I guess almost every European kid wants to see the US some day, but as older you get, the urge either gets stronger or disappears completly.

@TheBl4cKH4wK

Жыл бұрын

It was the same with me. When I was in my teen years I wanted to visit the US badly and thought about staying with relatives I got there. About 20 years later now it's more like "Oh hell no!".

@Pelpe

Жыл бұрын

True. You really lose the respect for the US the more you know. Just a fucked up, guns and drug addicted country.

@stampcollector74

Жыл бұрын

I think you are right - when I was a teen I wanted to see it (the US) badly; but now? year by year not really anymore. ...

@GoodtoGaia

Жыл бұрын

I’m American and after 13 years in Europe I never want to go back. My kids have a better childhood here!

@bambina5604

Жыл бұрын

The fascination also disappears when you visit. I've started to appreciate Eastern Europe so much more after my visit to US.

The only reason to go to work in the US rather than developed European county is if you’re a worker in a very high demand industry, otherwise financially you’re better off in Europe.

I have an arithmetic disability and when I learned all my cousins in Slovakia had this magical thing called a VAT I was LIVID! I used to anxiously just throw an extra $5 for whatever I purchased 😂🙃

In Switzerland, I think the rule is that you must keep your gun and ammo in separate places, not stored together and not allowed to have a loaded gun lying around, can only transport the gun if you are going to army training or rifle range.

@GoodtoGaia

Жыл бұрын

True. And when called in yearly you have to account for all the ammunition. They also just passed paternity time off. Maternity leave is 16 weeks and Paternity is 2 weeks, also for adoption.

@andromedaspark2241

Жыл бұрын

That's very much not the case in the US. I understand why Europeans would not understand it. My Grandma kept a Colt 45 by her bed almost her entire life. We took it when she got dementia. I'd take the bullets when I was a kid, they were old & soft enough to draw with. I think maybe made of lead? Guns are just incredibly common. No license is required to carry concealed and no gun registration is required in my current state, Ohio. The difference is startling.

You can own semi-auto guns in Germany, even belt-fed ones. You just need the proper paperwork (and money). Also you can store your guns at home if you have a gun safe that's up to standard. Many people who only shoot for sport on the other hand opt to store their gun at the range instead of buying expensive gun safes for their home and their car. Especially since you need to securely store the gun and the ammo separately. I would guess that this is similar in Sweden.

@AgentX2006

Жыл бұрын

As an American I can't recommend visiting. Maybe if our country hasn't imploded by then your great grandkids mind find it worthwhile to visit. I figure by then we'll either implode or get our shit together.

I just started two weeks ago in a company and was asked already by my boss to tell her when I want to take my 3 1/2 vacation days which I will have earned until end of December. Fun fact about my new job: it is an US company, the colleagues over there have not that privilege. How did the man with the small hand say "👌Sad 👌

In the USA, we will pay more taxes as long as it doesn’t call itself a tax. Instead of paying appropriate wages for their productivity on a normal basis and just raising the price on food to account for their labor, we gladly pay 10-20% of tips along with a sales tax. Instead of a normal socialized healthcare system, we just pay exorbitant insurance premiums and subscriptions.

commercials in Germany. After 20h forbidden on public channels. Privat are allowed commercials all day but can disrupt the programme (film for example) only once every 45 Minutes (but for more than one commercial)

As for home owners fees, I live in Switzerland and the services that they are talking about are covered by taxes. If you pay taxes, shouldn't that cover parks, maintenance, garbage collection and police security?

@Lz1508

Жыл бұрын

No it’s different we pay for those things with taxes too, but the fees mentioned in the video are to keep that specific neighborhood nice.

@Vendrix86

Жыл бұрын

Yes, as an American I ask the same question you have Michele. We have a stupid tax system, one of many stupid things in America. It makes things more complicated.

You are right about the gun laws here in Sweden. Handguns are not allowed to be kept at home and must be secured in a pistol club's vault. It's also very hard to get a license for it. Hunting rifles are allowed to keep in your home but you must store the rifle and the firing pin in different secured boxes. It is illegal for a civilian person to posses a semi- or fully automatic weapon. My brother-in-law is American, when we were there he had to come home from work to drive us somewhere, and I noticed he was packing. I know the guy very well and I trust him, but it still felt very weird to sit in a car with a guy with a gun.

@AgentX2006

Жыл бұрын

Do you have a different definition of semi-automatic there? Here in the US almost all handguns are semi-automatic meaning each time you pull the trigger a round is fired and a new one is chambered. Some examples of firearms here that are not semi- or fully automatic would be single action revolvers (you have to manually cock the hammer before each shot), bolt action rifles, and pump action shotguns.

@Andreas813

Жыл бұрын

@@AgentX2006 Sorry, I meant semiautomatic rifles. The definition is the same here. That you don't have to manually put the bullet in the chamber to shoot. All hunting rifles here are bolt action or pump action.

@starparodier91

Жыл бұрын

I’m an American and my family has zero interest in guns, but I do know a few people that own them. I know they’re very responsible with them but it always freaks me out knowing they could have a gun on them at any time.

@raketensven3127

Жыл бұрын

Guns exist. Gimme me effing guns. It doesn't really matter if they are forbidden where you live. Like criminals care about laws...

@Luciferiandisciple1

Жыл бұрын

@@raketensven3127 BAHAHAHAHAHA! Easy there Yosemite Sam.

NEVER go to the large chain restaurants in the US. There are local places/chains that have REALLY good food.

Also, in places where the wait staff are given similar wages to everyone else, they STILL get upset when you don't tip them.

Ay just saw you back :) Nice.

For an ordinary Swedish person to own a handgun, not only is a course required, but you are a member of a shooting association and compete in shooting. It is required that you participate in at least one competition per year to retain the right. You can store the weapon at home in an approved gun cabinet. The cabinet must be too large for someone to carry it away or bolted to the house. To own a hunting weapon, you must obtain a hunting license. The same rules apply to the storage of hunting weapons.

Most handguns are semi-automatic. Full automatic is very hard to get in the United States. You have to spend at least $10,000

Great reaction, I had seen the original, but your reaction was great and closely matched my own. For your next video, check the settings for the image in image playback. In this video, the inserted video is a mirror image.

@stonedmountainunicorn9532

Жыл бұрын

bc copyright reasons sonny

Most of those meds that are advertised are available ONLY THROUGH prescription. I've always been confused as to how it makes fiscal sense to advertise to the non-prescribing public.

I love your content and just continue with it it is really fun to watch

There's a reason (well, probably more like multiple reasons) why someone (can't remember who) called the US a third world country dressed in a Gucci belt.

This video is factual, but some of its components are taken out of context.... "Ask your doctor about Sodium Pentathol....." LOL. (Even conservative presidential candidate Bob Dole did Viagra commercials after leaving office.) I agree with you about child beauty contests. Walmart and Amazon are well represented in some other EU countries. I hate homeowner's associations. Most places I do not think have them. When my parents bought the house, they specifically avoided this city called Columbia, Maryland because of the Columbia Association, as they call their HOA. It wasn't hundreds per month, but the rules are annoying so they were like f**** no, we're not living there. As far as paid vacations, the video is mostly right but it depends on what state you're in. I agree with you. You probably hear most of the information on the US which shocks you, and it's about FL. Florida might be technically part of the USA. But as a proud Marylander, I formally disavow the State of Florida. The reason for the adding on the sales tax is actually reasonable if quite annoying to foreigners. It varies state to state. In some states, it varies between different local governments. So you can go to the next town or city over and the tax on something is slightly different. There's also state and federal tax on fuel, on cigarettes, alcohol, you name it. State and local governments have the authority to raise revenue for their own coffers, pretty much any way they like; which is reasonable, since the US is a federation not a unitary state. Nonetheless, it's annoying, particularly for visitors to the US who weren't warned before hand.

@gengar6969

Жыл бұрын

So just to pass on know what I know about Florida and the reason it gets such crazy headlines, it’s due to a law or lack-thereof a law regarding criminal privacy and the media. Basically, most states have laws preventing much of the crazy info you see in headlines being released publicly. Florida, on the other hand, basically allows all of it to be released to the public. This is just what I’ve been told so I may be wrong. Florida has always been very nice other than a few metro areas in my experience.

Hey, I love your videos. I found your channel through your reaction video to Rammstein's 'Deutschland'. Can I suggest you react to Rammstein's 'Adieu' now? They dropped the video clip a couple of days ago and it's a masterpiece.

Regarding obesity: when i was in Norway in 2017, it seemed to me like they're either super sporty (like 99.9% of Norwegians) or heavily overweight. By now, i think here in Switzerland, the (over)weight gap also gets bigger.eaning that more are really healthy or really overweight. But not much in between.

Restaurant servers make way more in the United States than they make in Europe that's why in areas where some restaurants have tried to do away with tipping they lost all their staff because they made way less money

11:00 watch Little Miss Sunshine 🤣🤣what a funny Movie about this

@andromedaspark2241

Жыл бұрын

As a girl in the South (USA), a lot of my little friends in elementary and middle school wanted to be in pageants. It must've been for bragging rights & I recall their moms talking about "opportunities". That's sort of okay since they have a choice but the strangeness of putting makeup, tons of hairspray, and spray tan on the little ones who have no choice is so off-putting. They look odd. It's definitely a more southern and rural tradition than in the US in general. I think it's that girls were encouraged towards pageants and cheerleading and boys into sports. In conservative areas that's still really common.

@andromedaspark2241

Жыл бұрын

And the movie is hilarious. Sorry, mentioning beauty pageants brought up memories.

homeowner in alaska is on average 100

Sigh...An AK-47 is NOT a semi-automatic rifle...it is a FULL automatic rifle. Semi-automatic = 1 trigger pull / 1 shot fired. Full automatic = 1 trigger pull / mutilple shots fired.

don't buy into the tip thing btw: if the tips don't add up to minimum wage the employer /is required to make up the difference/, up to the federal minimum wage. www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/wagestips#:~:text=If%20the%20employee's%20tips%20combined,wage%20amounts%20for%20tipped%20employees.

"Why are child beauty pageants a thing?" Why are adult beauty pageants also a thing?

3:50 Wtf. That’s what taxes are for. Why pay extra for some Watchers and maintenance. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@gengar6969

Жыл бұрын

Most people don’t live in places with an HOA, they are annoying and costly. They do make some neighborhoods much nicer but you can easily avoid moving into a place with an HOA. That’s mainly private and gated communities.

As an European i cannot understand these

german mcdonals is okay - except the special edition burger where the yellow cheese is actualls a semi-transparent green square but after the video about "10 food/ingredients" that are legal in the us but banned in the EU - if only a part of that is true I will hardly evereat anything in the us dont like to be experimented on... mfg Olli

@adjudicator4766

Жыл бұрын

That video is completely false and is either pure fear mongering or they are trying to sell supplements or both. The FDA is extremely strict on its regulations in regards to what is authorized in food and what is not.

@SPEEDY4004

Жыл бұрын

​@@adjudicator4766 maybe/maybe not - hard for us non-usa-ler to judge - thats why it is interesting to see other (us)-youtuber to commented on it mfg Olli

If homes in usa are cheaper, there wouldn't be so many homeless ppl there.

@adjudicator4766

Жыл бұрын

The reason for homeless is not just housing, it’s lack of a strong social safety net to fall back on, car centric infrastructure, excess of crime and lack of dense housing.

@andromedaspark2241

Жыл бұрын

It's hard for people to get approved for a mortgage, and medical debt, job loss, disability, just bad luck can put you out on the street in a month or two. The majority of people live paycheck to paycheck - saving a downpayment for a house is out of the question. Even rent is getting so high that stories of people who work full-time living out of their cars are shockingly more common. Investors have been buying up properties too. The affordable homes are being grabbed up by the wealthy to rent out or flip.

@gengar6969

Жыл бұрын

I live in a house 10 minutes from a major city downtown area and paid 140K, and there is no crime in my area. Just depends man. Every state is different. The homeless problem isn’t due to pricing much of the time. It’s usually due to addiction, trauma, etc. There are even quite a few who if given an apartment would still choose to be homeless. We’re working on it over here though.

canada has some of these same problems, it is annoying

A paid vacation is the same as if you had to give money to a store when you didn't shop there. You get paid when you work not when you're on vacation

@GCOSBenbow

Жыл бұрын

You get paid when you're giving benefit to a company. Taking a break is a huge benefit to every company. Turns out people don't work well when they're burnt out and over stressed.

@andromedaspark2241

Жыл бұрын

Productivity advances in the past century should benefit workers as well, not just the wealthy.There's no reason workers should have to give most of their waking hours for decades to employers. There has to be time built in for people actually experiencing life. I'm American too, and it's bizarre that some people have no paid time off even to be sick. So many people work sick, like in restaurants where you don't want sick people working. I have 24 paid days off a year from my employer in the US and they do just fine. I'm just a call center worker, too. It's not some rare high value job. It's hard to realize most of the people around me never take vacations & travel isn't an option. It's such a waste of life. Employers do not pay enough in the US to make this loss of freedom to experience life worth it..

I had a co-worker who took a one month vacation in America, when he came back, he had gained 5 kg of weight, was visibly more round cheeked and panted a lot. Just one month.

@Lz1508

Жыл бұрын

What’s your point?

@adjudicator4766

Жыл бұрын

@@Lz1508 His coworker has bad inhibition control and lacks dietary discipline? I’m not sure

you get 14 weeks of paid vacation, WTF. i have to fight to get a day off, and its not paid

@Pelpe

Жыл бұрын

U live in the US?

@Pelpe

Жыл бұрын

You have to remember, he is a teacher. 😅 In Germany 4 weeks paid vacation per year is the minimum by the law and the standard is about 5-6 weeks.

@raketensven3127

Жыл бұрын

Imho you just have to regulate it. Look at 'unlimited paid vacation days' in US tech. People tend to not use them out of fear to fall behind coworkers etc. Also i don't think EU is less efficient caused by it. Quality of work is a thing too, not only quantity.

@peterbondesson5481

Жыл бұрын

Move

@adjudicator4766

Жыл бұрын

@@peterbondesson5481 it’s not that easy

We don’t have healthcare as tax funded as it is in Europe, so we don’t have any economic incentives to ban or limit the unhealthiness of certain products.

@thumper84

Жыл бұрын

Which is a good thing because we are not children so we don't need the government telling us how to live you may want to live in a fascist society the rest of us do not

@Klara_S.

4 ай бұрын

​@@thumper84 fascism is when good health is encouraged... sure, bud

If you came to the US as a teacher, they get ~12 weeks in the summer, ~2 weeks at Christmas, all the federal holidays and some other days for grading etc. The vacation situation really depends on the job here.

@lauribleu7558

Жыл бұрын

That is all deceptive. In my experience, teachers' salaries are broken down to what you get per hour, with a specified number of hours you are required to be on campus, including attending certain events. Technically, you are not paid for summer, spring, and winter breaks. Your yearly salary is divided into paychecks. At my school, our paychecks were divided into 26 paychecks spread throughout the year. We did get an allowable 1.5 days per quarter to use as sick leave. In other jobs I've had, there were no paid sick or vacation days. A lot of that depends on whether you are full or part time (regardless of how many hours you worked). It has become harder and harder over the years to find full time positions. Same goes for employer provided health care. Except for the seven years I taught, I never received benefits.

@armlegx

Жыл бұрын

With benefits being determined at the district level, it is impossible to say anything that generally applies. Teachers here get sick and vacation. Summers I guess are somewhat of a philosophical question. I know teachers who treat it as a vacation, others who get a seasonal job, yet others who do curriculum work. I've had benefits at several jobs. It's a big country: YMMV is the rule.

@lauribleu7558

Жыл бұрын

@@armlegx At the end of the day, I asked myself, why am a working a job that didn't pay me enough to live on my own, that presented horrifying physical risks (am talking about now), that I spent about 11 hrs a day on campus working, not to mention all the work at home...Yes, the health benefits were good following so many years of working non-corporate jobs with no benefits. Everyone's experience is, of course, personal, but from my POV, the US is broken in so many ways.

I agree that all the employment rights Europeans get makes it near impossible to start and prosper a small business, I have family in Spain and I know how it goes, that full benefit paid vacation is no good for small businesses, I'm starting off and I gotta give my first employee all that, no way 😂😂💯 Usa system is much better

If you're not allowed to own and carry firearms you are not free. The only rights you actually have are the ones you can actually defend

Every European person should have the right to own firearms as something like the 2nd amendment. And also keep them at their homes.

@mixlllllll

Жыл бұрын

No, we don't want that here.

@chrisserfass8635

Жыл бұрын

@@mixlllllll Don't you want to be able to defend yourself if someone decides to kill you or breaks into your home. And what about serving as a defense against a outside bad country ie what happened with Ukraine with Russia or even with a bad government inside your own country? Owning a firearm is a deterrent for the ultimate evil organization.

@chrisserfass8635

Жыл бұрын

What European country are you from?

@arnodobler1096

Жыл бұрын

for what? I feel save here. People with Guns around makes it unsafe - no pls! We are civilized Countries an People!

@adjudicator4766

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisserfass8635 House break-ins are rare in the US and even MORE rare in Europe. You are either paranoid or you want to shoot someone, both of which would be automatic disqaulifiers to possess a firearm in any sane country except the good old US of A.

God, Vat makes me angry, that's just fishy false bait ads imho. Just show me what i have to pay.

Freedom Paying your own bills Not arresting people for jokes

@GCOSBenbow

Жыл бұрын

You do realise the US has the highest % of pop. incarcerated while also having the highest fatalities caused by police. I'd rather get arrested for a "joke" than shot or crammed in with every other poor sod being kept in your for profit prisons.

Not giving out paid vacations is not disgusting, if you aren't working why should you get paid?

@8thinput80

Жыл бұрын

And also you can still have vacation days and just not get paid for them.

@AgentX2006

Жыл бұрын

You do realize there is paid vacation time in the US. However it's generally reserved for those higher up the corporate ladder. Many CEOs have not only paid time off but the vacation itself paid for by the company. Like all of corporate America the people on top get all the benefits and the poor saps at the bottom get worked to death. Imagine a world where a minimum wage American worker could take a week off for vacation and not worry about whether or not they would have enough money to buy food.

@arnodobler1096

Жыл бұрын

Because the employer also benefits: the employee is more rested, more motivated, more focused, more effective, mentally and physically healthier, happier, more loyal, ... Of all the OECD countries only the USA does not have this, and this continues with parental leave as well.

@thumper84

Жыл бұрын

​@@arnodobler1096 if it benefited the employer the employer will offer it. You just want to get something for free because you're a child

@adjudicator4766

Жыл бұрын

@@thumper84 Employers do offer it, at least those of successful companies, as paid time off has been scientifically proven to yield more efficient workers and therefore a more efficient company because high stress leads to high cortisol levels which impair judgement, increase anxiety, induce lethargy and even leads to osteoporosis. Can’t really have efficient productive and innovative workers if they are both losing their mind and body simultaneously. Not that you would be able to comprehend this due to your myopic thinking which enables you to equate “wanting paid time off” to “being a child”, ironically enough that thought process in it of itself is childish.

There's not an obesity problem in the European countries because you guys can't afford to eat like we do because of all the taxes

Yet another error in this one MA has the highest sales tax with 8.5%. NYS is #2 at 8% Most states tht have a sales tax has it at less then 6%. Even when u added up all the taxes the average USAer pays i tis less then 40% of total income. There is no European nation where u pay less then 50% of it average income But then USA does not have UMCare or UEed. Nor does it have a working mass transportation system but in the large east NE cities. Without UMCare we pay 150% more for our med care and get #26 outcome Ww. Without UEed it still have 20% of its pop that cant do simple math or read above that of a 12 yr old.

@anouk6644

Жыл бұрын

In the Netherlands the tax bracket are: - 19% for the first €36.500 annual taxable income - 37% for your taxable income over €36.500 and under €70.000 - 49,5% for the part that is over that €70.000. (I’ve rounded all the new miners to make it a little bit easier toe read). So I f you earn €60.000 a year, you’ll pay 19% over the first €36.500 and 37% over the next €23.500. In total that would be about 26% tax paid. The national average income tax paid is 38%. These numbers are about the same in many other European countries, some are little higher, many are even lower. So not below 50% in Europe is just not true. Yes, our taxes are higher, but at least we get many services for them in return.

@frederickbays405

Жыл бұрын

@@anouk6644 I said all taxes not just fed ones. u do have lower levels of gov that collect taxes and i bet if u look at ur utility bills there are taxes on them too. then there are all ur license's which are more taxes and registration of ur car or truck. U see there are many many ways gov tax's u not just income tax. And yes u do pay more in tax and get a lot more services for ur money but then ur Fed govs arnt paying out 1/3 of all fed taxes in DoD things and u dont spend 1/2 of what USA does on law enforcement or Social Services and get so little form those ppl. Now me I dont pay income tax b/c I take so little in the form of income form my corp that is my Ranch/farm. it owns everything all I own is the cloths on my back. U see the way USA taxes are formed u can get away with being a multi M'aire on paper but pay no income tax if u know what u are doing and we farmer do believe it or not. We are far from the dumb hicks mass media makes us out to be. I have multiple BS One in Ag, one in horticulture in business, one in climatology and lastly a BSET Ya I spent a few yrs in school over my 74 yr Right now Im working on one in Water management

@anouk6644

Жыл бұрын

@@frederickbays405 Even of we add up all the other taxes, the average worker doesn’t get over 50%. The higher incomes probably will, but they have many ways to reduce their taxes. The past few years I’ve paid between 1 and 5% (we are not that different). We could go back and forth about what’s included/excluded or which system is better. At the end of the day both have pros and cons. I prefer our system, but that’s because I grew up here with the culture and values that come with it. I bet it is the same for you. Social media and videos like these exaggerate the differences in culture. In general we have more in common than that we are different. The majority of people want to have a good, healthy and safe life. They ways to get there might be a little different. I think it would be better to focus on the similarities and not on the things that divide us, but that doesn’t make for interesting content. BTW I don’t think people from the US are dumb, you have stupid, ignorant people in any country who believe everything that’s shown in the media about others. In my experience, Americans do tend to be a bit more inward focused and overly nationalistic compared to other nationalities. I have a few friends in the US and they are warm, friendly, intelligent and eager to learn about other cultures. Not much different from my friends here.

@frederickbays405

Жыл бұрын

@@anouk6644 I dont like any kind of tax system as i dont like gov at all. I ama modern Anarchist. If u dont know what that is i would suggest u fine out for it is where our world is heading if we want to make it much past the yr 150AP

What is meant by the word obese: It is a person with a BMI of over 30. Now many of u might not know what a BMI is so here it si in common language If u are of average Ww height of 5'6" and u are over 140 lbs u are over weight. If u weight over 168 lb u are obese Now I am 5'6" and have not weight less then 180 lb since I reached that height at 12 years old Even then u would not have called me over weight b/c it was all muscle Ya I was a farm kid in 1960 at 12 nd did a mans work I could put 100 bls on each shoulder er and walk away with it. It was not until about 1995 when my health began to fail that I could not longer do this and my weight went over 180 lb. My back gave up on me. I had to learn how to live all over. My wight went up to 240lb by 2002 when I was diagnosed with agent orange induced type 2 diabetes. Only then did I begin to lose weight for if i hadnt i wouldnt be alive today. I am now around 190 to 195 Lbs depending on what time of day I weight myself. I can still put 100 bls on a shoulder and walk away with it but have to be very careful of how I put it there or it will be instant pain. so am I still obese in my opinion no b/c I have less then 20% body fat. What I am ring to say here is what the med pros try to call obese may or may not be. In case u have not done the math I was 54 when diagnosed with diabetes and am now working on my 75th yr on Ma Terra. Yes I have completed 74 yrs of life now as of the end of Oct.