Hey Guys!
Welcome to our channel. We’re a fun loving couple who just happen to be long distance. Arielle (Ari) is from the US and Callum (Cal) is from the UK. We absolutely LOVE to travel and take every opportunity to explore new places. We also love to poke fun at each other and each other's culture but it is all just jokes. We document our travels and react to our cultural differences (we do reaction videos and travel vlog content).
Fun Facts:
1. We met on a penpal site
2. We are currently long distance
3. We met in Spain in real life and roadtripped to different cities
4. We have known each other for 7+ years
Arielle's Instagram: @arielle_yasmine
Our Travel Instagram: @curing_wanderlust_
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Anyone paying to hold their baby is stupid, nobody can stop you
@@misfitm1457 abcnews.go.com/Health/utah-dad-posts-hospital-bill-40-fee-skin/story?id=42585001 This article states that the charge was due to an additional nurse being present during a C-section to oversee the care of mom and baby. -Ari
In Canada the recycling centers demand you remove all caps from the bottles
we say soft drinks, not sodas
Should have a Canadian in here as well, to give our take on how words are pronounced
Cancer survival rates are higher in the U.S.
I would have appreciated it if you had noted the difference in the ingredients. Apparently the FDA allow many artificial substances in food stuffs that Europe has banned. It would've been quite interesting to what you guys thought of the differences.
I live in England ( different arrangements are made to provide for Wales and Scotland ) and became 60 years old toward the end of last year. One of the benefits of turning that age is that now I am able to receive free prescription medications. I`m currently taking about 8 different medicines which would otherwise cost me ( if I was still under the age of 60 ) about £90 a month. In October of last year ( 2023 ) I had a total hip replacement on my left side. A couple of months ago ( May 17th, `24 ) I had my right hip replaced ( I`d been suffering end stage avascular osteonecropathy ). I had the ops done at a private hospital but they were paid for by the NHS. Out of interest I went to the private hospitals website and looked up the cost of a double hip replacement. The prices start, it says, at £31, 570. My house didn`t cost as much as that ( notwithstanding I purchased it in 1995 ).
Things will never change in the US while most Gov officials are being lobbied by the big businesses all the time, with handy fundraisers & cash in the back pocket hidden wealth - another reason why politics has a lot of millionaires & billionaires inside it and are always running it . . . Same reason why food safety, and the quality of food in the US allowed is barely controlled - Big business again . . . to the FDA there, they will only ban something if millions keep dying from it annually - whereas in Europe and other countries, proof is needed that it isn't harmful to people before something will be allowed to be used . . . very opposing views indeed! Same also applies to workers rights in the US compared to so many other countries, too . . .
I know the NHS can be massively improved, and I know it's not great atm, but I wouldn't change it for the world. We have it good in the UK. The fact that we can ring an ambulance or go to the hospital or doctors without having to pay is bliss. Yes, we pay through taxes, but the main thing is it's free at the point of use. And, maybe controversial for some, but I would be absolutely happy for a slight increase in tax contributions to try and help improved the NHS.
This week I have had a UTI I phoned the doctor, answered first ring, had an appointment with a doctor 3 hours later, prescribed antibiotics, collected from the pharmacy 20 minutes later. NHS no charge!
I’m seeing a lot of comments saying that healthcare isn’t free in the UK, I just want to clarify, I live in the UK currently so I know that citizens pay for it through taxes. What I meant is that you don’t pay anything when you need to go to the hospital. In the US, we pay for insurance monthly AND would have to pay for a hospital visit (outside of an annual check up).
Lots of us do, many things aren't covered at all or are co pay
Of course we pay for it via tax but, when you need to use it it’s totally free. Broke my wrist, ambulance came, I was triaged x-rayed and admitted for an plate to be fitted in my wrist. Operation done same day and then ambulance home. Thank you NHS❤️🇬🇧
I think the place to start in the US is to bring the cost of treatment under control. In almost all other countries costs are controlled by the government, they can just charge anything they want. That applies to hospitals for treatment and drugs / medicines. I think if they can begin to control what they're charging that would be an amazing start. In the UK you pretty much don't pay for anything at the point of the service but in a number of countries you do pay for things like a trip to the doctor but it is often just about $20 rather than the hundreds and thousands the US charge. Just charge fair reasonable prices to start and take it from there. Same for the health insurance - that should be capped as it is in many other countries, they also can't just charge what they want - and it must cover ANY hospital, ANY doctor and ANY treatment. Do that and it would be a huge start.
Uk citizen Don't be fool they are trying to introduce a socalist NHS privatised the same as the American system
Sharing the cost by paying small amounts out of salaries is not missed but paying for insurance AND having to pay for extras is not a just system. The drug companies have political influence and not all our politicians are free from corrupt practices [we may never know how many politicians are corrupt . There are those of course who have no insurance in America though i am guessing they do get emergency treatment at no cost .
America is so f%£ked up. I live in NZ, and I've never paid for any surgical or health care (apart from GP visits - ~$50). I don't care if we pay it in taxes, the peace of mind is so very worth it. I would never live in the US - that's awful that they charge for childbirth!
The US health system took its business model from highwaymen, 'You're money or your life,'
Healthcare in the UK is not free really because you pay it through national insurance contributions which everyone pays through their work
I hear this all the time - it’s not really free. But no one talks about how much it costs to call out the police. Or the fire service. Those are considered free services and healthcare in the US are just as free as those services.
*If* they work.
Hi guy's sorry but the video part of this is so old and I'm talking a few years it must be 10 years old and it's been all over the Internet.
@@22seanmurphy hmm the original video (link in the description) shows 4 years ago. As an American who has friends that have had kids recently and I myself have asthma, I would say the figures are still pretty accurate 🙂 -Ari
@@AriandCal hi ok if I'm wrong I'm wrong and take it back.
Why do you keep on talking over the people talking?
@@jamesbarr2362 There were a few quick comments we had that we perhaps should have paused the video, something to consider for the next video. The two videos are linked in the description below if you prefer to watch the originals ☺️
Try Australia! The best Healthcare in the World!
Yep start 30 sessions of radiotherapy at the end of the month at zero cost, hate to think what that would cost without Medicare.
You're welcome, and you don't even have to thank 'the bloody Poms" - Aneurin Bevan was a Welsh socialist.
Along with NZ...
The US have no health care .. they only have a health business. Its not about caring about the people, its just all about milking as money as possible out of them. That the greatness of absolute unregulated capitalism. The same of course with their so called "work culture" where they have no rights at all and are not much more than slaves for their bosses. But they have been so brainwashed that they believe that its all really great and everything that has the word "social" in it is just pure evil.
Dont you just love the older generation in America, self, self, self.
Shut the fridge girl is NOT an Aussie, shes definitely English
Definitely English
Mums life saved last week, amulance here in 15 mins...for the 3rd time in 2024...every Ambulance crew were Angels.. I ❤The NHS, say no more...
yea we really dont know how good we have it in the uk in some regards. I lived in the usa for 2 years and im so happy to be home, much more generous workers rights, much less overtime, much less pressure at work, healthcare isnt a worry, cost of living isnt a big deal compared to the usa and the UK has about 600 homicides per year which is less than the 800 in the city of chicago alone and the 20,000 in the whole of the usa. The uk is just so safe
Isn't child birth a natural process and, has been something that's happened since the dawn of mankind, without the need of intervention from the medical industry. Strange that?
Sure. But back in the 1700’s around 1% of women died Nowadays in the UK it is 0.0013% and in the US it is 0.0022% Much lower figures with better pregnancy care. Strange that?
I wouldn’t live in the US for anything it doesn’t reflect the phrase land of the free.
@@PrioryCampion I may be partial as an American but there are pros to the US, healthcare is just not one of them. To each their own though -Ari
@@AriandCal I agree to each their own, and you are right about the heath care. I don’t think US care about their people health otherwise so much unhealthy stuffs they add wouldn’t allowed in the UK or EU. I love to visit though 😍
Don't forget the figures from the video are outdated now
the NHS is truly a gem, truly. 13 years ago, i underwent a scoliosis operation two ambulance rides, multiple x-rays, physiotherapy, operation, month-long hospital bed (it was a very bad case). total cost = £0
Health care is never free, but I sure prefer that everyone shares the costs so that everyone is covered
I love the comparative content of US vs UK services. Back in '07 when I was in high school, I had a dystonic reaction to a medication at school and took an ambulance a total of about 5 or less miles. On that 2007 bill, the ambulance ride (before insurance) was over 1k. I don't think my parents ever disclosed the cost of the rest, but I am now an adult who is disabled by infectious diseases (Lyme disease, Babesiosis, etc) and I'd be dead if they didn't refinance the house to pay for my treatment which was not covered by insurance due to Lyme Disease being "not real" at the time. Oof! What I'd give for a little bit of care from my own government and fellow citizens. Unfortunately, since I don't look sick, people here (sadly, SC) are very harsh about how they don't want their tax dollars going to help pay anyone else's bills. They never talk about the companies price fixing drugs, though. I guess that'd be a step too far. I'm laughing so I don't cry XD
Get yourself to the UK, get a job, pay your taxes and be looked after for free and you'd be more than welcome, hope your health improves or better still you manage to escape the Untied States of America ✌️
The daft thing is, this sort of implies they don't understand how insurance in general works.
@@bobbierocksbuster5584 I do want to be able to escape so badly, but unfortunately, I am disabled physically and mentally (spect scan of my brain looks like early onset Alzheimer's) so I'm just kind of that citizen that no one wants. I always wished there was such a thing as medical asylum. I currently have to survive on under 1k USD/month. I wouldn't be able to get my medication if it weren't for Medicaid (our best insurance in America as it's from the govt and covered prescriptions/Dr. visits are $3.40 each). I have been denied any more physical therapy as well as other things that would help, though, as Medicaid still works through private insurance companies. It's all ridiculous!
@@Varia09_3 you have my sympathy and my best wishes Keshia, maybe one day the US will be able to achieve a universal healthcare system that benefits the citizens and not the insurance companies ✌️
@@bobbierocksbuster5584 thank you! I couldn't agree with you more
dorithas in the uk are always full of flavour
48+48 146 wtf hahahahaha
@@watsupgardeners4023 idk if those were the exact figures in the video but math is not one of my strengths haha -Ari
Craziest part of the videos is how she came to the conclusion that he is "good" at maths for adding up 48+48
Nice vid
Seems like he wasn't going to like the US ones, regardless. Think he major bias.
I think he's just more mindful of what ingredients are in the food rather than just focusing on the taste. -Ari
American chocolate they put an acid in to stop it going off, it's the same acid that's in vomit. Look it up, that's why Europeans usually gag eating American chocolate.
overall then guys, which was better?, the taste or the flavour?, let me know!, thanks ❤❤
@@johnshea5967 taste and flavor would have to go to the US for me. Although, perhaps health wise it isn’t the best 😬 -Ari
The American voice is annoying and whinny, rather listen to cats fighting
I’m just 1:40min in but I got to say : We did not WANT the UK to suffer for their choice of leaving, we did not want the UK to damage EU just because their leaders at the time decided to feed MAGA style bullcrap about the EU and their Immigration to make them vote leave. And if the UK leaves, we are not going to let them have all the benefit of the EU they kept trashing without being part of it. Plain and simple. But the UK will UK and always blame the EU or specific countries for their own problem before looking in the mirror.
The UK doesn't have Ranch, so having ranch on a package trying to sell you something wouldn't work. Doritos or otherwise. 🇺🇲
Claiming europe wanted the UK to suffer is just daft.
Soooo childish ! Wahh wahh wahh ! This guy is the kind of Brit that need to grow the f up
re: Cheetos - texture wise, I'd say Cheetos are more similar to Nik naks. I don't think the UK manufactures Cheetos, so it would be very difficult to find a direct comparison. We do however import Cheetos and Takis etc (at ridiculous prices)
@@alpachinko9154 yeah, idk why Callum didn’t think about nik naks, there are Cheetos that are chunky which are similar to wotsits and tbh the wotsits crunchy would have been a much better comparison. We just couldn’t find any in Tesco the day we went 😅 -Ari
US Fanta looks like cloudy Iron-Bru
Looks like youtube is pushing your content, I'm a 26 year old UK dude who never watches vlogs yet this was on my home page. You both seem like nice people, keep it pushing 💪
Hi Callum is right in saying neither the conservatives or Labour can sort our messes out! Whilst legal immigration continues illegal immigration is slowly strangling our country. But the public are definitely eyes wide open over this. By the next general election things will definitely change! Covid hurt almost all countries granted. Brexit was not dealt with properly at all! Which angers me soo much as a leaver. Labour now have a hell of a job to do to clean up so many years of the Tory’s! For me whilst I don’t agree with every policy of the Reform party they are definitely for me on the right track with a lot of things. The voting system desperately needs changing! So reform along with others need to hit the floor running with pushing changes. So by the next election one party winning with similar numbers than say for example Reform won’t get in! The way it is now is making it so hard for any other party other than Labour or the conservatives getting so many seats in parliament. Sorry I’m not explaining myself very well but I’m sure Callum sort of gets what I mean. Even as it stands here I still wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. I have lived abroad in the past. As well as lived down south here as well as lived in many places in the UK. For me the north of the UK is best. I could write a book on my travels & where I’ve lived & worked. But ultimately in the end I’ve always returned home to Liverpool. My home city & place of my birth. I watch a lot of YT channels where Americans have packed up & moved here to the UK. Me I left the UK & moved to Oz back in the day. Sometimes ( usually) the grass isn’t always greener . Whilst I love Australia I couldn’t stay there. I also know many people & families that moved ( emigrated) to places like Australia but ended up coming home. I think just having hot weather is not enough to leave your home. There’s a few people I know who have married people from different countries & have settled here in the UK. With the Americans I know & the ones I watch online they all day best enough the same thing about why they left the US & why they wouldn’t return there unless certain things changed. Each country as we know had pros & cons. Not one of us is perfect. The one reason I would have left my country for would have been love! Politics as they say is not a subject to talk about 🤣 as people get so invested & things usually get Leary 😂 Brexit 🤦♀️ things can get physical 😂
Ari, you're from the United States and he's from the UK. I don't get where you're coming from because in the United States our sweets, chips, candies, and soda has always been the same. Where are you coming from as an American? Help me understand as an American. Thanks. 🤔
@@bjishername I don’t understand the question. When did I say the sweets, chips, candies, and sodas changed in the US? -Ari
Yeah @bj. I was trying to guess the accent as well. 🤔 From: Ohio, 🇺🇲
@briansmith48 I was born and raised in Florida
Got a subscriber 👍🏻
I did not like the uk Fanta when I tried it. Bland
@@bigjon19871 it’s definitely has a different taste, but seeing the difference in color I side eye orange Fanta now 😅 -Ari
Orange Fanta looks closer to Orange Crush here in America. I sometimes have a hankering for a grape Crush soda though. 🥤🍇 😋