Being an introvert in America is a challenge, strangers just walk up to me and say “hello”, “ hi” , “what’s up” etc. In my head I’m thinking “ please get away “. Didn’t have to worry about this in Japan. 😜

0:49 tipping 1:30 separate the checks 2:25 lots of ice and refills 3:04 large portion sizes 3:35 doggy bags 4:10 eat on the go 5:09 food subscription boxes 6:06 taxes are not included in the price 7:29 month day years 8:08 red solo cups 8:54 personal space 10:13 move out at 18 10:18 friendly with a stranger 12:05 we're indirect 13:35 lots of cereal 14:12 tailgates 15:05 school loans 15:51 child advertisement 16:31 two weeks of paid vacation 17:34 complicated taxes 18:48 trick or treats 19:50 lots of toilet water 20:12 stores stay open late 21:04 everyone uses amazon prime 21:51 sign yearbook

I'm an American in progress. Currently 66% of the way there. 🇺🇸💪♥️💙

Wow!! Very calm,catchy and easy to understand...thank you so much. God bless you.

From SE Asia here. True about the portion sizes. We also get our food to go, but we tell the server we want it for "takeout". Strangers smiling at you or striking up a conversation out of nowhere is generally viewed with suspicion. We don't talk to you unless we know you from school, work, friends, family, etc. We have prom but it's a weird formal version of it, at least in Catholic school (your class is paired with another class at random). We have yearbooks, too. Also, your voice is so clear and calm.

>we get two weeks of paid vacation a year Actually, by law we get 0 paid vacations. It's honestly dependent on your employer. If you have a decent job that usually requires an education or some form of training, you will on average get 2 weeks of vacation. However, this is not the case for majority of working class people in America. If you work in a lower wage job, you will get 0 paid time off for anything. No paid holiday, sick days, or nothing. If you happen to work full time in a lower wage job, you can get paid time off, but it accrues after a certain amount of time that you've been there. I worked at the international dulles airport near the DC and I would have to work around 5-15 years with the same company making $11 a hour just to have some paid time off. For a lot of people it isn't even worth it to stick around to reap the benefits.

For me, eating on the go was the weirdest thing I experienced in America :) I constantly thought: "Why they seem hungry all the time?"

Thank you so much .for all these information .because I discover some American's norms of its culture that I didn't know before .thank you

The fact that the tax is not included is amazing, believe me! Here in Brazil, we pay 35%, sometimes 60% of taxes and we don't even know!! We get that info in the receipt only after paying for the product.

Thoroughly enjoyed this watching at 1.5. Subscribed! :)

I learned how to fill out a tax form in my senior year of high school and did my own taxes every year. If you don't have a lot of complications like your own business or a big portfolio of stocks and bonds or several properties it's fairly simple especially if you do them online. The free online tax service is really easy. If you can't deal with it, you can have them done for $50 to $150. Modern American toilets have around 2 quarts of water in the bowl and use 1.5 to 2 gallons to flush. Many toilets have a double flush option where you can choose to use 1 or 2 quarts to flush for #1s or the full flush for #2s. The reason we have more water in our toilets is because water used to be really cheap.

I had that year book as well when high school in China, thanks for your video very much

This is just awesome! Thank you :)

I like being American and I'm comfortable with my area's norms. I do wish portion sizes were smaller, taxes were more transparent, commercials wouldn't target children and we were a little more tolerant of the beliefs of others. But I like my yearbook, LOVE my Amazon Prime and Instacart and plenty of alone time and personal space 👍

very interesting, Thank you

Thank you very much for this video!!!!

Great video. Thank you very much. I'll check on your website ❤❤

Appreciate you sister

Really I wished for this kinda video ❤️

i can't believe that i can understood everything, i'm pretty proud and happy of myself. Anyway, this information is help me a lot, i'm studying languages, i'm from mexico and my career we need to learn the culture, history, customs, etc. It's awe to learn and know this incredible culture, i loved it. And your english is so clean, easy to understand, thank you so much. p.d. f i'm wrong in something please tell me.🙇‍♀️

Very informative, thanks ❤

This video is pretty cool! Thanks for this! Could you make other videos about other cool stuff about the U.S.?

thanks a lot. Very educational

such a charming with lots of senses, sad to see her go without a note or where she's gone

6:06 is because different states (sometimes even county) have different taxes, so to have a flat price across country they exclude the variations in taxes.. to be added at check out.

The craziest thing is the fact that they use month/day/year, toilet stuff

Excellent culture! I like it!

VERY NICE!!

Growing up with a sales tax you get used to it and used to figuring out how much it's going to be. It's 2nd nature. I don't know what the deal is with red solo cups specifically because you get them in a bunch of different colors, red, blue, green, yellow you can even get them with logos of your favorite sports team, I think the plain white plastic drinking cups are even more popular because they're cheaper. When I was 18 it was very common for teenagers to move out of the house when they graduated high school because they could rent an apartment for $75 to $150 a month but now apartments cost at least $1,000 a month and kids don't have that kind of an income so they stay home and live off mom and dad because they're spending all their money in a cell phone. Good Grief I know people in the late 30s who still live at home. That's crazy.

Useful. I like eating when I am walking.

Wow.... im support & love your chennal

Thank you very much

As for the tax part, our taxes can change. And rather than companies having to change prices every time when taxes change. So companies can keep the same prices for the physical item and tax at that time can just be added automatically

Explain this, if your very individualistic and want your own space; then how is it when your out within a public space the Americans' want to talk to everyone?

Thank you 😊 👋👍✌️

greetings from Metepec State of Mexico,

Excellent 🥰🌹👌

Haha almost everything is very apt !

FINALLY Atleast a good one!

First time watcher of your channel but where are you from in America. I’m going to guess at least guess Midwest by way you said “bag” lol I’m from Milwaukee WI . (Haven’t looked at your other vids yet to answer my own question if I can)

Being extroverted is not the norm on this country. The exceptions tend to be in small towns and employee villages.

Unless we're going to college or the military, we should stop #12. The later you leave, the more money you should theoretically have saved up so the further ahead you begin which gives you a better chance at success. I think #14 is a recent thing or in certain areas. I don't know anyone like that and I've been around the country. I never thought about #18; that's probably why I know the entire "Big Red" jingle. Good news on #20: the IRS made their own software which is free and easier to use. Good video!

Food subscription box is awesome 😂😂😂😂😁😁😁

thank you

Sign yearbook is a good idea. But I missed it in my school😭🙄😂

Hi!! Please tell me which shampoo you use... your hairs are so beautiful

Yes, a lot of places have free refills but most people don't drink 1 soda let alone get a refill. It's a great selling point and sure there are some people who guzzle that soda down like it's gold but for the most part most people don't get a refill. There are sugar free options for people who don't want all that sugar. Soda machine soda has less sugar then bottle or canned soda. Yes, for a long time food portions in America were HUGE, not anymore. Have you eaten out in the last 5 years? You can longer find 44 oz sodas in FF restaurants, sandwiches are smaller foot long subs are maybe 9 or 10 inches if you count the tips with no filling. French Fry sizes have been reduced by 2 to 3 ounces. Regular hamburgers used to be made from 6/1 (6 patties from 1 pound of meat) now they are 8/1 and quarter pound burgers are more like 1/3 pound. I dare you to find a half pound burger. Steaks have decreased in size, if you can find on an inch thick it's going to cost you $50. most restaurant steaks are 4 to 6 oz. I don't know where you're eating but all the restaurants I've gone to in the last 5 years have greatly reduced all of their portions.

I really liked the video.. i wish i could learn more about america.!!

Can anyone tell me what is American traditional dress?

The cultural norms covered in the video also apply in Canada.

in washington state the waitresses andwaiters are paid minimum wage. So in way they are actually getting paid like everyone else plus they get tips. Seems like pretty good pay to me

Thank you for the explanation about why the United States stands so strong

10% minimum tip, 15% is decent, 20% is "good"

Generally politeness & Convenience to Americans is something very normal & very important to American. Their is a common saying American saying (work smarter not harder.) Gifts giving and receiving to American can be given in so many different ways & mean so many different things.A gift can be Offensive to a American. We’re very individually dependent So majority of us feel very comfortable in using the word NO in any situation we feel is necessary. Not very many Americans will turn down a gift but it’s not uncommon and it does happen. As in another place it could be very insulting not excepting someone else’s gift or it could be I’ll turn down a gift in American but it’s not uncommon for Americans to do so. In other words in other countries gift giving can be very detrimental rather giving or receiving. it could be very frowned upon or very insulting or even be jeopardizing to your family and to yourself if you didn’t except a gift in that country. depending on who it is & what the gift is & the situation. American love to Celebrate any reason to Celebrate we love parties and gatherings, conventions & fairs in so many different groups or Events taking place in America like several at a time in every state even. you know Americans love to celebrate.

There is someone from EEUU that explain me why the taxes are not included in the check? please

Another custom that is rude is when they bring out the check and put it on your table while you are still eating!

i disagree with #14. Being indirect. From my experience, 9 out of 10 of the people i encounter here are very blunt and direct to the point of being almost rude.

22:08 ah yes, one of a kind, dog selfies.

Moving out at 18 years old *laughs in Californian

Meanwhile, poor Courtney is sobbing her heart out watching this and finding out that her “bestie” all through high school wasn’t at all.

Eating while we drive is one reason we so strongly prefer automatic transmissions

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What happens if you don't tip? Is it illegal?

Taxes are only complicated if you have deductions. If you don't you can do a 1040EZ form.

America IS “part” of the world but not THE WORLD. We have a culture and way of doing things that make America AMERICA. And, just like other countries will not/have no intention of changing their culture, traditions, rules and/or regulations to suit us, neither should we change our ways to “fit in” or suit them. America has/have her faults, LIKE EVERY OTHER COUNTRY, but there is no place like America. You do NOT see ppl trying to beat a path to any other country as ppl want to LIVE IN AMERICA. GOD bless America, land that I love. ( PS: This comment may seem a little rough and as though I am criticizing others countries; If so, I apologize. I guess I am trying to say that THERE IS JUST NO PLACE LIKE AMERICA and I am proud to be an American...even with all our habits, unusual traditions & faults).

Here we sign as well but on shirts of our collegues

👌👍😊After watching so many movies I already knew most of them but thanks 📺👏I was always wondering why USA has a different metric system and what about these red cups, there's no other color? 😅

Canada claims to have gone metric but they have yet to change the name of that town in British Columbia to 161 km House

12:40 literally had two people I knew the other day comment on how they noticed I've gained a lot of weight... I mean, it was people I knew and was comfortable with, so it wasn't horrible, but still somewhat embarrassing.

Why all this costumes or probably the majority of them are about food , ? Btw it's really inspiring to take a look about American culture 🖤

We enjoy cereal most when we are super stoned🙀

Hi Courtney, I know you from UMD haha

Hi i want learn english by you ??so nice expretion your face and good pronuntiation

School is very traditional in the US as well as Monitoring Your children’s growth and their progress throughout life & save so many memories before they turn 18 & traditionally move out of home and create their own home. The US is very Advanced in technology Which could be a good thing or a bad thing. Technology is Something always being created in add it to our traditions. That’s the one thing that changes to generation to generation is the technology that we constantly keep Introducing it and adding to our culture our tradition as Americans that’s normal.

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Can you teach me some american expressions that you use often

Home sweet home

I think then yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😮

one moth at least?! i wish ... usally its between 23 and 28 days i reckon i myself actually got 30 but thats not a thing that usally happens

Going dutch is something kinda new in America. Sometimes waiters will ask if you want to split upfront. When I was younger the host or the person who invited you out to dinner would pay.

Here in Brazil when the water level is high like this its because its blocked hahaha

I miss free two day shipping

The biggest norm I've noticed is Americans have better manners, we open doors for people. we say please and thank you even if we don't mean it. We cover our mouths when we sneeze, cough or burp and we say excuse me. Europeans will burp right out loud while they're eating sometimes right in the middle of a sentence, they don't cover their mouth and they just keep eating and talking like they didn't just ralph their stench all over everyone at the table.

America your so advanced in so many areas and primitive in others. Ex, who wants to take a calculator with them to purchase something in a shop? Oh and a cup has a handle and a beaker is without.

It’s super disgusting when you have to put your left overs in a box right there at the table.

THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A HANDOUT. 🇺🇸

18:55 Trick or treating- Americans LOVE Halloween (October 31) and spend a lot of money on treats, costumes and decorations. Trick or treating is for children only. After about 14 or 15 years old it is not ok unless you’re escorting a small child. But don’t worry...as a young adult you can still dress up. Many people host costume parties at their homes...usually alcohol is involved. It is common to bring your own alcohol to these house parties. (You might even drink from a Red Solo cup). Adults young and old often dress up on Halloween and go to work in a costume. Ask coworkers the week before the holiday if others are going to wear a costume. Americans LOVE Halloween. It is a chance to be a kid again and silly for a day. I had a friend come to the US in the Fall and he was REALLY excited to “trick or treat” only to find out it was for children only. He was super “bummed out”. ( sad/disappointed).

Going Dutch- Seperate checks

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"American Fever" might still be an issue for us, even at this much later date- it was in a great rush, hot-headed or choleric, to have a new country. As long as the names America and U.S.A. are retained, unwisely, the people will often (I think) have a slight touch of cholera, or fever- and that's not all. To understand- and best apply- the true Name of the land, Nova Scotia or Alba Nuadh- this idea is very remedial. Being neutral or indifferent in retrospective support of a revolution, possibly is very good; best however would be to understand the full truth, which during that Age of Anti-Christ (or, best for us to say, Pre-Avatar Age) was hardly understood. Those "Sons of Liberty" were Sons of Perdition, who were released from that consignment, for a birth. Rather characteristically (for perdition), they made a decision to murder in order to get gain of an entire continent; the full account is not known, how it began with G. Washington as a sly rooftop sniper in Lexington, Rewecixu, methodically taking out British teenage soldiers with a powerful rifle. Unbelievable atrocities were committed by the revolutionaries, false prophets of a Name for which there was no portent. Such exaggerated indulging is typical of Sons of Perdition, especially- raping, murdering then cannibalizing the teenage soldiers. Cursed with an odiousness, they found it too hard to have social or fortune success in Europe. Those who bore the tribal marking, U.S.A. generally had some curse; one of the deities who cursed was Ruhefezed (formerly) Anu, known as The Head One Of The Gods. A "mark of the Beast" in this context could be interpreted as a blockage characteristic of the American Root or Revolution Miasm, in the 8th chakra, called the Nerthus Center; @Celandine Lok; in the eastern, Sat Desh is a term which means the same; Archetypically, Quandary and Qualms is its name... Qualms about closely identifying with any of the Actual human tribes, much less, countries, under an Illusory Name, American, very characteristic. Best to understand now, the patriarchal attribution of the land became fully Celtic, with the Removal of the Frisian or English such from the planet; forsake Anglicisation- fastidiously might be best...

The first three minutes felt like personal attacks!!! This is US 😩

An American's face in repose is a smile.

red solo cups... lol

Hi....how are you there?

If they "love" their space granted and demand people to keep a distance from them, what's the point of smiling at people? That makes no sense to me.

15:25 do you really NEED to pay a ton of money? aren't there cheaper and even free options?

Let’s talk about American smiles😊. Why would you smile at someone when it’s actually not genuine. Everybody is different but most of the time,those smile looks more like a formality.

Tip 20% before tax

You need a good old English fry-up for breakfast.

I got allergies to nosy/gossiping people and Martinsville Indiana is miserable