha! I noticed that too!
Yeah that threw me off
Nobody from Southern California uses NorCal/Socal
@@franciscoantonio5306 they say "socal" on the radio all the time
@@redd5393 the radio!!? 😂
That is true I suppose
I love this! And I love how diverse we are. Thanks 😊
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten Every sense. But definitely ethnically diverse.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten Honestly all that stuff would be considered offensive in the US and you can get in trouble for saying that stuff. Stereotyping people especially racial groups is not accepted here. In the comedy world it can have some acceptance, but more so if the person is of the group they are stereotyping. A lot of people like to generalize the US and think they know something about Americans, but you won’t know this country and culture well unless you grew up here.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten I and many Americans also have to work on the stereotypes we have of the rest of the world. As I meet so many people from around the world, I learned that one thing can’t define a culture or a country. There’s so many different narratives and experiences. I appreciate you being open-minded.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten I think more ethnically because we have holidays dedicated to certain ethnic groups.
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten Meh. I mean Americans notice and recognize different ethnic groups as that as they even hold holidays for them. But it really depends on where you live in the U.S. as some cities aren’t all that diverse and some cities are very diverse.
😂😂I liked this video my american friend said "no we are not loud it is just the way we talk" ... muhahah Putin's laugh 🤣🤣
These stereotypes depend on the person.
1. Yes but in a good way, we are also very friendly
2. No. I have never met anyone who thinks Africa is a country, we know geography, those shows pick out the idiots
3. No, at least where I live we don’t see almost any fat people. Everyone I know eats very healthy, fast food is if you are in a hurry and need a cheeseburger to go, not speaking for everyone lol
4. Not everyone but HELL YEAH WE GOT OUR GUNS! Guns are fun and help protect you and your family(PS, There is no such thing as an assault rifle, its an armalite rifle. Assault is an action, not an adjective)
5. Absolutely, thats why we are the richest nation. You can pretty much do anything as long as it’s not illegal
6. No, but a side effect of our power means we focus on our subjects a lot more than the rest of the world.
7. For the most part yes, but I know a few people who know another language
8. Yes! We love to talk and hang out even with strangers
Most annoying stereotype: I hate it when other countries act like we are just a bunch of obese idiots who cant find countries on a map or spell correctly. TV does a good job at picking out the idiots in a crowd.
I wish everyone could read this comment
I totally agree about your ignorance of geography. But it's for a reason. Your schools don't teach you that stuff. Some American teachers no nothing about other countries. In European schools though since the age of 7 we learn about all the continents in a map and we think it's very important to know those things. It all starting with the schools.
Some American schools teach geography in elementary.
in my elementary school one teacher gave us a map of the US and kept having us fill it out. some teacher teach it a bit but not really, so i think its mainly because they dont teach it unless where learning a topic placed in the area
I agree that might be part of the problem, but in Portugal, for example, we learn about the continents but besides that we learn mostly about European countries. People usually gather information about other countries on their own, the schools also don't teach us about countries from South America or Asia, etc. However, most people know relatively well where most of the countries are, with some exceptions, of course, we don't know where every single country is exacly. But at least we know the continent for sure. Americans don't have a clue about where a lot of important countries are. It's not only their fault, but it's also their fault in the sense that they don't search for it and they usually think they don't need it because they are American.
Of course this is a generalization. There are a lot of educated people in the US who know these things. Usually the same people who don't think America is the center of the world. Surely a very important country though. Culturally and economically. Socially most of Europe is a lot more developed.
Honestly laughed out loud when that guy said what else are we gonna speak, that was funny
"You can buy an 'assault rifle' at a Walmart in FL w/o an ID," ok, so how are you just going to sit there and blatantly lie like that?
i'm italian and a friend of mine who lived in america for a year told me they asked her if italy was next to mexico
@@SprayCannon. You'd be surprised. I went to the US and a lot of people thought Portugal was in South America
@@SprayCannon. New York. I mean, not a lot of people. But definitely some. Also there couldnt be a lot because i didnt say where i was from to a lot of people 😂
Well is it?
This was a nice video. Nice to hear some positive things for once. Thanks
Happy Thursday Marina! As a Hispanic American born in Miami, Florida I approve this video 😉 and for me English and Spanish are spoken everyday and I do speak Italian too but not used often like English and Spanish. Also, I consider myself someone who's calm, laid-back, and easygoing so I'm the complete opposite of obnoxious. What's ironic is that I ate Taco Bell 🌮🥤 the other day and lately Taco Bell 🌮🥤 has been growing on me 😂 as it has been a rarity for me. Marina, I hope we can meet each other one day and stay safe and stay breathtaking ❤
You should have the timeline thing on the player so we know when the next question is coming.
When he said he speaks bits of 21-22 languages, knowing how much Americans are full of themselves, he knows 5 words/ phrases, in other languages: hi, bye, how much does it cost, thank you.
I'm so shocked at how cheap fast food is here in the US. And then to eat healthy now costs an arm and a leg! How does that encourage me to eat better?
If you shop smart at the grocery store and cook your own food, eating healthy can be very cheap.
Not in this crisis.
The two women who said "if you work hard enough" in unison! Love it! How did you find so many Americans in Portugal??
I honestly didn't expect there were so many expats myself!
Some obvious stereotypes not mentioned here:
• Religious
• Patriotic and flag-waving
• Drive big cars
• Cannot do metric
• Watch lots of superficial television
Because those aren't myths. They're facts 🙂
So?
“Anyone who moved here is larger than life”
Me: 17 year old French kid who just quit my 2 year job, eating chips and soda off my stomach at 23:00.
Shout out to the guy from Georgia who kept it real, lol. There were so many mayonnaise answers here.
Raegan pissed me off with her mayo answers. So fake, and denied being fake with the most fake answers 😂 we all know she won’t tolerate any criticism of America and Americans. “America is perfect!”
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What in the world are mayonnaise answers
Mayonnaise?
Haha mayonnaise means white
“But that’s kinda how it goes. We kinda ask our neighbor how their dog is even though we don’t really care.” 😂 😂 😂
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I missed your videos. Hope to see more with generations😘🤩 Hi from Romania dear Marina!
7:54 okay I wonder from where Slovenia and Slovakia just came? I am slovenian and this is the first time I've heard someone describe us as such😂
You are grumpy people 😂
The person who says Americans are loud and obnoxious clearly have never met anyone from Southern Europe.
The fast food one is a direct reflection of income inequality & how fast food is cheaper than healthier options. Along with what they said about our “hustle culture” & always being on the go, our mentality about food is an oversight when it comes to working that we no longer take care of our health because the capitalist viewpoint of remaining busy & productive all the time. For some individuals with income inequality, they must do so in order to survive & feed their families, which results in being overweight/obesity.
Being under the federal poverty line my entire life, I can tell you the statement "fast food is cheaper than healthier options" is patently false.
Americans are cool people and we come from different parts of the us.
I am from the US and I live in Costa Rica. Many non-Costa Ricans visiting think I am from Canada because I am not very loud and am reserved when I first meet people. I even met several Canadians who say I am more Canadian whatever that means.Ha
One of the girls was saying how people who travel less don't know geography that well. Not to be funny but if you ask a lot of Europeans (besides maybe some from Western countries) where certain countries are located they would at least have a rough idea, regardless how much they travel. You can find an average, poor Easter European who has barely ever travelled outside of their home country and I'm certain they'd be better at geography then average Americans and British, for example, who can afford to travel around, or at least in most cases.
Although the UK has become worse it still hasn't passed the US (since someone falsely mentioned that). But I do hope that people start chosing healthier options, as mentioned by Raegan, and not just in the US but anywhere.
I, honestly, love the part about dreaming big, admirations to Americans for that! Also, nice to hear that there are people who have made a huge effort to learn other languages, I think that's super cool.
Overall, I think, like people from any other country, we shouldn't judge a whole nation just by what we see from the media, what their leaders are doing or what their educational system is like. I'd like to say that the few Americans I've met were pretty amazing people and were able to leave a very good and positive impression on me.
It is because one learns the geography of the land one visits. Geography is not stressed typically.
As an American, I must tell everyone that Americans did not need a passport to travel to the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico before 9/11. I know people who visited like 20 nations without a passport. Now most everyone I know has one.
9:15 Isn't that the same for UK, Ireland and Australia as well?
Generally the US and the UK are perceived as less aware of other languages
English speaker culture the UK legacy lo long live the queen and her offspring
I’m from the UK and I had to learn Spanish and French in school since they are common languages. I learnt Russian and German on the side because I loved those languages.
Most people keep forgetting that America has 50 states which are basically 50 individual countries with different personalities, traits, laws, and cultures.
Most people probably only go to New York or California and believe that they visited all of America.
FINALLY! Thank you so much!
1. Loud and obnoxious - broadly, generally.. mostly true.. but we don't mean any harm.
2. Geography - Not really.. keep in mind we're a self contained country on the other side of the world. We don't NEED to know the ins and outs of every little gergraphical fact. Many people never really leave their home state. When we do, we learn as well as anyone what we need to know
3. Fast Food and obese - Not everyone of course.. but too many.
4. Guns - Depends on where you are of course. I personally know several people who could equip a military platoon. No exaggeration. And I'm not that into gun culture. Yeah we're packing.
5. Optimistic/Dream Big - I guess? Shouldn't everyone be optimistic?
6. Center of the universe - Well politically/economically.. we are. Have been since WWII. Sorry. That's slowly changing I guess. Is that change good? We'll see.
7. English - Again.. big isolated country most of us never leave. We don't NEED to speak anything else. Of course there's Spanish. But moving on..
8. Superficial/small talk. - Probably more or less true. I'm a shy introvert who hates crowds. When I went to Scotland after two weeks I felt like the most outgoing open person there. By comparison.
9. Most annoying stereotype - Probably that's we're all racist. To whatever extent we are, it's no more or less than any other nation or people on the planet.
10. World - I dunno.. we're really just like everyone else. Literally because we ARE everyone else. That's what being a nation of immigrants is. .
Not all racist, but 7/10 are for sure.
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Good thing i have a button to translate dif languages.
One thing I've learned about Americans after living here for more than 2 years is that they're very independent and if they have an opinion they hold onto it no matter what
I am in Georgia USA and i am forced to learn two years of a foreign language or ASL (American sign language) in order to go to college for 4 years.
It depends on the high school. My high school didn't require a foreign language so I didn't take one but they offered it. I don't like Spanish or French I'd rather learn Swedish and Russian and Finnish instead.
Huh
I’m British and I love Americans, they seem more happy than us.
I absolutely love your videos! but I honestly think you could double your views if you splurged a bit on better lighting :D I don't know what it is, but as soon as a video looks 'professional' it seems that more people are willing to watch it
I have lived in both the US and the UK. In the USA, people are chatty, more open to talking to strangers, easygoing, and mostly very humble. Yes, they love fast food, because of the convenience and yes, lots of my peers didn't know about my country and where it was on map. And yes, they are mostly optimistic.
In Florida, quite a lot of people spoke Spanish. I learnt Spanish for this reason, too
Genuine question: why is there a separation between North and South California?
Like most rivalries, it is based on very little. 😁 I think the shape of the state lends itself to a north-south rivalry.
It’s a big state, so there’s a big difference in the two halves. But we say Northern California and Southern California (not north and south). That said, most Americans who aren’t from California don’t make the distinction.
There are some cultural differences between people in San Francisco and Los Angeles, so that's what most people assume are Northern and Southern California. However, people in both major cities would prefer to keep California as one state.
Historically we've had major cultural differences. These were two of the first states in the country (of the original 13 colonies), and the people had just developed different enough cultures to split into North and South. I've lived in both, but NC is home.
@@AnthonyAllenJr they're talking about California, not Carolina
When I was in Europe, the fattest, loudest people I saw were Germans. Second loudest were italians, but they were very fit. But, at the airport, going back to the States, I could defnitely tell the Americans at boarding gates: Pretty overweight in general. The slimmest people I saw there were the Danes - and very tall.
I have no problem with open, expressive, friendly people, as an American. Just keep your politics to yourself, unless you are directly asked for an opinion. But, even if asked, reply as if you are in someone else's house, because you are.
On guns: A lot of people own guns, but you'd never know it as a foreign visitor who might be engaging with any typical American. 20 million Americans now have a license to carry a weapon concealed upon their person. Another 40 million own guns that they do not carry. These include handguns and hunting arms of many types.
There are NO ASSAULT RIFLES in private ownership unless that person has a special Federal Registration Permit. Usually, that would be a collector or a private business that trains officers and security personnel. You cannot just go into a gunshop and buy an assaut rifle. They don't even sell them unless allowed to by Special Permit. Just because a gun may LOOK like an assault rifle doesn't mean that it can function as one.
There are many laws and ordinances that regulate where people may carry and under what circumstances they may draw their weapon. Law abiding Americans will obey those laws - which qualifies them as "law abiding." Gun violence is not necessarily connected to the amount of gun ownership, but is connected to those who are already criminals, and who most likely have a stolen gun. Modifying a gun to function as an automatic or assault type action is strictly forbidden and carries Federal penalties. Only criminals do this, but even that is rare, unless that gun came into the United States via Mexico.
It is a Myth that America is the most violent country in the world. The truth is easy to search. It is actually, given its population, pretty safe if you pick your neighborhood.
If you are a tourist, stay out of the inner cities, don't come here and hang around seedy clubs, and you'll be fine.
Really enjoyed the video! Omg the guy from Kansas is so handsome 😍
More americans should be like Adam and Thimoty
I would love a video like that about Canada and the German countries as well.
*German speaking countries, never say to someone from Austria or Switzerland that they are German, they will take it as an insult
No no go ahead and call them German, deep down they know it's true ;)
@@coolmuller8770 its embarrassing they don’t want to be associated with German people or even worst German history
My boyfriend's family are hunters and they own guns, yes, but they're not just running around waiting to shoot someone haha.
For some reason people think us Americans are crazy people running around swinging guns just hoping to kill, we really aren't! Most of the time we don't wanna have to use our weapons and it's actually illegal to shoot first warning after unless they're armed too..you're supposed to tell them to leave and if they don't you still often times aren't supposed to shoot unless you have to. Guns are more so for show, hunting, or as a visual threat..not to go around downing people.
And ironically I've barely seen anyone overweight? Could be a difference in location in the country. Everyone seems to be mostly either a heathy weight or stick.
I remember when I was a kid, many people in my country or might be even others think Americans are naturally "Karens" yet kind or friendly.
Which is even long before the word "Karen" boom the internet.😂😂
325 million of us.... you name the personality trait and it’s here ... we’re more like 50 little countries... and FYI until recently you didn’t need a passport to get into Mexico or Canada, just a state ID
I like your recently that is about a decade old.
Our states are some of the most similar states of a country in the world. Learn some real Geography before making that statement.
@@joannets3835 To people who traveled to Mexico for 20 years without a passport. That's recent.
I'm glad they showed a variety of Americans and not only one demographic!! Truthfully, I wouldn't have guessed that guy was from Kansas. I don't I ever met a person from Kansas.
at first, I assumed that every American has traveled before. I never realized that there were Americans who've never traveled and don't even know where other countries are. it's quite shocking
Becky is lives in Japan and She teaches English on Learn English 101 RUclips channel if I'm not mistaken. Just realised.
What people miss about Americans is that people from different parts of the country have totally different lifestyles, accents, values, social norms/behaviors, ect. Just remember we are 33 million people and not 1 stereotype can ever fit that many people we are all very different. Most of the stereotypes in this are really true in some places and not really true in others so it kinda varies. The geography part is mostly true tho. I do know Americans who are super ignorant when it comes to other countries cultures, social behaviors, ect and it can come off as a superiority complex or rude expecally when they are the loud type (a few do have a superitory complex). Americans who tend to travel overseas more often usually are much more aware and interested in other cultures and lifestyles in different cultures. Basically it is hard to put us all under one umbrelle is what i'm saying. The gun one is not true tho, in some regions like the south, yeah they all do but up north in more liberal areas not really, around 3% of the adult population owns over half the guns. Most Americans you meet will all be different from eachother but the stereotypes are hilarious I love them.
I think the American version of this was the best because the American basically just said yea thats true and had fun with it. We know the world hates us so we just go with the flow
Do Americans think they are the center of the universe? "Aren't we?" So funny.