Except in Greece which sucks.

Because a lot of Europeans take it for granted/don't notice it that much. Only if you've been in the US or seen video's you'll notice the difference

@@Julian-mv5zi I was honestly blown away as a Dutch person. I’m from a small village and walking/cycling can get you anywhere. It was kinda crazy to be in a place that’s meant for people whilst feeling like I’m trespassing on the cars’ domain.

Not very common knowledge.

Here in the US, some largely populated and freshly gentrified cities are (finally!) adopting and promoting a more bicycle-centric means of travel. In my city for instance, we have brand new clearly defined bicycle lanes next to new and/or renovated wide sidewalks -both lanes are quite heavily utilized by locals and commuters alike. I can proudly say I haven’t needed to own a car in nearly 2 years☺️ hoping to see this become a standard over time

Most people inner cities are torn by the democratic parties policies that have gone on for 100 years. The welfare programs that have been put in place didn’t incentivize a two parent home and it’s been extremely destructive in inner cities. Our health care system is way too expensive based on the profit based initiative in health care.

As an Indian American living in Europe (specifically Germany) but I’ve traveled to a lot of European countries… I’ve always get asked of my race and I tell them I’m south Asian (parents are from India)… Europeans are ignorant as well. They don’t understand how immigration works. They thought that I was born and raised in India and they were confused what I was doing in America lol. They think only white and black people live in America lol. They have literally said this to us. And my husband is Mexican (but born in America) and they thought my husband came from Mexican to go to India to find me 😂😂😂

​@@Jay-pd9kcwelfare programs doesnt necessarily incentiv7ze laziness. Europe has all sorts of these and less lazyness. Furthermore if the programs are so widespread why do u even have homeless people ? Surely rhey could use the free money to pay for a home and do nothing.

I love the Dutch and I love the Netherlands. Love from Minneapolis! ✌️

@@a.m928 the homeless problem is more of a mental health problem as Ronald Reagan defunded mental health hospitals back in the 1980s, and with a stroke of a pen literally put thousands of mentally ill people literally on the street. Our current homeless problem is a result of that lack of funding.

I think, more accurately, they are looking for ways to feel superior. One British diplomat recently said that France is addicted to negative stories about America. He called it their comforting fantasy.

They're just jealous. I didn't even know how much they disliked us until I started traveling. They just come off as haters but the numbers don't lie. More of them are moving to the USA than vice versa, espagnol ambitious ones.

​@@sonderexpeditions Europeans only go to the US on vacation or for professional reasons, in fact that is the reason why the US has maintained its superiority and technological advancement until now in the world, they benefit mostly from European professionals and engineers.

Saying negative things about a country is not hating, it is just being honest, the same as many Americans speaking badly about another country, without even knowing how to locate it on the map.

@@ClaudioAlvinno since the mid 19th century America has had the best professionals in every field

Generally speaking, you're wright, but also it depends. For example, the idea of a hierarchy in one's amazement make one's able to contemplate something truely great when you encounter it. Having some american family and really close friends, sometimes their amazement feels a little fake or even hypocritical to be amazed at litteraly anything "how, wow, so coooool" for the tenth time in 10 minutes when you're just giving them a fruit. Also, there's amazement and amazement. You can be delighted by a nice sunny morning from your window and be able to differentiate it from the amazement to a formidable view of the ocean at the top of the dunes. Eventually in the long term beeing amazed by everything will lower the appreciation of one's amazement (or question one's intelligence...). But like I said, most of he time, you're wright and people should be able to appreciate simple pleasures in life!

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Gurll? No, don't be like that. Don't be happy and laugh about that, because they didn't just called you that only, they basically called y'all Americanos dmb (including your family, kids, parents, everyone). You should go out there and show them who's smarter and more intelligent, because I know you are a smart intelligent brave Americano🇺🇸 USA!🇺🇸 USA!!🇺🇸 USA!!!🇺🇸 FOREVER!🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

She wasn’t British.

@@igottheshaft based and redpill

😂 i agree, really IQ questionable comment

@@bitbitbit137 I wouldn’t know, but can you imagine calling a white guy Chinese (who doesn’t even know he’s living in Asia), just because he can speak Chinese? Full on clown world.

let us pray for Russia to nuke Europe first. After seeing how racist and xenophobic they are in this video, they deserve it

People are suffering. That brings a lot of mental issues. What is happening I the USA is a warning for other. This system is not sustainable.

What a pure answer - sooo true. 😅

@@JohanDanielAlvarezSanchez I totally agree with you.

Very Wise take

@@JohanDanielAlvarezSanchez What's happening in the US is happening in other countries as well, but we make fantastic fodder for groups that want to ignore their own issues. I mean the UK started a lot of the trans debates before the GOP did in the US. They also have had outright racism it's almost like half the US immigrated from there or something.

Thank you for thoughtful response.

We also make the best pizza . Chicago .new York

I see you exposed lots of wrongfull stereotypes about USA too...

I am an european and south american multinational citizen, I have experienced many countries and have friends from multiple locations. My whole family is multiethnic. Any person from the third world who knows both USA and Europe, even USA and Canada or USA and Australia knows European views of USA as a nation and population are mostly wrong. Europeans mostly ignore the negative side effects of their own policies and their own culture. But these same policies went south in most of the world. Many people from poor countries will emigrate to europe and will resent their choices deeply because european policies mean they are not able to grow economically, and if they grow most of their work will be drained by taxes and lots of their time will be lost in bureocracy, while the same people can go to USA, live there in complete illegality and still achieve a better standard of living and safety than in Europe. Also, these views are motivated by Americas self deprecating media, which is mostly run by leftist extremists or by globalist capitalists. American elites are in overt conflict with their people's values, while european elites had most of their people converted in this new gnostic religion of "inclusion and welfare". Europeans have grown ipsis literis domesticated, they don't ever consider their own governments can turn tyrannical an they will live WW2 or USSR all over again. They don't understand feeling safe is not being safe. The french specially forgot the miserable state and grave sacrifices of their fimsly and not "well regulated" resistance movement and the lives of americans lost in their soil. Right now in europe we are having people being arrested for peacefully protesting, posting jokes online or even praying in public, judged without a public jury in secret courts and still europeans feel proud and safe in their ignorance. European society is crumbling much like american society, just by oposite ends of the same thread. Europeans don't even realize their democratic turn was not only inspired by the american revolution but also fought over the lessons learned in this same process. The french revolution was just a continuation of the US Revolution. And still they failed, derailed into barbarism, got Napoleon and the French Empire as result and most of Europe subjulgated in some point. Now we have a mostly unarmed Europe having it's borders and independence being defended by American weapons as military personel. Go figure... Europeans became so Sheepish that UK girl thinks being european is defined by being part of the european union and most individuals fron non-latin europe would fall for and agree with this same lie.

I know what you mean with regards to Italians and the thought they’re all in the Mafia, I’m from Vegas and our city only helped perpetuate that. That said I’ve had life long friends who are Italian (either 1st generation, or 2nd or 3rd generation) and what I can say is they’re my favorite people, EXTREMELY hospitable, caring, passionate, all of the great things that makes up the best in humanity really. I hope to one day travel to Italy.

well to be fair UK is a mini USA nowadays.

In truth many Brits don't class themselves as European.

Only a handful of Brits are like that, trust me. The vast majority of us do know we're European. Personally, I identify as all 3 of what I would class as my 'status' i.e. I am European, and British, and English.

@@RobertHeslop I would suggest you're in a minority

@@Bertie22222 Most likely, yes. Plus, given that both my parents are native white English people, it's rare, but I speak 6 languages, so that confirms it too.

I tried to get a prescription the other day 2500 dollars for a month I have epilepsy I told the pharmacist I can't afford this she said they charge that much cause u need it or I'll die that's America capitalize on your weakness which is having seizures or pay 2500 dollars

sooo trusting the experts is good or bad?

​​@@Vito-oo4mypharmaceutical medication prices are no joke. Some providers can fill out forms for patients to help assist them with the costs of their prescriptions. Some patients have chose to order their medication through a Canadian pharmacy and have it shipped to their homes because it is more affordable.

30 minutes is 2 hours faster than any socialist country. And don’t go to the doctor for a cut

@@904_glizzy9 I broke my foot in Colombia, took an Uber to a specialist, they saw me within 10 minutes, I got an X-ray in the next room 10 minutes after that, and in total it cost me $40 without any insurance.

But the vibe is still different. There is no excuse why Americans are so poor at geography.

I don't think people really have an obligation to care about far off foreign nations nor should they be pressured into doing so

In my town (in Germany) there is an organization to help refugees from Ukraine, and the couple that leads it and puts in the most effort and work is from Russia. Unfortunately given the situation many people will have negative opinions of Russians; I hope people can understand that many of them don't agree with Putin and his war either.

I'm so sorry you're being discriminated. It might help if you clarify that to people you come across. It is probably very exhausting to have to recite your lifestory over and over, but I'm sure it would give you the respect you deserve. Love from Austria.

That's to hear. People are not to blame for their leaders insanities.

So sorry to hear that. I live close Ukrainian border and I maybe understand why...but it doesn't mean all people are the same. I personally know some Russians who are amazing, tolerant, kind and against the war. Praying for you to always have a hope

People are not their governments.

Can I judge you on samurai and badass 90s drifting?

Why not? I like most of your anime!

​@@damackabet.4611 I think you guys know more about anime than the average Japanese lol. But that's different from living in Japan. I'm glad that you have a positive attitude, but if you expect too much, you may be disappointed. Japan is a normal country with good and bad points just like any other country.

say this in a kawaii voice and ill understand

My mother is Japanese but I was unfortunately born in france where anime and the other thing you mentioned is really popular. I often receive remarks or demands like : can you speak in a kawaii voice ? Can you teach me Japanese ? Is it true that in Japan there are more "manga stores ?" than supermarkets ? Do you own a katana ? Someone even asked me to moan like in a (animated thing you mentioned). Seriously I find that more racist than "haha kung-fu your eyes are like spaghetti". Why do people reduce Japan and its people to that ? Heartbreaking

It is because of language problems, the Spanish language doesnt consider north america and south america as two continents where as the english language does. To a spanish speaker their is only america as one continent, different languages use different contintent system with languages typically recognizing 4-7 continents.

3rd world country with a lot of Money that looks like the New Sodom and Gomorrah .

Having traveled a lot throughout the world, I've had similar experiences when telling people I'm from America. Now, when I travel, I tell people I'm from the 'United States,' and that seems to help clarify. I usually don't have any negative reactions with saying it this way.

America or USA is a country and south and central are continents. Therefore when you say America as a country there is only one

@@904_glizzy9 I didn't even think of it that way. She was utterly offended and I was just shocked.

Now you know why Americans don't have their own language, just speak English. 😆

Nah but they got a point

​@@ssilent8202Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK are all western European nations that are not in the political entity that is the EU, EU does not neccisarily=European

I had the same experience way back in 1981. American tourists had a reputation for being loud, for one thing. I saw examples of that but I met many American youths who were very nice and likeable.

Most of the Canadians are just like the people from the US. And most of the mexicans are still, americans. US people are possibly the most extreme, but almost all of you have a certain kind of being that is just not compepable to us from the old world

@@rogercroitor4962 I believe you. My ancestors must have been very different from yours, to risk their lives crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a little wooden ship 400 years ago, to start a new life in a cold, harsh land like Canada.. A different breed.

Yeah I am colombian and American and I always say I am colombian when I am traveling abroad honesly I rather have the drug stereotype than been perceived as an American...

​@@magistrumartiumThere is something in there, but don't go too far. A big part in surviving that ship was luck. And the difference that I'm talking is cultural, not genetic. Plus you don't know who my ancestors are, white americans are mainly made up of britts, germans and French. While europe is made up of more then that.

Very interesting answer, if I may ask you, where would you like to move?

@@didonegiuliano3547 I've enjoyed Vienna, Budapest and Bucharest. Italy has certain appeal as well.

thank you, that makes me less critical of Americans and their knowledge of geography/history

I dunno, it still appears to me that the geographic knowledge of europeans is better beyond european borders as well. Like knowing some names of African or Asian countries, or hearing a countries name and linking it correctly to its continent. Not high level geography as well, but there are plenty of videos out there that indicate that americans often struggle with that. If americans are better in southamerica than in europe, the isolation and distance might be a reason, since europe is greatly linked to asia and africa as well, but I don‘t know. It appears go me that there is just a desinterest sometimes, because the world seemingly revolves around america (Superpower, Hollywood, silicon valley etc)

In my experience the USA IS an insane asylum. Went to NY as part of a group holiday including children a cpl of years ago, I won’t go into all the horrible details of what happened to us while there but, some of the children were crying to go home. Let me say that again - THEY WERE CRYING BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE THERE ANYMORE ! Oh, okay a cpl of the horrible things was witnessing a man happily squat and take a shit on the NY subway another was some of our group were mugged. It was frightening and they had their wallets stolen but dealing with the police afterwards was a more stressful experience and I sincerely mean that, they were very rude, didn’t want to know, bullying and aggressive. Obviously none of us wish to step foot in the USA ever again and if anyone I meet mentions that they are considering going I tell them everything that happened to us. Personally you could offer me money to go back and I would turn you down. The USA is a madhouse and a shit hole.

i don't need to live there to understand that making debts for studying and for healing myself is not a good thing. I don't need to live there to understand that a car-centric society with no sidewalks is a bad thing. I actually don't need to experience a gun fight to understand that being able to buy a gun so easily is foundamentally bad. Do you understand?

@@natural783, sweetheart you don’t have to ever come to the U.S. and you need to show your user name in English!

@@natural783 Actually the ignorance in your post illustrates exactly why you actually should spend time in a place if you are going to judge it. Do you understand?

@@Texastee73 no need to show it in English

@@christhackston9144i think it’s totally fair to recognize that the USA fails to treat their civilians with respect. You don’t have to live in the Us to see that, even if i have been there myself.

Yeah that's kind of the idea we also have in Italy: Americans are big and stupid in both positive and negative ways. They're honest and generous but also simple and judgemental, ignoring the subtleties the world is filled with

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They say that in the east coast when you get a flat tire people will talk smack to you, but they will still help. In the West coast, especially in California, if you get a flat tire people will laugh at you, say their condolences and leave you hanging. Whilst every other car that drives by is slowing down to stare you down like you ran over a pet. I’ve only visited the east coast a handful of times so im not exactly sure if it’s like that there. But I can definitely safely say that in the west coast people will never help you especially if your a man.

@@Mr.Scootini I live in the east coast and from experience, it depends where and it depends on who. Some don’t trust and walk the other way and others will help.

I have lived in the USA for the past 39 years. Been to Europe in different occasions. You face way more racism there than in the USA . If history is any indication, who are the ignorant ones.

Your diverse cultures are very old and have learnt from your mistakes and achievements? You had TWO world wars in the last century alone preceded by centuries of war and empire building, including colonizing and disrupting the continents of people over here for hundreds of years and NOW you got it all figured out??? He haw! You folks will probably be at war with each other again within the next 20 years since the USA is finally withdrawing our Navy from guarding shipping across the globe for the last 70+ years. Thank you for the nice words toward the end....I studied British literature in college and realized it's no wonder you good folks drink so much! LOL

Your right

Many of the things you talked about are the product of being an immigrant nation.

Finally someone who isn’t bias. Ignorance goes both ways. That’s all imma say. I see it from all people. Everyone claiming Americans are ignorant and this and that but others who aren’t from America can only bring up stereotypes or generalizations just like Americans and not get criticized for it. Everyone is the same. And I wish people stop generalizing America like it’s one type of people. I find it funny how people compare the US to the EU like… you’re comparing a country to many other countries.

Still a lot of homelessness here, so it’s probably the same if not worse than your visit during the 2000’s. As a Californian, I see homelessness all the time. Especially in LA and San Fran. I live in the OC, so it’s not as bad but it’s still pretty fucking terrible. I live in a fairly nice neighborhood, but if I look outside my window now I’ll surely see someone struggling without housing. The system is cruel and I want people to live equally. The United States praises independence and self-sufficiency so much that people seem to forget that we’re suppose to care for the weak and vulnerable. What’s the point of a community otherwise? I hope to see the U.S. become a more unified, peaceful, loving, and prosperous nation.

​@JD-gk7eh Europe has declined??🤣🤣you've got a senile old man who can't speak as president, are attacked by your own government & the gayest/ most racist country in the world🤣🤣🤣🤣hell on earth you're all delusional

The most freedom and the most rights still pretty much applies. Every day thousands of people are coming into the U.S. illegally for a better life.

@@georgehenderson7783they come from literal hellholes of failed countries. That’s why they come to America, if they could they’d go to Europe not America

​@@georgehenderson7783 bc America has advertised this "freedom " lie. Many other countries are a lot more free than America, they just don't make a show about it.

@@JD-gk7ehthat’s wishful thinking

If that's your maximum argument, its a bullshit to be honest, its like the Mexican American that were born in USA and they feel More mexicans than mexicans un mexico, AND say bullshits like: oh I love hot Cheetos, tacos, etc

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I personally know a number of Russians and my daughter in law is Russian. Americans I've found don't hold individual Russians responsible for the structure of Russian government and its leadership. People are people around the world I've found when it comes down to it. We want to be treated with respect, we want to be loved and want to be permitted to express who we are as individuals without being persecuted for it

@@jpslaym0936 Belgian here, and in my school that i know off and see at bus pick up, 2 russian famelies that live here now.. they were here before the war of course.. at the start, i feel we did see russian more as victums too of Putin dreams.. but that changed with the intercepted calls, in witch russian mothers told their suns at the front not to have to much compasion and to see the enemies as dirty swines and such... that really turned the mood toward the russian support this 'military operation' way to much... i wish you a lot of strength !! it's weird how supportive russian are toward a clear pure invasion from russia to territoy outside it... but of course there is almost no press freedom left, so the counter voices are largely silenced...

At least I and most of my friend group doesn't hold Russian citizens accountable for what their dictator is doing. We also hear the voices of protest, and follow their surpression (imprisonment, flight, banishment). I have watched certain channels to hear the voices on the Russian streets (and how careful people need to be). Yes, there appear to be those that support his politics, next to those who don't. Last but not least, the many young Russian lives lost due to this is also saddening.

Just shut it.

Russia however was kinda always perceived as a villain in the West (not exactly justified, I know); for Americans it's a new feeling - we did love them in '80s and '90s

I grew up in that world and it WAS wonderful, a dream, all that the myth implies, a place where ambition and hard work gets you the good life , My wife came from the Philippines and worked very hard to raise two college professors and a life of nice houses, cars, boats and we even owned an airplane , We were just average working class people. The modern world was invented in America

@@tompell2487 That's wonderful but if you've put two kids through American college, own boats, planes and a big house, you are not working class. You are upper middle class. I'm happy things worked out for you though!

@@davidkavanagh189 Or even upper class

@@charleymount582 Indeed!

Although not perfect, It most definitely lived up to the reputation of the myths you mentioned. I'm 48 born and raised here and sadly this is not the same beautiful America I grew up in. Our bought and sold government has been slowly and incrementally destroying this country and all that it stands for through our public education system and with the help of the sold out mainstream media. America is not alone in the B.S. as it seems most of the world is dealing with extra. As the late George Carlin said - “Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.

I agree... I'm from Washington State and it feels like visiting another country when you go from state to state. We have our own cultures, dialects, phrases etc.

I try to explain that the largest countries in Europe are Ukraine and France and each one is smaller than Texas. We were founded to be a large number of states, each with their own identities while also maintaing a general national identity.

I agree. I've lived in 7 different states and one territory. There is absolutely an overlap of "Americanness" but when you think about a states demographics, landscape, climate, political leanings it's almost insane to think about generalizing Americans.

where else does this happen, have you heard of Nvidia? Jen-Hsun Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1963. His family moved to Thailand when he was five years old; when he was nine, he and his brother were sent to the US to live with an uncle in Tacoma, Washington. When he was ten years old, he lived in the boys dormitory with his brother at Oneida Baptist Institute while attending Oneida Elementary school in Oneida, Kentucky.[4] Several years later their parents also moved to the US, and settled in Oregon,[4] where he graduated from Aloha High School just outside Portland.[5] He skipped two years and graduated at sixteen.[4] Jensen received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992.[6][7]

“Regardless of how Americans act most of the time?” That sounds like a back-handed insult/defense.

But some Americans DO act poorly when traveling. It's not all Americans, but I bet we can both agree that the ones who do are also the loud, brash ones that draw attention to themselves.

​@lilbertsmom3561 I find that hilarious cause I have met Europeans who will be loudest ones in the building and it's awkward af. Granted maybe I have been in the presence of Europeans before and they were so well behaved and mundane I forgot it. Probably the same in Europe. Americans who are so well behaved you didn't even realize it. The loudest and negative interactions stand out the most.

@@DRL1320 Americans are not liked anywhere. Including Canada. We can't get rid of them😤

@@lilbertsmom3561 Statistically, Americans commit the second least amount of crimes per capita as foreigners in Europe, only above Japan. Stereotyping of personal experience is anecdotal.

The apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?

The term Europe has 3 different meanings in GB and Ireland: 1. The geographical/historical continent from the Atlantic to Ural, 2. Continental Europe (without GB and Ireland - you can hear people there stating "I am going to Europe" when they are going to continental Europe), 3. The EU.

"on the continent" for mainland Europe existed as a phrase before the EU. We've always differentiated ourselves.

In total agreement with that ....embarassing !

Ahahah 😂👌🏻👌🏻

To be fair, Americans also tend to assume everyone online is American. Nonetheless, thank you for defending us, it's something we don't get much of. If there's one thing I think is appropriate to generalize every American in it's our love and respect for our neighbors up north

@@mitsoko everyone assumes everyone online is american, especially when it's someone they don't agree with.

Wow! Well said.

Yes excellent point, and yes unfortunately it is becoming a common symptom across the world.

meanwhile, my indian parents tuck me in : you're a smart girl. now become a doctor kk?

@@lythrum2081 I can totally relate to that 😂

Good observation. For myself, as an African I always belived America had an abundance of nutritious food! I grew up and realised I was soo far from the truth! I have a degree in human nutrition. That was eye opening, the findings were so bad it makes me question whether their government want to slowly but surely want to delete its own people.

USA is big. There are some cool place in USA like everywhere. But the society as a whole is very problematic…

Somehow, Americans in the city are assholes and Americans in rural areas are bigots Then there's the small cities, and medium cities, and maybe somewhere in there, there is some well-rounded kindness

They don’t fix any problems….

@@danielsykes7558 hehe well-rounded :)

America is not a name of a country .... United States is the correct name .... i live in North America ... Canada and USA does not own Canada or south america

3rd world country with a lot of Money that looks like the New Sodom and Gomorrah.

Thank you for saying that. The truth is, social media and politics do not reflect what most average Americans are really like. Most of us are genuinely kind, good people.

Very true!

I think their remarks are 99% true of Americans.

That could happen to you anywhere in the world.

Totally pity both of you living in NJ. I am from New England (Maine) and NJ airport and many individuals I met from NJ we’re just out right rude, abrasive etc.

That honestly just sounds like jealousy to me. It’s such a childish view on things. I wouldn’t want to associate with people like that anyway.

I will never forget the time I tried to learn about other people's cultures and got in a group chat with Germans, Filipinos and other kinds of people. Everyone started hating America...it made me feel alienated. It was even weirder that they generalized so much that they were talking about white southern people when I am Mexican-American and live in Texas. It was so strange because I am glad that I get to live here because in some areas in Mexico it has become so crime driven. It's just so weird to be open to others and to be met with hostility. In some ways it feels like you aren't wanted by some Americans because you aren't white but you are also grouped into a stereotype by other countries. I honestly tried to defend America even though I never had the need to have pride in where I live but that negativity really got to me. It might not be perfect but no place ever is.

​@@setofreakinkaiba8553terminally online buttheads is what it is mainly.

These interactions still happen. My friend traveled to Ireland and Germany and he pretty much had a similar experience.

Yea I had an experience like that in Thailand. We stayed at a place in Chiang Mai outside of the touristy areas and everywhere we went people were excited to talk with and show us things. Stayed in like an airbnb type compound thing and every evening me, the owner, and his father would drink whiskey and cokes while his daughters and my wife played badminton with the little set I bought them.

The absurdities of a Republic putting politicians in a elevated position is nothing to boast about.😂 Isn't it funny how Americans venerated their music idols and movie idols by monarchy titles ; "The King", "The Duke", "The Duchess" , "Prince"etc etc!😂😂 No one calls them " The Senator" " The First Lady" because its BORING!😂😂😂😂

Well....we love you guys. Your accent is a superpower over here.

Melbourne yucky🤢

Ew that's nasty behavior tbh. Im from new york so I know I'd hate if someone treated me like that and it just makes people wanna distant themselves from folks with negative behaviors. I've heard it happens to Canadians too. They assume they're American but once they say that they're not, it's all smiles and jokes lol. And Europeans say that we're the ignorant ones 🤦‍♂️

@@dangercat9188 They have a lot of flaws in their culture and political situation like the European union stripping every membering country's sovereignty (and pushing nefarious agendas), but if they hate the US so much, they could at least do their job (since they are so good at geography) and tell American states apart. And stop thinking Americans support everything that happens at the white house (most of them actually don't like what is decided there) whether nationally or internationally.

As an American, I think European bigotry against us is rampant. It's unfair, but I don't think Europeans are self-aware in their assumptions toward Americans.

Just like most other countries in the world, day to day life here is mostly uneventful if not totally boring. I can think of only one time I’ve seen a gun in public carried by someone who wasn’t a uniformed police officer. I’ve never been a victim of any kind of crime in the 27 years of my life either. The 24 hr news cycle and social media have painted the US as some sort of war zone. And while there is more violent crime here than in other developed countries, as long as you aren’t in a gang and avoid bad neighborhoods, your chances of being a victim of violent crime are extremely low. As for our circus politics, every country has at some point gone through social and political turmoil. Hopefully this is just an unstable period that will pass sooner rather than later.

What kind of bad news do you see most?

That's a really good point. I stopped watching televised major news outlets here in America because they are funded by political parties and tend to focus on negative events and/or topics that people cannot agree on. By doing this, it makes the nation seem more polarized than it is. The time allotted to positive segments is very limited and finding unbiased news is difficult. There are independent journals, but those aren't often followed by people living outside the country.

@jemimafreeman Australians only really like Australians. They are in no position to pass judgement about the worst traits of Americans as they have most of them with the exception of the blind belief to have the right to possess guns and their stance on abortion. Australians idolise the British and treat Europeans with utter contempt. There are even TV series like "SuperWog". Not kidding. Unfortunately, I made the worst decision of my life believing the hype about Australia, moved over here, bought a house and brought up my kids here. I simply can't forgive myself. My children have tried all this time to avoid learning to speak Italian because of the strong prejudice that exists against my country fellows. Look up "the Olive Menace" to read more about the depths of disdain Australian feel towards Italians, or maybe you don't need to. Because you are one of those people who subscribe to that mentality. Go on, do prove me wrong.

@@Maya_s1999 i always heard Australians liked the US and Americans in general. I'm speaking pre trump presidency of course.

My experience with Americans, is that no matter how clever they are or how well educated they are, all of them are affected and a bi-product of the black and white blue Vs red kind of mentality that is just absurd for an outsider and most Europeans feel that that's coming from stupidity not their environment. Of course not every American is stupid and of course every American can be stupid and clever in the same way every other person from anywhere in the world can. It's just that their point of view is a very counter intuitive point of view for Europeans (and the majority of the world in general).

you mean like the ignorance of Americans not knowing Europe is a continent and not a country....or even dont know where to find it on a map!

The political system - and some other 'external' aspects such as religious indoctrination or having to compete against someone else in _so_ many regards - have quite an effect on the _mindset_ of individual people. It's not the "fault" of the individual when they develop that mindset, but it is a problem - and, going with what I've been taught over and over, it's the responsibility of the individual to recognize problems like that and work against them (think about N*zi propaganda and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about...) So, is it the _fault_ of individual US Americans that they have this black-and-white, us-versus-them, "we're the good guys"... mindset? No. Is it their responsibility to fact-check and find out just how terrible and harmful - and in part just wrong - that mindset is? Yes, I'd say they are.

@@Arltratlo to play the devil's advocate, can you name more than 10 states and place them on the map. Also this is not just Americans, that's Australians too, the reason is not because they are ignorant (necessarily) but because they are cut in a bubble in a way. Then again to be fair Australians also can easily name most countries in South East Asia, Americans can't name half of central America nor point on the map most of Latin America.

@TheFanDubFan I would hardly call it "left vs right". The Democrats would be regarded even more right-wing than the Tories in the UK, or CDU in Germany. Mention in KZfaq about HealthService and you'll be named by many as being a so-called "Libtard". For them, this is regarded as the first step towards communism. (and don't try to have a conversation about the 2nd Amendment, it's a waste of time). Of course you can't blame them for being born there, but many don't seem to be able , or willing, to look beyond the horizon. This has much to do with the education they have.They are indoctrinated without even knowing it. I've been there several times, have American friends who have visited Europe and have realized they are not the centre of the world.

Here’s the thing… ignorance is what creates those feelings. It’s not like Germany is much better off. It really isn’t. I live in the US and Europe and there are certainly differences, but one isn’t better than the other. What’s causing this is ignorance.

Why does everyone in the world hate White South Africans?

It's because America is being controlled by corporate media. So, major media outlets like Fox or CNN bank on creating chaos.... panic. I remember following a story about a man who defended his home and family from a person who was breaking into their house. I am also a supporter of our Second Amendment... so the robber was shot. Major media outlets attempted to turn it into a racial crime, which wasn't true due to video evidence. I also believe the family filed a lawsuit for defamation. Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is that they really do control what they want us to see. In terms of the American dream... it's still alive here. I'm one of millions of Americans trying their best to live an honest, working life. I am a firm believer in this passage from the Declaration of Independence "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Unfortunately a lot of our politicians that align with our current president are trying to take that simple right away. Raising inflation, taxes, and trying to limit my basic rights as an American citizen. It just stinks right now and truthfully we were better under Trump (I didn't vote for him or Biden in our last presidential election). Our economy was rock solid and we REALLY need that right now. Hate crimes towards white Americans are at an all time high as well.... (I have been called a colonizer although my great-grandparents immigrated from Poland). I admit that I am a Texan, born and raised, and I'm proud to be an American even known we lost our way a bit. If anyone is reading this from Europe, I do urge ya'll to come to Texas. We will welcome y'all with open arms and Texan hospitality.

• European people You’re on an American made website (KZfaq), you use American made social media, American made internet and you’re probably using an American made phone (Apple) unless you’re using a laptop or personal computer which was also American made. Your country listens to American music, follows American trends, culture and celebrities, copies how Americans dress and American slang, American abbreviations like “Lol” “Lmao” “omw” and you wear American made clothes, always copying American style The highlight of non American youths (probably whole life) is when Americans artists, American concerts and festivals come to perform in other countries. I know you hate to admit it but the world knows how much America has carried humanity. IN ONLY 244 YEARS AMERICANS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. 1.) became our planets world power. 2.) landed on the moon and lead humanity in space travel science and technological advances. 3.) Americans invented. • Inventions by Country 2023 The United States The U.S. is the hub of all innovative inventions. Most new technology was invented in America -- from personal computers, lasers, mobile phones, video games, photocopiers, and even the internet. Other inventions from the U.S. include hearing aid, micro-ovens, steamboats, submarines, refrigerators, telegraphs, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, cash registers, electric cookers, electronic TV, credit cards, air conditioners, and much more. Source: worldpopulationreview • Here is an overview of inventions by country for the top ten most inventive countries in the world as of 2022, focusing on inventions that have been fundamental in shaping modern society. 1. The United States 2. Japan 3. South Korea 4. Germany 5. Taiwan 6. China 7. France 8. United Kingdom 9. Canada 10. India Source: worldpopulationreview • Nobel Prizes by Country 2023 First issued in 1901, the Nobel Prize is one of the highest honors a person can receive in their lifetime. The Nobel Prize was founded by Swedish engineer, inventor, and chemist Alfred Nobel, whose will established the Nobel Foundation and directed that the prizes be awarded annually "to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Nobel further instructed that "no consideration be given to nationality, but that the prize be awarded to the worthiest person, whether or not they are Scandinavian." Nobel Prizes are awarded in five areas: peace, literature, physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine. In 1969, an additional prize, titled the "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" (SRPESMAN), was established by Sweden's central bank and has been incorporated into the Nobels as well. Here are the 10 countries with the most Nobel Prize winners: 1. United States - 400 2. United Kingdom - 137 3. Germany - 111 4. France - 71 5. Russia - 32 6. Sweden - 32 7. Japan - 29 8. Canada - 28 9. Switzerland - 27 10. Netherlands - 22 Source: worldpopulationreview • Countries With The Best Education System In The World 2023: Top 17 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Canada 4. Germany 5. Switzerland 6. Sweden 7. The Netherlands 8. Finland 9. Australia 10. Denmark 11. France 12. China 12. Estonia 13. Hungary 14. Japan 15. Israel 16. Slovenia 17. South Korea: Source: bscholarly • We built America from the ground up and accomplished all of this in only 244 years. We took the world out of the dark ages and we are literally the reason humanity is so modern. Every other country in the world hasn’t accomplished shit there’s no comparison when it comes to America and the world knows that, that’s why they wish they could live with us. I don’t know why European people feel the need to impress us Americans or try and prove themselves to us or try so hard to make themselves noticed by us Americans or try to make themselves feel better by trying to downplay humanities greatest nation… Americans are obviously elite in everything that we do. You guys don’t realize how embarrassing you are to Americans. Americans laugh when little European people try and call americans stupid knowing americans literally are the reason why the world has advanced. Now imagine life before America existed? You’re welcome. Americans carry humanity so how you gonna hate from outside of the club? YOU CANT EVEN GET IN 😂 🇺🇸 I’m just glad my ancestors moved to “the new world” and I’m not still stuck in Europe because I can’t blame you guys. I’d be mad and probably hate on Americans too knowing I got left behind and could’ve been born in America instead. 😭😂 I know you hate to hear it but we all know Europe youth secretly wishes they lived in America so they could go to Travis Scott shows and experience “the American dream…” like the rest of the world does. So yeah Europeans, you definitely do copy us lol, like the rest of the world does, it’s funny you all “hate” Americans until you meet one then you’re all asking us all about America and what it’s like to live here complimenting us non stop lol. (by the way that was so wild that some of you say Americans copy the Europe? copy WHAT exactly? Gross haha gross haha never! 🤮 You guys are like a lame weird boring wannabe version of us. Americans been trendsetters but you already knew that lol. • We also think of those corny ass wannabe gangsters you guys have in the Europe who TRY to copy American rap and throw up American gang signs. 😂 Like boy sit yo crumpet eating, king and queen having, European accent having ass down you ain’t no blood 🩸there’s nothing funnier than seeing videos of European wannabes with European accents throwing up American gang signs trying to act like he’s from LA and even wearing Lakers jerseys lol see? Even your lame ass rappers and wannabe gangsters straight up copy us too. Corny asses I wish you could see yourselves through our eyes. 😭🤣 You probably live in the EU with crooked teeth in your moms basement, cope harder, the U.S. is one of the most technologically innovative countries, if not the most, the EU have been irrelevant for over a century. Good for you, you all are irrelevant with crooked teeth, I promise you we don’t like you guys either, as well as many other parts of the world, very snobby arrogant people with a superiority complex even though you have been irrelevant since W.W.2, when one of EU’s countries kinda killed 6 million jews, which the U.S. HELPED LIBERATE!!

@@americaisbetterthantherest9848 well if you felt the need to write all of that about the US being better than EU, its because deep down you know its not better, otherwise why even waste all that time writing that colossal comment that no one is going to read? All that tech and still have 3rd world internet, shitty healthcare system, huge crime rate, complete obsession with work instead of living life, lack of basic rights, huge number of homeless people... like come on, you wrote that text because even having done all that, and having a huge list of accomplishments, you are jealous that the average european has a high quality of life and is happy compared to the average american, thats why you're trying to find reasons to feel superior, meanwhile we don't even have to do or say anything because we just feel pitty for you there, it must suck living in that shit whole 😅

Yes, we do deserve better. But about half of the voters don't seem to think that. It's a tragedy. My mother voted her entire life to keep a health care system that did her (and her family) really badly before she passed away last year.

I agree with you! Many people are in bankruptcy in America due to health system, which is stupid!

Irish here too. For such a rich country, I'm baffled by their healthcare and what appears to be unequal access to education - and as for the guns....

They don’t have free healthcare because they don’t pay for it with taxes, that’s what I’ve heard

I’m 54 and this is a big concern for me. We will likely be uninsured soon, and as the sole money-maker in my family (at this time) it’s frightening to think what would happen if I became sick. We would lose everything we’ve worked for. We would be homeless.

I often get that look if I say anything that suggests that the USA isn't the best. I look and sound like an average white American, but I was raised in Asia.

That is one person. Generally it's the loudmouths, bigots, narrow-minded, egocentric people that are the loud ones and so they get noticed. Unfortunately the news thinks that people get bored by seeing good things in the world (and actuality, I think that is the general truth, but not with everyone) so that's why we always see tragedy on TV.. sensationalism, and all the far-right Republican crazy stuff on the news. People need to notice that the Republican party nowadays has one agenda, and that is to oppose all the good that the Democratic party attempts to do.

Personally, I think the Cold War is a major factor in that. Various administrations promoted loud, energetic patriotism to distance oneself from the USSR and, later on, from China. The same was being done in those countries as well. The culture of present-day Russia and of China have that same intense patriotism and idea that their country is the greatest in the whole world.

Tbf most young Americans these days think the governments and infrastructure everywhere else are better and are working hard to change it. The extreme patriotism and American Exceptionalism is mostly an older conservative ideal, though of course there are young conservatives who follow in the footsteps of their parents

@@nathangornick7 I've noticed even the younger people sometimes can't get over american exceptionalism. For example they tend to think that every problem in the world is US's fault.

Oh no anyway

Pls. You were rivalling tribes ens|4ving each other.

I'm not saying what happened is right. I am saying back then it was survival of the fittest.

​@@lullaby218 Survival of the fittest your mom. Colonialism is never justified, no matter if the people who lived on those lands before were fighting each other. Do you realize that with your logic you can excuse much of the slave trade, since certain African states were happy with selling slaves?

@@lullaby218😐

As an American I feel very sad about that. How the Native American people were treated was abhorrent. Many Native Americans treated the first colonists with kindness when they arrived and then this is how they were repaid. I know justice can never be done for what happened but I can tell you that for myself I am sorry for what occurred to the Native American people and it saddens me.

I grew-up on the Jersey Shore for first 20 great years of experience of living in the Tri State AO of NJ, NYC, Philly. I spent the next 1.5 years going from Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Ft McClellan, Ft Benning and spent one month in South Dade County patrolling Highway 1 from South Miami to Homestead AFB. My unit out of Georgia and another close 30,000 troops were there for the Hurricane Andrew Relief Effort of 92'. Since the 3rd of June 93' I've been living in Central Europe. My German Frau and I raised together 3 beautiful children. Germany has it's problems just like any other place across the globe. I my blood stills run red white and blue of the Jersey Shore, but from me of what had happened for the past 30 years is mind blowing. The wars and war and more wars. I stood at top of the WTC 98' with my German family. 2 years after the BS, my oldest son and I stood at Ground Zero. The infrastructure from the NJ NYC Philly to Virginia where I visited my younger brother started to change between 03'-07'. This is only from my prospected. Schöne Grüße aus Bayern. If you ever get a chance to visit other parts of the country or to visit to outside world from the States, do it! Always have a open mind, nobody's perfect. Stay safe, Prost!

BS ! Ever since the day the first European illegal settlers landed at Plymouth Rock, Americans have always been evil, racist stupid, genocidal and greedy. Today they're just or morbidly obese Europeans

@@SH-gr6pg I've visited a few states, but I would really love to visit other places. I will one of these days! And same to you!

Blaming both parties equally or politics generically is not helpful. One party is the party of the crazies, the party of the bigots, the party of Trump, and the other party is trying to fight them.

​@SH-gr6pg Good luck to you and your family, and well done for having the sense and foresight to leave the USA. I too, vividly remember the experience of standing on the top viewing deck of the world trade centre in 1991 as an Australian tourist. I travelled through a lot of America and Canada for the first time - and probably last time unfortunately. It so saddens me that a country with so much potential is in such a horrible state of corporate, political and social decline due to unresolved racist, civil and religious traumas and corporate corruption and greed that has decimated the institutions built to uphold the tenets of liberty and justice. Very sad.

I agree with shit ton of biomes in one country. Compared to Europe which are in different countries

@@OddSwiftGoosehow would change if each state was a country with different language and different culture?

Part of the difference in Europe and America is Europe has become very liberal compared to the US. Although the US under Biden has accelerated a liberal agenda at a knee-jerk pace to the point where people feel like civil war could happen between Red States and Blue states

MEJOR, QUEDATE ALLI.

And sometimes Americans wear a maple leaf too. For the same reason.

This is just complete bullshit.

Thanks for the tip. I'll be wearing a Canadian pin from now on, lol.

@@sharcon3891But it’s nearly always easy to tell an American from a Canadian.

They walk differently. They speak differently. It’s either immediacy obvious, but if not, there are easy clues to find out.

well said...

Ok but Paris is a shithole

So interesting, i'm french and i born there . I never thought about how the young generation can feel itself in America about fear of lack of money specially for healthcare . We are so lucky, if we don't have money we can do all studies for free, we have grants for renting apartments , specially when you are a student , free healthcare etc Thank's for putting our feet back on the ground

And Paris is not a cheap city compared to other cities in Europe. Come to Spain and you'll be surprised on how cheap good food can be. Or things like internet, train, etc...

I find the good salaries thing ironic as Americans don't get paid well at all overall people are overworked and underpaid maybe some places are cheap to live that you don't notice it but even that going away but I think it's because Americans don't form unions or see if their employer are taking advantage of them instead they think their not working and enough

Dont American taxpayers pay for Europeans defense in NATO??

​@@logician3641No. They pay to subsidize the US military industry.

@@finestPlugins Trump said they werent paying their faire share..They got mad at him...

@@logician3641 But then Trump really doesn't understand how the world works either. It was never about paying a fair share but about increasing national defense spending to a certain target. Which was already planned for anyhow (you also need something to spend the money on after all).

@@finestPlugins I think Trump knew that. 'Paying their fair' share was just a euphomism to illustrate the point. What I am trying to say, is that if Europeans en mass feal so strongly about the US being made up of incompetant, fat, over-hyped, stupid fools, then why continue to rely on them for defense? It would seem that continuing to do so would demonstrate the European's lack of intelligence and forsight.

Why the bad rep? I am an American. I am starting to hear that the Trans agenda is really being pushed and in let's say conservative areas like Afghanistan it's not going well. Also, Japan and other parts of Africa and the Middle East are not comfortable with the trans movement.

People are nice in the USA until we talk about politics. Then people take a cultish stance and show their ignorance blatantly. It’s a problem when you live here and see all the inequality there is.

@@mariog7213 What has happened is the progressive movement has politicized everything and now those on the right are doing the same thing in response. As far as inequalities you will always have them. Often it's because of personal choices. I have noticed that people with financial stress often smoke, drink, use drugs or generally lazy and feel they are owed by society. Those vices are expensive and take time away from more productive endeavors. This idea of equality was covered in the short story Harrison Bergeron. I think Jesus said the poor will always be with you. Benjamin Franklin stated he noticed the more programs for the poor the more poor you have. Here is an economic thought I have had. If you get rid of government food assistance for the poor what would happen to the price of food? It should go down.

Yup, most Americans who travel overseas (not the usual Mexico or party destinations) has a wider worldview.

One thing I noticed in Cancun is Canadians go out of their way to let people know they’re not Americans. From having the maple leaf in hats and shirts to shuttles catering to them.

Just curious, what are some other countries that have a better employment rate of immigrants?

Are you aware that migration from the US to a perceived better nation is a personal option?

Where are you getting the perception that Americans are proud to be single-language speakers? Most Americans just don't give a second language a thought which is justifiable considering how much it costs us to go anywhere other than somewhere in the U.S. I've never heard any American act proud about not knowing a second language (and almost all of us take at least 1 foreign language in school... we just have no reason to practice it).

​​@@Haylla2008h am getting it by meeting Americans who say 'fuck this language why would I ever need anything other than pure English" living in the middle of Tokyo, Brazil and Paris where everyone not in the tourism industry doesn't give an eff about the English language. I haven't heard anyone from anywhere else say something like that, though am pretty sure many think it.

@Haylaa2008 I completely second that. I am American(living in Eastern Europe, Latvia, for 13 yrs).. but I have never in my 50 yrs heard American say they’re proud that they only speak English and/or only need to learn English. Never.

Im From Portugal, every country has Downs and ups, good and bads. I visited your Country a few years ago and absolutly loved it, i even had friends in Miami andi wanted to to move there...We can tell it´s not an Old Country with old Culture but...was one of my best experiences of all time, and i was living in London at the time.

Cherith R, there is a National Geography documentary portraityng how damaging can be to young elephants the absence of full grown and mature parents or related individuals of the same species. Basically someone did transfer a couple of young elephants to a distant location without adult elephants. As they grew up by themselves the young elephants used to do a lot of weird things including attack and killing people. Migration was key to create and develop america. Most of people who migrated to america back on time were young and imature young people, with no so high moral, social, cultural i mean human standards of living and almost no full grown mature adults to guide them. Since then until today americans are still finding their way, half america are good people fighting the another half wich are bullies. As always happens the bullies have been sucessefull and are rulling the america and most of the world. Please non ofenses and don't take it personally. I am from the other side of the world trying for decades now to understand american behavior. Peace and love

"On the whole, I love my home country (a place where individualism is revered)," It's, to me, quite revealing that you say that in a tone that makes it sound like an indisputable quality, when, again in my view, many of the problems of your country seem to stem from precisely that. Individuality is something to be respected, even nurtured, but only to the point where it serves to build a richer, more diverse society, where everyone can live up to his/hers potential, not to make it a place where sociopaths seem to strive.

@@luisrodrigues4698 How exactly are sociopaths striving in America?

@@dvaIentin he means Trump

Immigration is not just a thing in the US. Many european countries have more immigration per capita. Just saying…. The biggest contributor in WW2 was the soviet union. They killed 8 out of 10 dead german soldiers.

Congratulated you on learning English so quickly? I call bullshit on this man, I'm an Aussie who's lived in the US for 4 years and never once in my life had a single American congratulate me on learning English quickly or tell me my English was good. Americans know that Australians speak English as a first language, they grew up watching shit like the Crocodile Hunter, and a lot of them know we were a British prison colony. The fact you say on your one visit you had this happen to you several times sounds like nonsense, sounds like something you're just making up to make Americans look extra ignorant. Also most Aussies also have a very superficial view of America, so it goes both ways.

This made me laugh so hard "congratulated you on learning english" LOL English is the primary language in Australia

Where, exactly, did you go where people told you this?

I'm curious what you expect someone to know about Australia to not be considered as having a 'superficial view' ?

@@thetayz72. What language they speak to start with.

I know. Its great. BTW, China and India are the biggest polluters. And I am not giving up my car, thank you. Nor am I living a Third World existence because the temperature might go up a degree or two in the next hundred years. Please. This is so overblown.

As a European, let me tell you that Europeans will like Americans very quickly when Russia knocks from the East front. They forgot without America, WWII could've turned out differently. So they better behave accordingly. However, having said all that, we do think Americans eat too unhealthy and have dumb gun control measures.

@@xPhantomxify Thank you. Yes, the bear is moving out of his cave and starting on the hunt. Europe still needs the US. Now, respectfully, as to our "dumb" gun control measures, the reason for us having so much "gun violence" is due to racial/demographic issues in our population. I am sick and tired of us being compared to Europe when it comes to crime and violence. Our demographics are more similar to Brazil than to say France or Germany. And we have far less homicide per capita than Brazil. I think that is all I can say, without offending the PC police. Thank you again for your comment. Peace.

Its because a lot of the things to "help the enviroment" end up being scams. Recycling ends up dumped in the ocean but government connected business made out like bandits on the infrastructure for it . Obama scammed mountains of money for his campaign donators for "green energy" business that ate it all and declared bankrupcy and our media has a rolling timeline of "In 10 years you will all be DEAD from Global warming" going since the 1970s. Nobody trusts it and anything meaningful gets lost in the crowd . That and none of these people give a damn that most of the worlds enviromental problems are coming out of Southeast Asia but we need to be taxed over grocery bags and straws "for our own good"

A lot of Americans are indoctrinated into believing eco-conscious = "communism". Yeah, they are very poorly educated and easily manipulated.

so you think ukraine is an innocent poor country? let me ask you, where the hell did you live in 2014 when those good poor Ukrainians started killing Russians who resisted the Kiev regime. you are one of those Russian liberals who think USA good, Russia bad ? don't do that to yourself, because that's exactly what the West expects from you

EXACTLY! Americans would love to be able to drive 3 hrs and be in another country from all directions. It’s extremely expensive to fly.

Surely you don’t get less than the legal minimum? For example, in the UK our legal minimum is fully paid five weeks annual leave. We take it when we want over the year. My work also adds an additional day for each year worked at the company - So I am up to seven weeks (35 days) paid annual leave a year. I also have the option to buy an additional week off a year, should I just want extra. You also are here legally not allowed to use holiday/annual leave for sickness. Sick leave is separate and my work pays six weeks full paid sickness and and then 56 weeks half pay. Compassionate leave for funerals is also not included in that as that is also an additional unrestricted time should you have a sick family members or someone passes away. Then there is one year minimum paid maternity leave and for men paid paternity pay. Then there is free private medical, which I never use as just use NHS, then loads of other benefits I wont list all. Also if you are off sick or on maternity leave, you still get you holiday allowance. If you leave the company before you’ve taken your holiday for the year, you get any days paid in full. Also we have to legally get paid Pension monthly, so I can chose to pay in monthly or not. Company pays in 5% of monthly pay a month regardless if I pay in or not. But should I also pay in 3% the company will pay in 10% a month. This then tops up the legal standard pension we all receive on retirement. So you can live comfortably.

@kristin1980uk I live in America. I get 12 paid days off a year. That's it! And I'm on a 3 and a half week vacation in Italy of which I'm only getting paid for 6 days. I had to go to see family that I haven't seen in almost 20 years. One week is not enough just due to jet lag and travel packing and unpacking. I also had to fight hard with my boss to get these vacation. In America get time off is a nightmare. If you have a boss to answer to in America it's a total fucking joke. America is all about working yourself to death and being shamed when you want time off after years of hard work.

@@tylersmith2849 Very good points. I thought America was rough with work culture, but Japan? Yikes.

​@@ThedearsterYou really think that's the case in Europe? So Americans really know nothing about geography.

Gun culture in N America is not derived from a nutty fascination with inanimate objects and a deranged sense of masculine bravado....it was the first culture in western civilization which had the convergent necessity of survival with the primal opportunity to hunt and fish w/o risk of being punished as a poacher...as was the custom in Europe, where the vast majority of land was owned by the nobles and only they were permitted to do so as were their designated huntsman. Same for their woodsman to take wood etc.... Hence, two vastly different cultures based on geography and co-reliance w/nobility vs. individual self reliance. This is the prime mover between the difference of Europe and USA with regard to firearms. It is underscored by the 2nd Amendment as something that the government can not alter....so that a free people may never again be subjects of any nobility or nobility like system of reliance; on the mood, whims and popular opinions of the moment.

You are so right in so many ways.

Agree. But nowadays I would beg to differ over "buying everything out of your pocket". Most people do get creddit and go into debt (aldo not as much as Americans)

Very good comment, I agree with the attitude to debt, and too much debt is not good for security……that’s one of the worst problems in America, I keep seeing this survey saying 2 thirds of Americans live paycheck to paycheck despite many earning over 100k per year. I prefer trying to buy from pocket and using less debt (it’s safer when there are problems in the economy like there are now)

@@tobygrice6496 I for one, don't understand why do you exppres the amount of money you make per year. Like "I make 100 k a year". In Europe we typically say hiw much we make monthlyy.

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That's nice to hear :)

A European comment that doesn’t shit talk America? impossible! As an American you are a W

You’re the first comment I came across that actually is someone who visited the US and didn’t say anything belittling us, thank you.

Because Americans are sneaky and deceptive. They're only open and friendly because they always have an angle.

But here's my question to you... Europeans love our fashion are movies are music they want us to protect them when it comes to war so if we have such a huge impact on your life how can you hate us

do it!

I lived in Osaka for a few years. When I moved back to Los Angeles, I was traumatized for awhile lol

Half of Americans would still drive their trucks if they had excellent public transportation at their disposal - because that's not what individual freedom is about, what American exceptionalism means, right? And THAT mixture of ignorance, arrogance, and intentional wastefulness is what us Europeans despise about Americans. Also, don't move back to Japan. Highly dysfunctional society, not a healthy place to live long-term.

Great healthcare in Japan? You are a liar.

America seems like it's just a constant hustle, whereas elsewhere life is a bit easier!

As an American. Who live in Vermont. All of the Europeans believe what they see on TikTok and movies. Also those people have not even been to America. Also they always want to go the same place. They need to head to place that they search up, not just from media. Also America has tons of different cultures too. Also we have different biomes, so each region of America is different with different people

@OddSwiftGoose Absolutely, I agree with you! Everyone I hear say they want to go to the US say they are visiting NY...quite a few from US want London...its ashame really because there are some amazing places in both other than the "norm".

@@deedee78715exactly im tired of people looking at america as if its a monolith

iI'm glad someone agrees with me@@deedee78715

@slaydog5102 Your absolutely right to be fed up of it x

Your brain seems to be f****d up.

Thank you for sharing your experience, I think there are good people and bad people everywhere, regardless of where we are from!

Lived in the US for 6mnths, Seattle Washington, Sacramento, changed my mind re working there, racism palpable, won't go back unless I have to, instead worked in London for 5yrs loved every minute of it.

@@marionpetersen832 As a Native American (Choctaw) who’s been around Western Europe (studied in Germany, traveled to France, Italy, the UK, Belgium, and the Netherlands), you’re experience was the direct opposite of mine. I found Europeans to me much more racist. I would get stared at and some restaurants refused to serve me. Also, walking down the street in Germany, when they saw my Korean girlfriend they would pull back their eyelids and say “Ching Chong”. People told my Romani friend that he wasn’t really French even though he was born and raised there. Everyone thinks the US is more racist because we talk about it more. You’ll see it on the news and social media because we see it as deeply problematic. If you’re racist in the US, you’d probably get the crap kicked out of you (and rightfully so). The only true racists you’ll ever see are older, rural people who most of us don’t like either. That’s why I was shocked to see such a degree of racism in large European cities In fact, our racism was invented by European powers centuries before the US became an independent country. 90% of my own people were wiped out by 1690. The persecution we faced under the American government is merely a continuation of centuries of European sponsored oppression and genocide.

⁠@@RobertJeffreyHill your last point is so important! It’s hard to understand why many people in European countries say that they are not racist or racism is an American issue. We talk about often so of course it’s a huge issue here. In many countries they don’t even begin to talk about the various levels of racism that exist in Europe. Modern racism stems from much of the rhetoric pushed by Europe throughout the entire age of exploration all the way to today’s globalization. Additionally, like you and your girlfriend, many non-white Europeans have experienced overt racism in both comments and treatment while in Europe

Once an American said me, sorry I don’t speak European 😂😂, I said it’s not a language and she responded, yeah what ever

@@XavierD62 And then everyone clapped.

The Americans are the ones who went to Europe aboard their jeeps to save them from the Nazis, because the cowardly men of Europe let Hitler bring them to their knees... and now the same thing... the Muslims are going to bring them to their knees. knees and those cowards do nothing......COWARDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT....LONG LIVE AMERICA

​@@AlbertoBalsalmclapped her

@@XavierD62yeah that definitely happened

Pioneer spirit. Glad you picked up on that. The U.S. is definitely the most "CAN DO" country in the world. I wonder if you realize that you display some aspects of Brit socialism that really only came into being after WWII? The "louder" comment fascinates me, and I believe you are correct, but don't fully understand it yet. Aren't Brits "loud" after they've been in a pub for a few hours? I met one older Brit friend and colleague overseas -- an expat in Asia -- who was a fanatic about this loudness thing and it actually got him into trouble with the music-playing locals who kicked HIM out of the apartment building!

You are spot on here. As an American, I have been to England and noticed that of course not everyone is rich and stuck up or drinks only tea. Most Americans are hard working, but many of them are uneducated, and by "uneducated" I mean lacking in critical thinking skills. Many people go to college here and earn a degree, but still can stay locked into the same political and social culture wars that have been ruining my country. It's not that most Americans aren't great people, it's that most American's don't have great minds. They are too obsessed with celebrities and politicians, instead of their own history. Which is why we keep repeating it. I loved England, and plan to go back to visit.

You're not wrong at all mate. Pretty accurate on all fronts.

This is the truth, thank you for this post. 🙏🏻

i love america bc its the only place that will let me have the guns i want

"I used to think negative about Americans until I visited"...in other words, you believed what you were told, just like all the other Europeans who never found out for themselves. lol.

​@@swisschalet1658 shaming someone who's admitted fault is petty. I understand wym assuming things about people you don't know is immature but it's also human nature everyone's bound to do it to some extent. But being open minded enough to not let assumptions overshadow actual experience is admirable

That last sentence isn't exactly true. There's a way to manage pride. And it's good to have pride. Pride in becoming a better human being. Moral high ground is something every single human should strive for in a community. Expectations being automatically met. Having that balance where you don't have to worry who your daughter is dating and whether he is a good man or not. Traditions, my friend you must visit Lebanon and Israel. It's important for balance and happiness in a community.

MeriKKKa is the SCHITHOLE COUNTRY you've heard sooo much about, with SPECIAL THANKS to republicans for the EXTRA SCHITHOLINESS ! MeriKKKa where we ALLOW 60,000+ Americans to DIE Every Year for LACK of healthcare and Medications they CANT Afford and No one cares..... ...MeriKKKa where we have over 80+MILLION with NO HEALTHCARE at all and No One cares.......... MeriKKKa where we have MILLIONS of HOMELESS Nationwide and No One cares... MeriKKKa, where ALL Repubs and the Corporate Dems ( NOT Progressives ) passed an $800+BILLION One YR Military Budget... yet we Average citizens getting Begged calls from VET GRPS ask for DONATIONS to HELP with VET CARE??? ...........WTF is ALL that Gdammed MOney going??? NO ONE Ever asks....Riiiight MSM???!!!!! .....and Again to Top it off , No Money for Child Day Care for working Mothers, No Dental, Eyecare, or Hearing aids for Seniors..... Merikkkka IS the Certified SCHITHOLE .. .with thanks also, to about 40% of Our Nation of Garbage People, Uninformed Morons , Racist, haters, Bigots....who constantly Vote against their own interests.... so glad I dont have kids and more years behind than ahead

@@michaelsotomayor5001 Hahaha. Traditions? Whose traditions are you talking about and what makes you think everyone should follow the one you prefer? And suggesting to visit Lebanon and Israel to find happiness in a community? Ask the Israeli Palestinians if they find happiness there. Ask the women, migrants/refugees and ethnic minorities in Lebanon if they find happiness there 🙄

This was my experience too... though also ran into the kids who also did the "go back to where you came from" stuff. Which was ironic since I was born in the US, and my family was just living in Europe for my dad's job. I also had the spelling issues, and failed so many spelling tests when we moved back. As an adult I feel like it was a real failing of my teachers at the time not to realize that we had just move here from the UK and perhaps my spellings of words, while technically wrong, would need a bit more nuance to deal with when grading.

It really depends on where you are in the U.S. We hardly drive--we've put less than 1500 km on our car so far this year because we live in Chicago in a neighborhood that is relatively safe. We can walk to school, work (when we worked outside our homes), the library, the grocery store, pools (which are free), and parks. I take the train when I want to go the burbs. But we went down South last year and walked across the street from our hotel to a mall ... and we were the only pedestrians. It was a shock.

​@anthonydelfino6171 the spelling isn't wrong. It doesn't take much effort to learn that there are two spellings for a select few words. This highlights some of the problem - the acceptance of difference and assessing a situation on a case by case basis and making a decision.

It's a big country with 50 states, they're more involved and interested in their own news. I feel the same since moving here. I am very ignorant about the world in general

@@jewlzn7130 I'm not sure why you feel this way while it is easy to search what is going on in different countries around the world...

Not everyone has the money to travel. I was in England as a 19 year old 25 years ago only because I inherited a little bit of money. I dream of going overseas every day but don’t see it happening anytime soon.

​@@JB-ec3il I was very poor, worked after school to live and another work for holidays. Nothing was easy, but i traveled 3 times with help of different organisations in France. I suppose its not only about what is possible for us, its also about how our country take care of people and even more take care abour young people education.

What?!

Part of that can be blamed on the fact that we became the next superpower after all the European colonial empires collapsed after WW1 and WW2. At the time, people worldwide thought the British Empire, the French Empire; even the German Empire were the most beautiful and powerhouse nations of the world. But dispute, after dispute, after dispute on the European theater lead to catastrophic events that would seal all the European powers fate's and the 'domino effect' kicking in; which basically lead to the U.S. being the next Superpower in line! And then, the world's attention shifts to that country!

@@G.L.999 America became "the superpower" it is because Europe had been decimated during WW2 and America remained unscathed as it sat out a good portion of the war. Also, America sat out all but the last year of WW1

​​@@G.L.999our worldwide unique school shootings and opiod addiction have nothing to do with people paying attention to your country. It just has something to do with creating a society more violent and drugged up than 80% of the developed world, then keeping it like that.

The United States is the country where everything can happen. US Americans just don't understand how much 'everything' truly means.

@@goldenpony822 Okay what does that have to do with what I said?

I totally agree. Most European countries are so small comparatively. I don’t think they quite understand how different people are in the US depending on where you are from. I’m from the Midwest. And each state faces unique issues. Like natural disasters, economic depressions and industry collapse…it’s really had to get everyone on the same page about how to allocate resources. Some of the things they mentioned hit home…like the recent surge of reproductive laws that feel like huge steps backwards. But others are just so simplistic. Side point. As a midwesterner, I would never tell someone to their face I thought their countrymen were ignorant, hamburger peddling fatties. It’s just got a “my poop don’t stink,” vibe that seems arrogant. But maybe they qualified their statements and that got lost in the edit.

Yes they do that a lot!!! They will visit NY as their first stop then hop online full of ignorance saying NY isssssss America. Location is EVERYTHING! I’m from the south moved to the North. It was an experience for sure but it was not for me! I RAN back to the country!

This is my biggest problem with a lot of the people that criticize the US. They don't realize that each state is practically a different country with different culture and values. There may be an overarching culture, yes, but the cultures of the states are much more prevalent in people's lives here. As someone who was raised in Massachusetts, my experience living 10 years in Florida has been completely different. The way I try to explain it is to equate the US to the EU. You wouldn't compare Germany to Italy, even though they share laws under the union, so in that way, you shouldn't compare California to Tennessee.

​@@AeridisArt My family is from Massachusetts and I've lived all over the Western hemisphere and I lived there from 1975 to 1988 . Massachusetts and New England are some of the most beautiful places I've been in the world..... And then there is the other 6 months. So glad I got the heck out lol.

Your point is probably the most valid. The thing is that usa imposed their subculture made of individualism, consumism and capitalism, to the rest of the world, from hollywood movies and netflix, to mcdonalds and cocacola, to military bases with nukes if you are lucky and getting invaded or politically manipulated or bombed with nukes if not so lucky. Usa imposed their fat, violent presence to others, imposing even this damm english language. The rest of the world didnt make the decision to be invaded culturally and military. Thats why we all judge usa and not argentina

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@@BettyDrum this is it

The US is far from blameless but I think if you took the time to actually learn a little more history you might be surprised how little your fantasy resembles reality.

I agree and I would add that the fact that all the world is familiar with American culture, but Americans are not familiar with any other culture makes American perceive their culture as the only one possible. That is very upsetting to me.

I recognize myself in all of your points. Being italian, i think that most of the people around the world don't have sense of style. I know that's not true, but damn even Italian southerners are too excessive.

Americans also earn more and are taxed less than the majority of Europe. With the rise of tuition and Healthcare costs the last 10-20 years in particular its certainly not working out. However, that context matters. It's just like cars. I understand most people, especially Europeans don't want to live with car dependency, just as a lifestyle choice. Owning a car is essentially required outside the main big city centers. That said, owning and operating a car is often easier and cheaper in the US than most of Europe in like every way.

I am Spanish and I have been living in Germany for 5 years and all points are absolutely true. However, point 5 about the quality of the food (not only taste but if it's healthy or not) also applies to what south Europe thinks about the north of Europe (and I can confirm it is a true stereotype).

@@JuloTFK this is exactly what we think of Germany (Würst, sausages, meat, potato, krauts) and Great Britain (do they have typical food? Fish an chips, maybe). Obviously kidding, we are tsking food too seriously in Italy.

@@chickenfishhybrid44 the fuel is way cheaper in the US, we have around 1,50 € /l which is about 5,5 $ per gallon.