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@danielvezina5521

2 жыл бұрын

Name the last War the US won???

@kristashafer93098

2 жыл бұрын

You left off a big one. Voting is optional here in The States.

@jtjt4736

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristashafer93098 vote is optional in every democratic countries (minus belgium)

@CNS21

2 жыл бұрын

Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings Daylight savings. Daylight savings I wish they would make it go away

@jtjt4736

2 жыл бұрын

@@CNS21 daylight saving apply in 95% of the world

I had a German roommate when I was 20 and he was APPALLED that we could “go to war, but not have a beer” before 21. He had a great point.

@jasonsimms942

2 жыл бұрын

But in Germany you can a beer at 16 already, which is a bit young

@joshuameader8898

2 жыл бұрын

True statement

@WLDB

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonsimms942 they haven't had any major issues with it. Seems better than what we have on this side of the Atlantic.

@LordDeShadow

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonsimms942 been having the right to have a beer since im 15. Never get drunk ro a party cause my father swear to me I would clean up my own mess if he had to get me

@joannewilson1162

2 жыл бұрын

My mother in law felt the same way. “You can die for your country but you can’t have a beer?” It doesn’t make sense.

07:35 "Americans are workaholics, at least compared to basically every other country in the world" Japan: Am I a joke to you?

@vesta3126

2 жыл бұрын

In japan, we sometimes work untill 10pm

@flashrocket9158

2 жыл бұрын

In Japan's case, it's on the manager trying to keep the business moving. In the U.S. case, its for the money just to get by.

@reedspace8267

2 жыл бұрын

They even have a word for death by overwork: *Karoshi*

@vesta3126

2 жыл бұрын

@@reedspace8267 thats right. I am japanese

@ricardojmr25

2 жыл бұрын

Same goes for Latin America

I'm an American living in Poland. The first time I went to an hospital in Poland was with my first born child. I brought hundreds of dollars not knowing what it would cost. At the end they told us it was 40 PLN ( about $10). I said "For what?" They said for everything. $10 for a visit to the hospital. I told them that the same visit in the US without insurance would cost over a thousand PLN (over $250). They just shook their head. A visit to a clinic here for foreigners without insurance costs less than a haircut. For Polish citizens it's free.

@3dml784

2 жыл бұрын

I think that would be the same in most of European countries.

@danielenglish2469

2 жыл бұрын

@@3dml784 yes, America has by far the most expensive medical in the world. Why? Using 2020 figures: America spends $55.6 billion a year on malpractice. Americans spend on average each year $12,531 per American on medical. The population of the United States is 329.5 million. Do the math: 55,600,000,000/(329,500,000×12,531) = 0.0134... *Less than 2%.* The hospitals blame malpractice lawsuits for high medical bills. However, malpractice accounts for less than 2% of the cost of a medical visit. It's also not overpaid doctors. American doctors rank 3rd in pay in the world, after Netherlands and Australia. Countries with far cheaper medical. So why on Earth is the cost of a trip to the hospital magnitudes higher than in other countries? It's simple. Insurance. And as I said, it's not because of malpractice. It's because Americans are willing to pay high amounts for insurance, the insurance then accepts high costs for medical procedures. Those costs mostly fill the pocket if the corporations, hospital and insurance, and not the workers in medical. It's simply a insurance + hospital corporation money gouging relationship system that keeps costs high.

@Enigma_MysteryGirl

2 жыл бұрын

That's amazingly bonkers to me and I love it!! You and everyone else are so lucky.

@cursedimageseveryday5559

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to post soviet slavic mentality (the good side of it)

@davidfinch7407

Жыл бұрын

They still pay the same. Either pay for it when you use it, a one time large amount; or pay it in taxes, a small amount you pay all the time.

In the Philippines, our pharmacies also sell food stuffs like chips, bread, carbonated and juice drinks, etc.

I saw an American mention on tiktok that they had to go to hospital and had a CT scan and an MRI done and that those two things alone cost nearly $8,000, with their whole hospital stint costing close to $40,000. I live in Australia and in 2021 had two CT scans and one MRI done and only had to pay $20 for parking to get the MRI. I don’t understand why the U.S is so steadfast in killing itself by not even attempting to fix their healthcare issues.

@Taby_G

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, it's a side effect of capitalism.

@vitornuevo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Taby_G As far as I know Australia is also capitalist

@OMGSAMCOPSEY

2 жыл бұрын

In England the public health care system was taking a little too long for me so I called up a private health care provider for both of those things and the price was still less than 1k in GBP. Even for private care US charging over 8x more

@Sheridantank

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how people think free healthcare is a right but y'all don't have actual basic human rights. You only paid $20? That's false. You pay the difference in taxes. You can't even turn on an MRI for $20.

@carlosantamaria-bouvier5791

2 жыл бұрын

This is even more true in "pro-life" state. It is not ok to have an abortion, but it is ok to let someone died if they don't have the money.

I'm surprised there's no mention of guns.

@vesta3126

2 жыл бұрын

You are right.

@Dantheman-bw8hv

2 жыл бұрын

Or how Fahrenheit is used instead of Celsius

@pryingeyes1551

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that seems like a bit of an oversight.

@Craigalicioususa

2 жыл бұрын

They would get banned or demonitized. Being American is against KZread policy

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

Only channels specifically about guns can guns be mentioned and the YT overlords not be overly upset. Lol

I've seen a few articles about this. There were also things like restroom stall doors having big gaps at the bottom, thanksgiving, large food portions, (baseball) world series, identical looking banknotes/bills, requiring plenty of ice, and restaurant servers taking credit cards away from the table.

@marikothecheetah9342

Жыл бұрын

The biggest shocker - bottled water being more expensive than Coke. O.o

@GoodVideos4

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have noticed.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

yeh, your money's weird! Identical coloured pieces of paper for all notes! Easy to differentiate polymer notes are much more common (and practical)

@okGDJ

Жыл бұрын

"identical" must have a different definition from where you're from as well

@okGDJ

Жыл бұрын

@@mehere8038 too lazy to look at the number or the Giant face in the middle?

I went to university in Scotland and he tipping thing was hard for most of the other North Americans I was around. One day at tea time me and a Canadian fellow student went to a small tea shop for something to eat. We ate and left a tip and left. Within a few minutes the server came running after us to return the money we had left behind. We explained it was a tip for her and she would not accept it and insisted we take it back.

I read that in Japan it is actually considered rude to tip. If you try to leave a cash tip they will give it back to you. imo paying wait staff under minimum wage is downright criminal

@WildkatPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact - tipped minimum wage is banned in California. Most servers in California are making $15+ and hour plus tips. Somehow restaurants survive. reality is that tipping just shifts the burden of payroll from the owner to the customer. Source - am former restaurant owner.

@iamtimorama

2 жыл бұрын

Here in Utah, a server can expect to be paid $2.15 an hour.

@lifewithmarno

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Japan. It's not that it's rude, it's just not heard of. It's just a completely foreign concept that they can't wrap their head around. They understand the concept, they just don't see the use of it. They just pay their workers living wages.

@NYmomAdrienne3915

2 жыл бұрын

Some make more in tips than a restaurant would pay, it all depends. A tip is 20% to most, a pricey restaurant at 20% or a table with a lot of alcohol on the bill.. that 20% is more than hourly salary. Always depends. If work at a club where bottle service is $700 for a bottle of vodka (common in NY) you get $140 tip for 5 minutes

@LEWIS1992

2 жыл бұрын

Similar to the UK. I've never known anyone tip, anywhere.

I live in Las Vegas and its not that we're workaholics, we're all underpaid and NEED to work 60 hour weeks. As for the tipping thing, thats PROOF, if our wait staff was paid well, they wouldnt be surviving off tips. Our minimum wage is still $9.25 and most states are "right to work" meaning they dont have to have a reason to fire you, and most companies outsource work to temp agencies (temporary work) so they dont have to pay permanent employees well.

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

Dang over 9 bucks? Must be fricking nice. Over here in Alabama with the federal 7.25

@MoshMob

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUnclaimedOne well actually i make $12 an hour because my work is specialty work, but working at a starter job like BK or Macdonalds... yeah $9

@AlejandroLZuvic

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, even well paid workers stay late and work over weekends just for the sake of it. Some people stay late even if they don't have any work at all to get praise from their bosses. In most countries, you get praised for doing a good job not for occupying your chair after hours.

@CollectorsCorner777

2 жыл бұрын

When I delivered pizza minimum wage was $7.25 but thanks to tipping I made an average of $14 an hour. I will always prefer tip pay over hourly pay.

@AlejandroLZuvic

2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorsCorner777 wouldn’t be great to get $14 hourly regardless of the tips? It’s just a way to say “we pay shit to our employees so you pay them”. It’s all wrong.

As a non-American, the most surprising ones are (7) Being expected to tip and (4) Sales Tax being added on AFTERWARDS.

I always wondered about that drinking age because I used to get a tiny bit of wine with some dinners at age 5 .

@carolon030

Жыл бұрын

Same.. It's part of being french

I'm Irish, have lived a few years in France, travelled most of Europe, etc, anyway have met so many Americans along the way who were so relieved not to have to constantly tip

@TristanHathaway

2 жыл бұрын

Whereas, I was just in France and still tipped because habit is powerful

@sampson9115

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, unfortunately that system is rigged by the restaurant companies who usually only pay the waitresses $6.00 an hour and expect the customers to pay the rest of their salary (Oh they talked about it in the video)

@katymcginn4644

2 жыл бұрын

@@sampson9115 😟 WHEN I WAS EVER STUCK (HAD TO HELP OUT) WAITRESSING, I WAS ONLY PAID $2.35. THE OWNER EXPECTED US TO GET "TIPS" TO MAKE UP FOR MINIMUM WAGE. DIDN'T HAPPEN. NOT IN A SMALL TOWN. THE WEALTHY PEOPLE ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST TOO. HAD OUR CITY ATTORNEY & HIS WIFE COME IN FOR LUNCH EVERY DAY. NEVER LEFT ONE DIME FOR A TIP. I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY DISGUSTING ANYWAY. SLIMY. NOT A NICE PERSON, WOULDN'T LOOK AT YOU OR ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. HE'S A CREEP 😑

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

I don’t mind tipping

Tipping should be seen as a bonus when you are really happy with the service not as a necessity. They should get paid normally and also get the tip if they do a really good job. Damn those bosses who expect customers to pay what he should give to his employees.

@andrewjones575

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, stingy bosses shouldn't expect customers to subsidise them paying their staff too little.

@Sheridantank

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. They should make a full wage already. Factory workers don't get a tip for putting their heart and soul into a quality product.

@NewfieGeekMedia

2 жыл бұрын

That's my approach. I tip when the sever does something that impresses me. I think reastaurant workers should be paid more.

@Saddonghussein

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewfieGeekMedia something that impress you? Like flying or breathing fire?

@IdBustInside

2 жыл бұрын

Tips are better then whatever wage they would give a restaurant server

I've been glad for the drug commercials. I saw a commercial once where I thought I had the symptoms. The doctor ordered tests and yes the meds were appropriate for me. And I was grateful for the ads. I would never demand a doc give me a drug based on a commercial.

I remember having to do the Pledge in the mornings at school. There was always a sense of pride while saying it. They stopped doing it when my daughter started school and then brought it back.

@stevecarson4162

2 жыл бұрын

Forcing young school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day is just part of the indoctrination and brainwashing that all U.S. citizens are subjected to. It's part of training them to believe they live in "the greatest country in the world, and the ONLY country where people are FREE!!!" -- ALL of which is *bullshit* -- but by the time they are old enough to think critically, it's too late

Americans also do dates differently. I don’t know if other countries do this but we will label our dates with months, than days, than years. Other countries do it in order, days, months, years. My bday is August 22nd of 1985. US will put that as 08/22/1985 but other countries would put 22/08/1985

@olegpishchikov2176

2 жыл бұрын

Or 1985/08/22 in some cases.

@kevinth66

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic that you're talking about dates but use "than"

@brianarbenz1329

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the post was going to be about going out on dates.,

@w.devarien3154

2 жыл бұрын

If you are in the military you do such: 22AUG1985. You also use the metric system.

@MikeP2055

2 жыл бұрын

@@w.devarien3154 I remember watching some true crime show many, many years ago in which they narrowed down their suspects significantly because the culprit had written the date day/month/year on a piece of evidence. The detectives began looking for someone who had been in the military.

I live in Canada and whenever I see an ad on TV for prescription medication, I know that it’s a US channel.

@AnnoyingMoose

2 жыл бұрын

Drug ad in Canada: Side effects may occur: talk to your doctor. Drug ad in US: Side effects may include nausea, fever, heart palpitations, profuse sweating, anal leakage, spontaneous decapitation, and moderate to severe death. Ask your doctor if WonderDrug is right for you!

Health care costs in America always seem unbelievable to those of us in the rest of the world. Like, having to pay $450 for an ambulance. The last time I needed an ambulance here in Finland, it cost 12 euros 50 cents. The cost is always the same, it doesn't matter how long it takes or what they do.

@kevinprzy4539

4 ай бұрын

lmao you don't pay for an ambulance in the US if you have insurance (which is much cheaper when compared to the tax rates Europeans get) even if you don't have real private insurance you can get government medical insurance (over 90 million Americans have)

I absolutely LOVE that Publix is pictured in this video! Totally awesome 🤙

The appearance of no sale tax in other countries is kind of misleading. I lived in Germany for three years and they do have a sales tax which is referred to as the value added tax or VAT. The difference, which this video did touch on a little bit, is that it is already included in the price you see on the product. So there are no surprises when you buy an item and it rings up exactly as its listed. The bonus though for military people in Germany is that we can get a quarterly ration of VAT forms and not have to pay the VAT so then pretty much everything in the stores then have a 19% discount. Oh yeah...and that is the "sales" tax rate too...19%.

@goodnamestaken

2 жыл бұрын

We really need a law in the US against charging more than the price listed. Buying something only to have the price double from random fees, taxes, tip is insane. Just factor those in the price wtf.

@jackswanson8326

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodnamestaken Might be hard when sales tax percents change in a city/county. The store would have to print new stickers for all of their items etc.

@ivanpcoelho7

2 жыл бұрын

Come and pay taxes in Latin America before complaining.

@jlopez665

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivanpcoelho7 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Are you Mexican by any chance? I know the struggle lol

@jlopez665

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodnamestaken there isn’t a law?

I definitely think commercials for medication should be illegal, as they are in the rest of the world. I have never once gone to my doctor and asked about X.

@gjhoward

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad the ones that make those decisions are paid off by big pharma

@joermnyc

2 жыл бұрын

New Zealand also has those drug ads…

@onionbubs386

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes ignorant patients will demand their doctor prescribe them a medication they saw on tv that the doctor knows they don't need, or can even actively harm them, and if they refuse they're threatened with a bad review, which doesn't sound like much but can really bring down a practioners career. It hurts both doctors and patients alike.

@9y2bgy

2 жыл бұрын

What's hilarious is that more than half of the commercials is taken up by listing all the side effects. Even when read really really fast, it's a pretty long list. It's really annoying. Commercials are annoying in general, but the drug commercials are even more so.

@IridescenceStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@9y2bgy I used to find that the funniest thing that wasn't meant to be funny, the long list of side effects rushed through at the end. They don't do that anymore but I think it's a practice that should not be allowed.

I'm old enough to remember when the drinking age in the US varied by state. If we're going to change it, which I have mixed feelings about, it HAS TO BE nationally!

@OramiIT

2 жыл бұрын

I think some states still argue about alcohol content of beer. I want to say AZ?

As an Australian I can honestly say there is sooo much to love and envy about the USA. The USA healthcare system is not one of them though. If the USA had a socialised, regulated healthcare system like that of Australia or countless nations the USA would truly be the envy of the entire world.

@DangGoodLuis

2 жыл бұрын

It depends. A system in which the government pays for everything is not better. But a system in which there are strict controls as to how much can be charged for x service or product might be.

@betacuck3145

2 жыл бұрын

The US government is the largest spender on Healthcare. They spend 16.8% of the national GDP on it, compared to the second largest spender, which is Germany, at 11.7%. Add to that the US is also in the top 10 of social spending, in general. Add more to the fact that the US is also in the top 10 of both median income per household ($19,306) and GDP per capita ($63,543). Looking at these facts, it should stand to reason that most people in the US (just like every other 1st world western democracy) are doing relatively fine. The problems that we are bombarded with constantly, about how bad the US is, might be amplified to the max, to fuel anti American sentiment, among foreigners and American citizens alike.

@zackbulow4026

2 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily true, for basic expenses yes. But for life threatening cases the US has the best doctors in the world. They just cost a lot

@jwb52z9

Жыл бұрын

@@zackbulow4026 That's the problem, though. You can't get what you need to stay alive in the US unless you have money or you're permanently disabled, elderly, or destitute.

@nycdweller

Жыл бұрын

In the USA, I don’t have to wait weeks for a doctor appointment. I can see my doctor in a day or 2.

Customer service should’ve been on this list. I have lived in 13 countries. Only the US has this customer is always right mentality. I was so embarrassed when I was out for dinner with some friends the other night and they were expecting America-style customer service with staff bending over backwards to accommodate them. The reverse of that is I love eating at restaurants in the US. (This attitude is very likely related to the tipping issue.)

@marvin.a.flores

2 жыл бұрын

Now you're just lying lol

@sub-zero710

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny how every time a customer angrily says "the customer is always right" it's always the one time the customer is wrong! Lol

@w.devarien3154

2 жыл бұрын

It a actually isn't just about the tips. Americans in general believe in good customer service, and expect it. The majority of cashier's, telephone agents, pretty much any representative of any business you approach attempts to provide good and polite customer service. There are definitely exceptions, but it's generally true. And this is mostly just a cultural thing.

@IRosamelia

2 жыл бұрын

True! The worst customer service I've ever gotten has been in Spain, France and Italy, waiters just hate you're there 😅

@raecrothers1420

2 жыл бұрын

​@@IRosamelia I did get some good customer service in Spain, but that was very much the exception!

After moving back home to England after living in Florida for many years. It was such an adjustment get used to the metric system. But once you got it everything becomes so precise. Cuts are perfect every time and cooking is perfect.

@Bayard1503

2 жыл бұрын

A decimal system is so much better.

@OfficialMTTstudios

2 жыл бұрын

Florida is not a representation of the usa. Florida is weird.

@tecpaocelotl

2 жыл бұрын

Florida is it's own area. Not "normal" compare to the rest of the rest of the states.

@zachwalker522

2 жыл бұрын

@@OfficialMTTstudios , I agree

@zachwalker522

2 жыл бұрын

@@tecpaocelotl , I agree

The reservoir dogs scene for the tipping was perfect 😂

#4 The reason sales tax is not reflected on the shelf tag is variation. Some states have a higher sales than others, some cities have an additional local optional voted on by the residents, etc. One cost saving aspect is than companies may standardize their display tags by posting the price of *the individual item* rather than providing numerous printed versions depending on the city/state.

Here's one thing that some non Americans might not know: most universities in America are for profit and charge you any way that they can

@twinblade02

2 жыл бұрын

WE KNOW

@EverOsegueda

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds doable.

@toxicgamer6038

2 жыл бұрын

And it’s not even a good education most of the time it’s people getting pointless degrees and now they’re whining about being in debt

@twinblade02

2 жыл бұрын

@@toxicgamer6038 Non-Americans coming to the US usually go straight into STEM. So the pointless degree argument isn't really a thing.

@9y2bgy

2 жыл бұрын

I think most non-Americans know this. Student debt both in the States and up here in Canada is a very big issue. But then we are indoctrinated to abhor high taxes. Equal access isn't free whether it's for healthcare or education. Money has to come from somewhere.

Here in the UK, the use of the imperial and metric systems is complicated and is very much based on generations. Those of us over 50 tend to still work in Imperial as that is what we were brought up with. Younger generations tend to use metric. But then of course we use stones for weight rather than just pounds. Variety is the spice of life!

@dantetfear5253

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong I only understand imperial units because everything is pretty much imperial units.

@evilpimp7877

2 жыл бұрын

Young people in The U.S use imperial, not metric. It's based on world location, not age.

@doubleedgekatana5447

2 жыл бұрын

Here in Canada , we learn metrics in school then in construction jobs , they use imperial.

@OramiIT

2 жыл бұрын

Metric is great of engineering and the sciences it makes life so much easier (especially with EE and ME stuff!); I love woodworking give me inches, feet, and yards while I am doing that it makes more sense to me there (even all my jigs are imperial).

@OramiIT

2 жыл бұрын

@@doubleedgekatana5447 Whats easier to say "grab the 2x4" or "grab the 5x10" which one will you know? Lumber has been cut to imperial sizes for who knows how long you can't just start changing sizes either if you need to repair a wall or replace a stud you need something that is the correct size. Granted 2x4s have shrunk over the years, but still they are a standard size.

I live off tips! Thanks USA your awesome! Shows me just how generous and kind We are!

For the solo cup thing, Jon Solo does a great video on the history of solo cups! Definitely recommend checking it out!

Brazil 10- We call you "United States", America for us is the continent, including many idiots, they keep making fun of you alleging that they don't know geography because they speak America, being that we are what we don't know about geography. 9- Pharmacies in recent times have started to sell sweets, drinks and toys, most find it super strange. 8- We can vote at 16 if we want, but from 18 it's mandatory, yes, mandatory, and the consequences for that, drinking allowed after 18. 7- There is no tipping culture around here, some restaurants charge 10% of what you spent as a tip, but there was so much controversy about it that there is a law that you are not obligated to accept, most don't even accept this 10% because they don't have how to know if that 10% is going to the waiter or the owner. 6- There is a bipolarity about the military here, as we had a military dictatorship less than 50 years ago, there are those who hate the military with all their strength and there are those who boast about them as semi gods, but most people don't care about them and see them as normal people. 5- We are not very hardworking here, we love holidays, there is a culture of false medical certificates, our productivity is lower than in Mexico, who is warkholic around here is usually someone successful. 4- Fees are already included in all products 3- There is no such thing as a pledge of allegiance here, we sing with our arms down. 2- Here we have a public health system, which covers the costs of 99% of diseases, even those rare AME type, it is not the best health system in the world, but no one is eternally in debt for a traffic accident. Bonus: only Burger King has free refills; We do baby showers here, I even think we copied you in this culture, because in the past 50, 60 years ago this didn't exist; Okay, this is really weird, we take off our shoes when entering the house and we find it extremely strange and unhygienic whoever wears them; We don't even have advertisements for cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, only after 9 pm, we would never have pharmaceutical drugs; We use white or clear plastic cups or drinking glasses. 1- We use the metric system and we don't understand anything about miles or gallons, in movies we hate it when someone says "I walked so many miles", we don't understand what she meant. Any question just ask

@CollectorsCorner777

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly no one cares.

@kevinmcconnell9426

2 жыл бұрын

This side of the planet everything from the arctic south too the Antarctic are considered “The Americas”, North, South, and central, at least here in the USA that’s the case.

@nycdweller

Жыл бұрын

You will love your military when you need them!

Depending on the state, you can get beer, wine, or liquor at drug stores in the US.

@Dutch_Uncle

2 жыл бұрын

Another weirdness is that some states run state-owned liquor stores staffed by civil servants. This is not from a Marxist orientation, it is just a chance to grab some easy money, without showing a tax.

They should’ve mentioned that one time when measurement confusion caused an expensive spacecraft to be lost

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

yup. How they can say it's too expensive to switch is beyond me! Especially after that incident!

imagine going to collage and not drinking until 21 like drug prohibition it makes people break and not respect the law

I really felt number 7. Every time I deliver and don’t get a tip, it’s so painful. If I didn’t get tips, I’d probably lose my home.

@9y2bgy

2 жыл бұрын

But if law is passed to give you fair wage without the need for tip, would that make it financially better for you or not?

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

Depends. If it helped with the less than minimum wage thing, probably. If it raised minimum wage, no. That would only cause inflation and make things even harder on everyone at minimum wage and at whatever it would become. Say 14 bucks an hour for no particular reason at all. That would only make everything that much more expensive. Shoot, no one but the upper class would ever have a shot at housing at that point

@SetoKaiba1

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUnclaimedOne In Denmark people working for McDonalds make over the equivalent to $20 an hour yet the price of a Big Mac is pretty much the same as it is in the US. Places could easily afford to raise the minimum wage especially since if it kept up with Inflation it would be well over $20 an hour

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@SetoKaiba1 Yeah, but that's if indivudal companies all agreed to increase their pay. If federal minimum wage was increase to 20 bucks an hour, companies would be forced to pay their 7.25 employees 20 and take a *"significant"* cut into their profits. Thus have to raise the price that much more to make the same amount if they aren't complete douche bags and increase it to make profits even higher than before. There is not a single system in this country on the side of the worker. It's all catered to the top.

@teenydeskstudios7611

2 жыл бұрын

I apologize but I lived in the U.S for a year and had no idea that you were supposed to tip until after 6 months of being there. I always wondered why waiters seemed agitated whenever i left 8D

"Using feet and oz instead of meters and grams." *US:* "lol" "Tipping" *US:* "lol" "Not having universal healthcare" *US:* _reaches across table, reaches into pocket and slams a bunch of graphs and visuals aids_ "Listen here, you little-"

@old-fashionedcoughypot

2 жыл бұрын

*Laughs in Canadian*

@sub-zero710

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😅 lol... So fucking true!

@shemac1482

2 жыл бұрын

We could if we told every other developed nation that they need to be ready to defend themselves from China or Russia tomorrow cause we out....but then they probably couldn't afford it.

@lisaahmari7199

2 жыл бұрын

After anyone brings up Universal Healthcare, the US is more like this: runs away screaming, hands over ears, terror in eyes..... "noooo, help, help, stranger danger, socialism!!! Aaaaggghhhh!!! Socialism!! I don't really inderstand what it is but I am terrrrrified of it!!! Nooooo!!!!"

@DrRenee1

2 жыл бұрын

Socialized medicine keeps being promoted on the basis that the poor don't get healthcare. This is a lie. The poor do get healthcare, paid by the government. Trying to force us all into socialism is an attempt to give us all healthcare the way the poor get it. The way I see it, being responsible for your own healthcare costs acts as an incentive to live a healthier life. Why should you care if your lifestyle leads to liver disease or diabetes if someone else is going to pay the bill for your treatment?

when i was a kid i questioned the pledge and said i did not think it was a good idea to pledge my allegiance to a country that might not always do the right thing. as i got older i realized that the pledge was not just a pledge to the country but to the ideal behind it. those being things such as liberty and justice for all. and so as an adult i have learned to embrace the flag because your not just blindly swearing allegiance to a country rather you are swearing allegiance to a country that upholds certain ideals that i think are positive and we should all commit ourselves too.

@4450krank

2 жыл бұрын

Didnt know you also had to embrace the flag, thats kinda weird ngl.

If they think saying the US Pledge of Alliegenceis strange, wait until they realize that some residents like Texans also say a pledge to their states of origin.

@Rabidfox-gc5fw

2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't that surprise me about Texas?

@chrisramsey4277

2 жыл бұрын

In southern Louisiana we would have to say it in French also

@fulanideedee8709

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisramsey4277 How south? I'm from south Lousiana and unless I blocked it out of my memory, I don't recall having to do this.

@willwyatt

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Texas, never had a state pledge,didn't even know there was one

@fulanideedee8709

2 жыл бұрын

@@willwyatt Exactly where? I worked in several ISDs and supported 4-H between 2001 - 2018 and said it at every stop.

Canada wouldn't have converted to Metric from Imperial when it did, if it wasn't for the US. At the time, it was the US that was pushing for conversion, and had threatened Canada with major tariffs if it did not convert at the same time. After all, it would confuse people in the US if Canada still used feet, pounds, etc. on their packaging. So Canada spent millions of dollars to convert, teaching kids and adults to learn the new system, change packaging to show the metric values, etc. Then the US got cold feet, and didn't follow through with their own conversion to metric. Mind you, there are some areas in Canada that still use Imperial occasionally, esp. those who live along the border with the US, and grew up watching US TV and radio stations.

@sidwarner1166

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't knew about that, not that I should considering I'm neither an American nor a Canadian. But thanks for the information. When was this happened though?

@conniethesconnie

2 жыл бұрын

The US is slowly transitioning. We are taught the metric system in schools. Take a science class, its all in metric. Travel abroad it is what you need to convert to. International packaging, stream any foreign content, buy illegal narcotics. work on an engine (even if built in the US you probably need a metric wrench set). It's all around us, taking the final leap just requires getting all the politicians over 65 voted out of office.

@9y2bgy

2 жыл бұрын

My personal usage is all over the place. I like metric for distance and temperature. For eight and measuring, I still use imperial. For example, I have no idea if 80 kg is heavy or not. I also have no idea if 40 f is cold or warm. It's very confusing for me.

@nebulonian1385

2 жыл бұрын

@@9y2bgy Yeah, this is super common in Canada. I'm five feet eleven inches tall. The speed limit on my street is fifty kilometers per hour. I buy food at the grocery in pounds, though the cash register will record it in kilograms. You've really got to know both systems here, especially the closer you get to the border.

It’s kinda ironic that people in the U.S. work sometimes 2 or 3 jobs just to make ends meet , work to the brink of death…then when they get sick because of it they can’t afford medical services cause they’re so expensive.

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

And people think Americans are lazy and spoiled too...

@raymondj8768

2 жыл бұрын

ITS A DAM SHAME !!!!!

This video was an interesting watch.

Pharmacies used to have lunch counters, in addition to being notion shops since the 1800s. Our icemaking machines were invented in 1868, and we've been loving ice ever since.

I was surprised that only the free refills made it on the list. I thought for sure overall portion sizing or to-go boxes for leftovers would have made the list.

@CollectorsCorner777

2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy to think that people throw away food instead of taking it home.

@Compucles

2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorsCorner777 I've always thought it was extremely wasteful and stupid for the Chinese to have the custom where it's rude to finish off your entire plate and not ask for more.

@budahbaba7856

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of places are not as generous with free refills as they used to be.

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

I cant speak for everywhere but to go boxes are super common in many parts of Asia, the famous "take out boxes" in America are even an Asian invention.

@OramiIT

2 жыл бұрын

Is there a country where you can't get a to go box?

Medical care, I’m glad we have universal care in Canada. Family member had open heart surgery for the grand total of $0, even the travel was reimbursed.

@FoxyGal18

2 жыл бұрын

Gee I wonder what the catch was.

@kenbrown2808

2 жыл бұрын

@@FoxyGal18 well, one canadian I know complains he has to pay $10.00 for parking when he goes to the doctor. in the US after you pay a couple thousand for a hospital procedure, they validate your parking pass.

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, well I’d honestly rather pay my couple thousand dollar once in a lifetime medical bills than several thousand over my entire lifetime to pay for someone else’s

@kenbrown2808

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUnclaimedOne couple thousand dollars once in a lifetime? you're delusional. there was a period of about five years I was laying out a total of $25,000 to $26,000 per year, between insurance and co-pays, before we got through the legal process to get disability. there was ONE hospital bill that was more than $175,000. heck, I just paid a couple thousand dollars to get ONE TOOTH repaired. I'd LOVE to only pay "several thousand" over my lifetime for lifetime medical care.

@jackcarraway4707

2 жыл бұрын

You're delusional if you honestly think you can implement single payer health insurance without completely jacking up taxes in nation with significantly more people and most of which live a shitty life style.

In Alberta,Canada we never had sales tax. Politicians would bring it up occasionally, but were quickly silenced. The federal government added GST General Service Tax in 1991. Alberta could not opt out. Now 5% is added. We had to get used to this added cost when purchasing goods and services. It took a while.

This is a pretty well put together video and enjoyable. I will say however that it would have been nice to have more than just the one liners about the stereotypes. For instance, our military is completely volunteer and most of those "free" countries force their youth into military service, greatly reducing the novelty and notoriety of service. In other words, you are considered "one of the few and proud" in America (yes, THE America lul), simply because you didn't have to. Or our struggle with the dissonance of the temperance movements, going from completely outlawing alcohol nationwide to letting the states decide for themselves that caused a weird fracturing and then a general unofficial consensus about the age, rather than a national edict. Point is there is alot of interesting things going on that could have made it a epic video rather than just a very good one :)

I'm in Canada and stores like Rexall and Shoppers Drug Mart both carry more than drugs and even have sections for groceries and hygiene products. Also, while not everything is taxed, our displayed price doesn't include the tax.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

Yes In the USA and I believe in Canada these are called drugstores. I guess whoever made this video never heard of a drugstore. The mom and pop pharmacies don’t carry groceries.

There are some things that other countries do that I wish ours did. Paying too much for medical care is one thing I think many of us agree we can do without.

@andrewjones575

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's ridiculous that millions of Americans can't afford to see their doctor or have medication & operations that they need.

@Sheridantank

2 жыл бұрын

Says all the poor people. Of course you want the wealthy to pay your way. Where do you think the cost is made up? With taxes.

@carlosantamaria-bouvier5791

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sheridantank Hi Sheridan, it seems that republican got you good. FYI, in Canada, we pay almost nothing for the private insurance and yes, rich people pay more taxes because of that. However, they save a lot in private insurance and sometimes, the difference make it cheaper to have the public health system pay with taxes versus the private health system for rich people. But it is true that for people like Jeff Bezos, it will cost him more if he lives in Canada versus in the US. He we also fell safer by living in a country with lower killing rate.

@shadw4701

2 жыл бұрын

We should burn down pharma

@daviddavies3637

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sheridantank Which, of course, they often do - the same people who spout this BS are often the same people who sponge health insurance from their wealthy employers. BTW, the US already spends $1.2 trillion a years of taxpayers' money on Medicare and Medicaid. The UK's entire healthcare budget is around $150billion. I'm sure you can do the maths and are capable of discovering the fact that, despite having no universal healthcare system, Americans still pay more in taxes towards healthcare than Brits.

Drug stores were more likely to deliver before things like Instacart. Disabled, elderly, and homebound people would often order their meds and groceries to be delivered, so pharmacies started expanding their offerings. Of course, because groceries aren't the mainstay for drug stores, their prices are usually much higher.

In Wisconsin you can legally drink at any age including at bars as long as you're with your parent or guardian

I'm a simple man: I see South Park, I click.

Worth noting in the USA, depending on your job, the Metric System IS used much more than the Imperial. Any medical job is 99% likely gonna rely on Metric. Only for conversion methods (usually patient explanation) would you use Imperial. As a health care worker for 15+ years, if our country used Metric exclusively, it would make my job easier.

@alex.harrison

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but you guys use annoying units like mg/dL when mmol is the international standard. Americans can't even get metric right when they try it. Love, Australian doctor

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

Many of the younger generation, many government workers, and many technical professions like architecture, engineering, and medicine all use the metric system or use both systems at once. Many goods are also sold with primarily metric or solely metric labels too and if you get near the Canadian and Mexican borders metric becomes much more common. I'd say we're closer to Canada in terms of metric use then people think, many signs and labels are in imperial and many people over the age of 40 dont use metric but it's becoming more and more widespread. Even many government documents are either in both or primarily use metric and all official measurements are made using metric and then converted over (such as the famous 30 caliber round turning into the 7.62mm)

@sigmaman5562

2 жыл бұрын

@@alex.harrison US labs measure SHBG in moles, but the steroid hormones, and most everything else, are in grams. Canada uses moles for everything, making them compatible. Sex Hormone Binding Globulin can attach itself to two steroid hormones-these hormones do NOT all have the same molar weight! I read my labs myself. Moles only, please!

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

This is why the cost to convert argument is nonsense! Costs WAY more long term to keep both systems going! (and that is what's needed, due to everyone else being metric, no option for imperial only)

@faithlesshound5621

Жыл бұрын

You've all forgotten about Apothecaries measures (both volume and weight) which used to be used for pharmaceuticals. They are the reason the oldest drugs (like aspirin, quinine and phenobarbitone) are still prescribed in multiples or fractions of 60 mg or 600mg. They were not the same as similar-sounding imperial measures. And of course the US uses a DIFFERENT metric system. UK hospitals switched in the 1970's from mg/100 ml to mmol/l for a lot of biochemical measures, according to the S.I. system, which the US did not adopt, so medical journals often print measurements under both systems side-by-side.

Brazil also used to do the pledge of allegiance… when it was under military dictatorship

I've been to Berlin and pharmacies there (some of them anyways) basically had everything. They were massive. I was like 😯😯😯

I would say as an American who has traveled and hung out with people of many different nationalities, being outgoing and friendly (sometimes overly so), starting conversations, eye contact, say "how are you" but not literally asking, etc make us stick out based on other non Americans I've talked to. it's definitely an adjustment when I'm in a place where people don't do that!

@kraangprime7067

Жыл бұрын

Lol right like here in America, it would be considered a bit rude to not do those things.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

That's weird, cause as an Aussie, we do that stuff too & it's accepted & seen as normal for us & liked when travelling & other nationalities all feel quite comfortable replying in kind when we do it. We'd never say "how are you" without being interested in the answer of course. We'd say it just as words that come out of our mouth, but if the person gives a genuine answer, we'll totally go with that & continue on that discussion, I mean "how are you" was meant as a conversation starter after all, so if it works, great :) Something we do as Aussies that is apparently weird to you guys is to do that with EVERYONE. Blacks in America seem to find it weird for a white person to go up to them & start a conversation with them in a friendly way. Buying them a coffee or beer or whatever it is at the location where chatting with them, seems to be seen as even more abnormal. Anyway, weird that you find it's not seen as normal/acceptable to do that stuff, cause it is when we do it & seems to be when Canadians do it too

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

@@mehere8038 😂😂 I’m black and American and your comment sounds weird to me. White people start conversations with me all of the time and I with them. Nobody thinks anything of it. I have mostly lived in South where everyone talks to random strangers all of the time. Midwest is similar. You probably went to one corner of the USA and drew a conclusion. Yankees have a reputation for not being as friendly.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

​@@anndeecosita3586 nice to hear :) What's a "Yannkee" to you though? to us it's just slang for a US person, I actually thought in your country it was originally a term for southerners, but I think I might have that reversed from what you're saying? We actually call US people "seppos", or occasionally "Yannk" (without the ee's on the end) & that rhymes with "septic tank", so ends up as "seppos" as the term for all US people, courtesy of ww2, when your soldiers were here in Australia, defending our country for us, cause our soldiers were on the other side of the world, fighting for "the mother land" & so the women couldn't get enough of the US heroes, which the men were not impressed with when they got home & coined the term "seppos", which stuck, being used mostly as a term of endearment now (although like any Aussie slang, it can go both ways, whether it's seppo or mate or the c-bomb, depends on how it's said as to if it's a compliment or insult. I use seppos a lot here, cause there seems to be US focused censorship & using your country's name or the Y slang seems to cause issues. Hope this posts, I think with my deliberate typo in it, it should - and I know you said it, but I get issues many don't, due to a banned user from years ago that kept following me around & reporting me cause of his mental issues & for some reason the problems for me didn't stop after he was banned)

In regards to the metric system, since the vast majority of the world uses it, it is the standard when it comes to international trade deals. meaning that whenever there is a conversion error, the country that uses the imperial system has to foot the bill. While the US population is fine keeping it, it is costing them millions of dollars every year.

@mandisaw

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. US manufacturers long since switched to metric though

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

It also cost the lives of astronauts and a civilian, so all our science stuff is in metric contrary to popular belief

@lukedetering4490

2 жыл бұрын

True. But the cost of converting our society can prove to be too much to make it worthwhile. Plus our social norms would make the conversion unpleasant for things like temperature. And don't get me started with the nightmare converting the highway system would be.

I’ve been to the USA many times and love the place though I’m sure the pressure to work so many hours so hard causes mental problems for a lot of people over there. I had friends there who were great people though always uptight due to work pressures.

#5 in el salvador, i worked 60 hour weeks as a base. in costa rica my base schedule is 50 a week. i miss the 40 hour weeks before ot kicks in.

Actually, America does use the metric system. Especially, in the military. All of our rounds, ranges, mechanics, and when ever we do land navigation is done in metric.

@angelgu323

2 жыл бұрын

Facts. The military uses alot of universal metrics in terms of dates times etc. Just easier when you are working with many different countries

@writingref

2 жыл бұрын

our scientists too. Which is one reason a lot of our people don't know how to interpret results. We're educated in the metric system, but we have to retain the education.

@El_Indio_Juan_Diego_

2 жыл бұрын

Machinist here 25.4 is the magic number

@O4FUXACHE

2 жыл бұрын

@@writingref Except when sending satellites to Mars ?

@mandisaw

2 жыл бұрын

Most manufacturing moved to metric decades ago. They actually were moving the country towards metric, but once the Berlin Wall fell, it's like we lost all motivation to actually educate people.

I almost wet my pants when she said, kind of amazed, that most US people works more than 40 hours per week. Dude, come work in South America. No work is less than 48 hours a week.

How about we change number 7 to "pay service personal wages low enough to make tipping necessary" or "expect customers to pay the employees wages instead of the employer."

Manufacturing usually needs to operate 24/7. Starting and stopping during assembly can take time and multiply the number of times errors can take place.

I’ve traveled to USA twice and damn do they love sugar. So many flavors of soda, all pure sugar. Everything has barbecue sauce. No wonder diabetes and obesity are so common there.

@Taby_G

2 жыл бұрын

Don't let an American see your comment or they'll get pissed.

@danweber7124

2 жыл бұрын

I'm an American and I approve this comment.

@georgeprchal3924

2 жыл бұрын

What kind of barbecue are we talking? Carolina, Texas, Kansas City?

@JoeMama-rd1gu

2 жыл бұрын

I wish everything had bbq lol but the soda part is facts

@manueltapia1859

2 жыл бұрын

I stopped drinking soda in Th US and elsewhere because the ammount of sugar in a single can!;;

In Brazil we: -Vote before drinking (16 y/18y) -Tip waiters - every restaurant brings the bill with a 10% tip, that's standard. -Have big sales taxes, up to 40% depending on the product, included in item prices.

@terellbrown4326

2 жыл бұрын

I don't tip I'm not giving you extra money because you did your job because the restaurant don't want to pay you that's not my problem

@JZJ7777

Жыл бұрын

Uh…we’re allowed to vote before drink here. We’re allowed to vote at 18 and drink at 21

You bring up the imperial system and I totally agree because you cannot change over to the metric system that easily you have to think about all construction jobs and everything else business wise on top of just minor measurements we use in this country that we are past the point of switching over even including our cars by the way…. ( this is all done by voice talk so sorry for the run on sentences )

Where I live in Canada you can buy groceries at certain pharmacies. Both Shoppers & London Drugs sell milk, butter, etc

I used to get in trouble as a kid a lot for feeling this way, and it was never anything Anti-American, but I refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance unless you force me to because I don't pledge my allegiance to anything.

@asherholden4589

2 жыл бұрын

shiver me timbers

@Vynzent

2 жыл бұрын

At the end of the day it's hollow words anyway. The vast majority of kids are only doing it because it seems normal. They don't really care what it means.

@sub-zero710

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic that the people who hate it when you do that are the people who are always accusing the media of "brainwashing". Yet they support the requirement for small kids to mindlessly recite an anthem before they're old enough to know or think about what they're saying!

@9y2bgy

2 жыл бұрын

I find that it's a form of brainwashing. When you read that kids in NK are required to pledge their allegiance to their glorious leader Kim, you know that is brainwashing. The PoA may not be to an individual, but Trump and his supporters are trying really hard to change that too. Give him enough time, and the pledge will replace "flag" to "leader", and "Republic" to "Trump org"... At the end of the day it's a mindless and empty ritual for most Americans, especially children who don't understand most of the words anyway. Reality doesn't match the words in it. Liberty and justice for all? Since when?

@Nickr3000

2 жыл бұрын

@@sub-zero710 So many times would I refuse to do it in school just to watch everyone get triggered well and because I didn't believe in it.

About the tipping culture; it is especially weird to me that a certain percentage is (socially) REQUIRED. As a Dutch waiter, I can say that tips here are very much appreciated (minimum wage isn’t THAT much), but if a guest isn’t satisfied with the service or food, we won’t pressure them into still adding 20% to their bill. Also, here the tips are collected by the waiters, but at the end of the day the earnings are distributed between the entire staff (so service, kitchen and dishwashers) since we all take part in giving our guests a nice experience. To my understanding, this isn’t the case in the US.

@conniethesconnie

2 жыл бұрын

The size of the tip is a big thing. Sales tax is 5% but tipping less than 20% gets you labeled as cheap. Then there is the confusion of who you are supposed to tip. Waiters, waitresses - yes. Fast food worker - no. Why? Many of them have taken to bringing the food to your table to avoid all the weird people who stand and stare at the workers til the food comes or need to told to move away from the register so the next group can order. You tip bartenders, but what about restaurants that start out by sending you to the bar. They will add the drinks to your tab and you are expected to tip the bartender for the drink and then tip again as part of the bill. Women tip hairstylists but apparently men don't tip barbers. You tip masseuses but not chiropractors. Your expected to give a gift to your mailman over the holiday season but it is against the law to reward law enforcement - yet they are supposed to get free coffee and donuts.

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

It isn’t the case. Seen girls working the counter get tipped when they simply handed the food off to the people and sit and talk all day. Whereas the people, us in the kitchen, who actually did the darn work still get paid minimum wage

@Compucles

2 жыл бұрын

@@conniethesconnie To be fair, most fast food places still don't bring your food to your table, although it is becoming more common. Also, nobody is expected to gift your mailman. You hardly ever even see the guy. I've never ever heard of this so-called custom before!

@naginiriddle7091

2 жыл бұрын

In the USA, Starbucks does pool tipping. In fact, as far as I know, any place that accepts tips in a tip jar does pool tipping.

In the UK, cars travel in miles per hour, which you use more of to get to the payroll station before you run out of fuel, which you will buy in litres.

Personally I love a 4 day week, 4 x 10 hour days and a 3 day weekend is fantastic.

Playing the National Anthem before every sporting event (even at the high school level) has to be up there. Outside of the Olympics, you don't see other countries sports leagues playing the national anthem before games.

@theamateur88

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew you played the anthem for every sporting event! I thought you just did that for like the superbowl or other big final events. I'm British if we had to hear God save the Queen for every sporting event I think it would drive us suicidal lol

@AlejandroLZuvic

2 жыл бұрын

At least for football, err I mean soccer, they play the anthems if it's an international game, like Argentina vs Brazil, but not for country-wide championships.

@Compucles

2 жыл бұрын

@@theamateur88 At least your anthem is short and easier to sing.

@jaidoni.vincent6773

2 жыл бұрын

Where I live, we play the anthem for almost every event. School, sports games, concerts, eating Thanksgiving stuff depending.

@STEP107

2 жыл бұрын

@@theamateur88 We sing the anthem at every sporting event, Rodeo, at church sometimes, and at school all the time, also if u are in the boy scouts you sing the anthem at all the camps

The one that always jumps out to me is how they still have this idealised view of the “land of the free” and being the greatest country in the world when half the stuff on this list just proves that’s really not true

@ahapka

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the stuff on this list doesn't really make one country more or less greater though.

@tiffprendergast

2 жыл бұрын

It is free

@stevekaspar1396

2 жыл бұрын

Land of the free refers to our freedoms NOT free stuff.

@stevecarson4162

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevekaspar1396 : You've been lied to all your life. Your so-called "freedoms" are a myth. You're not free in a country where most big cities are dangerous at night, where parents have to let their kids die if they can't afford the exorbitant medical expenses, where cops will shoot you in the back even if you're unarmed if you're the wrong colour, and where there are obscenely rich people who have more money than they could ever spend in ten lifetimes living side-by-side with people who are starving and dying on the street. Rich white men can do anything they want without consequences -- while everyone ELSE has no REAL freedom at all. Don't kid yourself.

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

@@tiffprendergast free to exploit people however you like for profit :)

Regarding that not wearing shoes in the house - I have thought of it just, or mainly just, being at places where there is ice and snow in winter. And, irrespective of countries. I'm in South Africa and it's a common practice for instance here to wear shoes in the house. I thought also that one wouldn't, or shouldn't, do that if staying by the beach.

Tips and taxes are everywhere, but for example in Poland all taxes are included in final price which you can see in the store. Tips - everyone should give tips, but each country has own rule for that ( In Poland you should give 10% of overall check to the service). I work a lot with US guys and for me the weirdest thing are: - your measurement system - how you write dates - how you threat army (this is in the edge of good mental state)

I've been against the idea of tipping for years even though I work in the restaurant industry. I hate the idea of tipping and refuse to tip anywhere besides my workplace. I think tipping should be a nice bonus and not mandatory for servers to make a living wage.

@conniethesconnie

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is those caught in the middle are the ones that usually need the money.

@bn-tc2tk

2 жыл бұрын

But yet y’all refuse to raise the minimum wage

@Compucles

2 жыл бұрын

Although, keep in mind that tipping is only used at places with servers or when getting a delivery. If you go to a fast food place or get carry-out, there's no tipping.

@jacobpitsenbarger4763

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like tipping, but I do it because they get paid like $5/hour and i'm not selfish. You should absolutely tip. I guarantee every single person who has waited on you hates you. Until things change it is mandatory for them to make a living.

we are also historically far more ill-informed about history than other western countries. Politics set educational standards and not reality or need. The need of capital and empire to grow always comes first.

@LixFilipe

2 жыл бұрын

spitting the facts, I see

@georgeprchal3924

2 жыл бұрын

Yet everyone comes to our stupid universities...

@mandisaw

2 жыл бұрын

Most folks outside the US know more about our history than Americans do. Certainly anything that happened after WWII. Heck, I'm convinced even many members of Congress couldn't explain the roles of the 3 branches of gov't, or list every US-involved war from the Revolution onwards. No matter, folks will learn early 20th century history since we seem hellbent on repeating it.

@CollectorsCorner777

2 жыл бұрын

@@mandisaw Just remember... the nazis were socialists.

@mandisaw

2 жыл бұрын

@@CollectorsCorner777 In name, and in terms of State-controlled production & capital, yes, but politically they were virulently opposed to the various Communist subgroups. History is all in the details.

In the Philippines, we also have groceries in pharmacy, examples are Mercury Drugstore, Oro, etc.

Not only do Pharmacy’s in the US sell groceries . But it’s also the other way around . Like how Stop N Shop or Publix they are both grocery stores also have pharmacies

This coming from WatchMojo who are mostly Canadians, I love this!😁

@TheUnclaimedOne

2 жыл бұрын

You know, had a feeling they weren’t from the US. Or at the very least all had differing political opinions than mine considering the way they talk about certain things

I’m 22 and from Scotland. There are some interesting ways Scotland (and I guess the UK) do some of these. When at a restaurant, tipping is really an optional thing. Some waiters ask you not to though, since it will often get thrown into a huge share between all lf the employees. Free refills are occasionally a thing, but less common nowadays due to Jamie Oliver meddling with stuff that are none of his business. You must be 18 to drink in a pub, though some will let 16 and 17 year olds drink one bottle with food. Even though you technically aren’t supposed to drink until you are 18, you’re not going to get the police mad if you have a sip, or have one drink when 16. I did enjoy a cider at home when I was 16/17/18 though I pretty much never drink alcohol anymore.

@alisonhill3941

2 жыл бұрын

UK law explicitly allows you to drink beer or cider with a meal in a pub at 16. It also explicitly allows you to drink alcohol from the age of 5 as long as you're not on licensed premises. 18 is the buying age, not the drinking age.

@Werten25

2 жыл бұрын

That’s true.

I'm Canadian. I've always understood "American" to mean a resident of the United States. If you're referring to someone from North or South America, you would say "North American" or "South American". So all Americans are North Americans, but NOT all North Americans are Americans. I don't think any North or South American who lives outside of the United States has ever referred to themselves / each other as simply "American".

Went to Paris a few years back, literally every small shop or restaurant was closed. Man that's prime income during tourist season. Many small businesses would of love that here in America . It also made Paris look abandoned, walking around blocks and blocks of emptiness

All of the above baffles me, as a Finnish person living in Australia. Except free re-fills. Wish we had that lol. 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@Rekko82

2 жыл бұрын

You use Fahrenheits in Australia (like Amercans) while we have Celsius in Finland. Is it correct?

@stickywood7597

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rekko82 no we use Celcius as well, I think just the us uses Fahrenheit.

@havanadaurcy1321

2 жыл бұрын

Costco free refills.

@brendanwilson8977

2 жыл бұрын

Celsius here in Australia 🇦🇺 🇦🇺

@mehere8038

Жыл бұрын

The refills aren't really free though are they! Costs have to be raised on all drinks, so as to cover the extra used, so if you only drink 1 drink, you are worse off with that model

I’m surprised supersized meals wasn’t on the list, or at least an honorable mention.

@FutureCommentary1

2 жыл бұрын

Free refills is close enough.

@flashrocket9158

2 жыл бұрын

partially because of the Documentary, Super Size Me, the Supersize option was dropped by 2004.

The shot of the two police officers in the video are cops from my town. lol first time I've seen that! Love to know where the clip came from originally..

Maybe the reason some other countries don't honor their military so much is because there's quite a few of them that have compulsory military requirements. The terms may vary, with some only requiring a year or two of service. So in these countries, when pretty much EVERYONE is a veteran, it's not as big a deal to them.

I travel to the states quite often what I find most weird and confusing is after live shows or at sports they sing their national anthem and I get dirty looks when I just sit there awkwardly

@robbob7840

2 жыл бұрын

That's probably the most agonizing form of awkwardness 😂

@JoeMama-rd1gu

2 жыл бұрын

Bro don’t even worry about that. I stopped doing that shit when we were forced to in school.

@denyol2846

2 жыл бұрын

isn't that done beforehand? i live in Australia and we have the national anthem before all sporting events too

@JoeMama-rd1gu

2 жыл бұрын

@@denyol2846 for sports it’s done before the match begins. For live events not sure. I’ve been to concerts and stuff and never once have they played the national anthem. He could be referring to something else I guess ?

@ccliffy90

2 жыл бұрын

Joe Mama only have been to one stage show and they sang the anthem at the end of I just thought that was the norm, I’m from UK and I think I’ve sung our National Anthem a couple of times in my life so to see it at a show was weird for me

Another issue: Calling a sport you play with your hands "football while calling the original sport "soccer"

@donaldwert7137

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the Lost in the Pond channel. A Brit living in the US addresses this specific thing in one of his videos. As I recall, he said that American football was originally modelled on rugby, which I believe was called football. The word Soccer is from the UK and is derived from the word Association. (Glad they used the middle part of the word, not the beginning.)

@mikitz

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldwert7137 This still doesn't explain the semantics issue, though. Especially when 95% of the world population refer to the ball kicking game as football.

@thedevilsrockstxr2309

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikitz bcuz y'all don't play our football so it doesn't matter

@donaldwert7137

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikitz I'll freely admit I have no idea. I wouldn't attempt to defend the name, just wanted to clarify the origin.

@onionbubs386

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard Irish people call it soccer too

Keeping Americans, fat, entertained, and at work makes it easier for the Oligarchy to seize more power and money.

UK has stores with pharmacies in them. Have had that for a very long time

I remember reciting the pledge as a child not knowing what it meant. Just mindlessly saying it every day at school as expected. It wasn't until I reached high school where I woke up and said "Why am I pledging my allegiance to a country that only cares about rich people and war?" In my school you were required to stand for it and depending on the teacher they would send you to the principal if you didn't say it along with the rest of the class or put your hand over your heart as you did.

@legischafing7

2 жыл бұрын

“That only cares about rich people and war” it appears you went through your entire school year mindlessly as well.

@tomfrazier1103

2 жыл бұрын

Certain Christian sects are excused from the pledge.

@raider_reaper_4194

2 жыл бұрын

You dont even have to be rich , you just have to be White and you can get away with anything.

@kingquan3826

2 жыл бұрын

@@legischafing7 Is what he said not true?

@55giantsfan22

2 жыл бұрын

@@raider_reaper_4194 no shit? Where do i sign up...i mean im white already

I think the big thing about converting from the Imperial to Metric measurement system wholly, is that it's similar to learning a new language. It's so ingrained into American culture, that it would be like trying to constantly use conversions, similar to how foreign languages can be taught (the method of which I find to be inefficient). As someone with a degree in a scientific field, I STILL find myself having to convert back and forth at times, because I never learned a non-arbitrary basis for those measurements, outside of maybe liters and grams, where you actually see it or feel it. Distance and temperature especially, because you gain a sense of what a foot or a mile actually look like, or what a specific temperature in Fahrenheit feels like. I'd say a vast majority of Americans would struggle with it, especially those in fields who rely on measurement but don't regularly cross the two systems or simply don't use measurement often at all.

@bassline9303

2 жыл бұрын

It's comparable to when in Europe we switched to the Euro as currency. In Belgium the older generations still count their money in Belgian Franks while the young people just count in Euro's. When i discuss a price with someone over 40 they always ask me, how much is that in Belgian Franks? But it only affects 1 generation, after that all these inconveniences will be gone.

@DChosen13

2 жыл бұрын

I can't tell you when last I heard a police officer from the USA make a drug bust and seize 2.2lbs of Weed/Cocaine... somehow they always encounter 1kg of the substance.

Pharmacies that cell groceries are also a bit common in the UK. Most noteably boots. My local ones sell disposable cameras They mostly sell small groceries that already made sandwiches, drinks and Crisps (chips If you're from North America)

Every country should obsess over their military. It’s what gives you the freedom to make this video.

As a British person i can confirm we also wear shoes in our homes, it is not uncommon

@Thorvir

2 жыл бұрын

british people are the americans of europe ...you are odd for the rest of europeans as well

@user-yb6pe2pu3i

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thorvir I'm British and I've never seen anybody wear shoes in the house lol

@Thorvir

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-yb6pe2pu3i not just that ... you try to be different just for the lols ...drive on the wrong side of the road , use stones and feet ocasionally ,miles ... you dont bother to learn a foreign language ,etc

@user-yb6pe2pu3i

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thorvir idk bout all that, I was meant to reply to the O.G. commenter lol

@Thorvir

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-yb6pe2pu3i its horrific that you would put us both in such a horrificaly embarassing situation ,apologize please... 😢

And this is why Americans are so unique, you know you're unique & strange when even some of your own citizens don't even wanna be American.

@coragin21

2 жыл бұрын

I would say those that do not want to be American, just move to a country they actually want to be a part of.

@TSmeowMeow

2 жыл бұрын

@@coragin21 or fix the problems with America so those who can't just up andmove aren't needlessly suffering

@theodoreparson4321

2 жыл бұрын

@@coragin21 typical American snswer.telling people to leave instead of fixing the problem

@Veronica-Silesto

2 жыл бұрын

@@coragin21 you sound like those types of people that would say ‘if you can’t speak english, then you can’t be in this country.’

@Sheridantank

2 жыл бұрын

Uhhh, tell that to the millions of people who dream to come here. The thousands who die WALKING across nations to get here. The only people who don't wanna be here are the ones brainwashed into thinking it's the worse place, when it's actually the opposite.

Using random units of measure like a football field & exchanging pleasantries with strangers.