Brit Reacts to 10 Weird Things Americans Don't Realise Aren't Normal 

In WV most have a quick graveside service too. 5-10 minutes. But, the funeral is usually at the funeral home.

@@timl8302 The wake or visitation is usually at the funeral home (mortuary) several days before the funeral and is very informal with family and friends viewing the body and talking about their memories of the deceased and may include a light meal. The funeral is at a church or chapel followed by the grave site service, or burial, when the casket is placed in the ground. Recently more families are just doing a memorial service which may be weeks or months after the death with no casket etc.

@@mtwomn8940 Not in WV. In WV, the wake is either The night before the funeral or the 2 hours before the funeral. Then there is a funeral procession of cars to the grave. Casket car then family limo ride to site or mausoleum for a quick service. Possibly a lunch/ dinner at a church. The limo is sometimes ditched for funding reasons. There is also, cremation. But, this may be a WV or Southern thing. Because cars will pull off a 2 lane roads as the procession passes. Oh, the procession is allowed to run red lights.

Most of the time, that I'm aware of, you have a wake, which may include a short informal service, at the funeral home 1-2 days before the funeral, then the funeral is at the church with a full service. And last, you have the burial, which includes the closest family and friends of the deceased, and usually a small service of variable formality.

I can only speak to the funerals I’ve attended, which have been in Southern Indiana and religious. Typically the day before the funeral; they have a showing either at the funeral home or at a church. They have additional showing time 2 hrs before funeral, then the funeral procession leads everyone to the church for the funeral; the procession is led by police and when a funeral procession passes on the road people are supposed to pull to the side to allow right-a-way to the entire procession (police stop at intersections to stop traffic). Once at the church the funeral proceeds, after everyone is invited to join at the gravesite, but typically everyone doesn’t go. At the gravesite (all gravesite ceremonies I’ve been to have been Catholic) they say some prayers and everyone takes a turn putting holy water on the casket, sitting above ground. As this happens people walk away letting the immediate family last to say goodbye. They don’t lower the cadet into the ground until everyone has left, I’ve always assumed in movies they watched the casket lower for the dramatic effect but maybe some places people do watch the casket being lowered. Afterwards there’s a bereavement meal for anyone who came to the funeral, I think this is our “celebration of life” part…

Agree 100%. Most Americans hate the mainstream news and are now getting more news from independent people on the Internet. That's why the LA times and others keep laying everyone off

You have to watch multiple sources and then look stuff up yourself to get an entire picture of what is actually happening. It’s sad but the echo chamber is real. The mainstream media is literally killing America.

I absolutely agree. When I was a kid, the news stations presented the information and the viewers decided how they felt about a subject based on this. They weren’t influenced either way. Now it is so divided. Fox and CNN.

As an American myself, I find it weird the way you said you're American, "U.S. American".

@@surgemaestro7355 Just clarifying for our neighbors across the pond. There's more to North and South America than the U.S.

FACTS 😆

His ancestors left Britain back in the colonial times to be Americans & then came back to England right before he was Born 🤣😭

its more that this woman is a clickbaiting fraud who knows very little about america or ireland so her videos arent valid.

I agree

​awesome ur story will be my facts from now on for this subject 😊

Also with two of the same thing close together one can't handle all the customers 😊

With the restaurant thing as well, I've seen this on a divided highway where the same thing is on both sides of the rest stops. But that makes sense

-Many of these fast food joints are franchises. She sees McDonald's, I see different owners. -Church, then grave site, every funeral I have attended. Many of the funeral attendees don't go to the grave site. It's mostly close friends and family that do. -With 24 hour "News Networks", much of the programming is not the actual news, but opinion shows. Many people may be confused and swayed by that, but it would be very difficult to fill 24/7/365 with actual news. However, the BBC and other worldwide networks are definitely biased, so she should be used to that... or she simply believes all that they tell her.

Well said.

Great breakdown! I really do miss the days of Diane Sawyer & Tom Brokaw. Only thing I don't do on your list is microwave hotdogs! I'm wondering if the video girl has ever actually _been_ to America.

Graveside funerals were the first funerals. The bodies were buried with friends and family attending the graveside service by the local pastor/priest. Funeral homes aren't that old. If I remember correctly, in the U.S. they became predominant in the Victorian era.

Yeah, I remember my great-grandparents both had a nearly 3-day funeral when they passed. Viewing, then memorial, then graveside. Most others were usually over the course of a whole day, with the viewing at the funeral home, the memorial at a church, and then the procession to the graveyard, where we say the final goodbyes and the final rites.

Yeah, now with Everyone opting for Cremation... My family has pre-booked a BBQ when I go! (I did warn them to avoid the ribs, just to be safe) LOL

@@kirkwolak6735 LOL. The problem with cremation is no one will know you existed unless your ashes are buried and a grave marker is present. Like the Romans, human remains will not be able to be studied in the future (unless in encase by volcanic rock).. Paper, books and digital information will deteriorate or become obsolete in time. But engravings will last for thousands of years. Hence, anything important is always "engraved in stone," as done by the Romans.

@@southernwanderer7912 "no one will know you existed"....not sure you're going to care *too* much.....

So it's not just me. She not confused I think she have t seen alot and thinks it's like the area she lived in..because of tou go to different states or even different county's you will see things done differently.

Microwaves didn’t even exist when I was learning how to cook in junior high. She lost me off the first. 😂😂😂

I was just going to say this

Agreed. What little she knows of America is from movies/TV and the one short visit she made to one tiny part of the country. She has a peephole sized view. For example, mailboxes are in the door or on the front of houses that are located in downtown urban areas where the houses are close to each other and the mail carrier walks the route. But in suburban and rural areas, where the houses are much farther apart, the mail carrier must drive the route, so the mailboxes are out by the street. As for hot dogs, we cook them various ways...grilled, microwaved, boiled. 350 million people don't all cook the same way. This girl is very sweet, but folks like her need to spend several years, in every region, in this country before they tell the world what is and isn't normal in America. On a recent trip to Sweden, I found many things to be different, but I didn't tell the Swedes, "Hey, you're not normal." Good grief.

​@Mustangmom2k this is so true. I can't even say "what it's like in America" and I've never even left the country besides the one time i went to Canada (although, as a michigander that doesn't really count). I could tell you what my part of the midwest is like 🤷‍♀️

She’s been here quite a bit over the last few years.

Right out the get go.

She certainly doesn’t seem like she’s been here, so since she has I think she was in an interesting mindset while visiting

Yeah I really don't feel like she been here.

None of this is really true. Hotdogs and mail boxes aside.

don't forget air fry lol

Hot dogs are NOT fully cooked as sold.

@@heatherpayne1995Yes, they are. You can eat them straight out of the pack, even though they’re not great cold. You can Google it if you want.

Hotdogs are fully cooked during the curing process. Sausages and other items that you may put in a bun could be uncooked though.

@@heatherpayne1995 Yes they are, you only have to heat them up to eat them. Some people heat them in water, some fry them, some grill or griddle them, but it is quite safe to eat them cold if you wish.

honestly no one should ask her anything.

You grill them. Or eat them raw. (the Oscar Mayer ones with cheese in them)

I think hot dogs and microwaves probably came to Ireland around the same time

I'm American, and I microwave my hot dogs when I can't be bothered to fry them in a pan. I dont think I've ever boiled them.

@@MB.543 Boiling is less messy than frying, though both have their good points.

But we are not required to carry an ID unless we are driving.

​@Drako_Sayre if you're not driving, you're drinking, if you're drinking, you need that ID. 😂 jk jk

Exactly. If I'm out with my husband and he's driving, I wouldn't need my I.D. I'd probably have it with me because I keep it in my purse but I wouldn't need it.

Driving, buying alcohol/tobacco/vape, watching certain movies, if you need to pick your kid up early from school. There are so many reasons to carry your DL or State ID. It's just wise to have it on you.

Exactly. I used to walk without an ID until I moved somewhere I didn't know many people and I realized I would end up an unknown corpse if I got hit by a car so I carry it every now.

I don't mind hearing/seeing the opposing side then I know what, or who I'm voting for.

She would shit if she saw a nutria (nutria rat). They are the size of a beaver but have a rat tail lol.

@@bacog85the only place you’ll see a nutria is in Louisiana, and who the hell wants to go there? Seriously😂

@@davidstephan5116We have them in Texas.

@@cherdiane that’s right. East TX is pretty swampy. My bad

@@davidstephan5116 Louisiana is a popular tourist spot.

Anyone who starts a sentence with, "Bless her heart, she..." is from the south! 😊

No neutrality, no truth. Whoever pays the money gets to slant the news to their side. The only real facts in today's society is what you see with your own eyes . . not from media, not from the protester on the corner, and definitely not from your favorite "influencer"

@@michelledavenport6407 Really, why? I was born in California and I use that also.

@cathrynafagervik I've always just heard from the expression coming from the south. I guess I should have said, "usually from the south".

@@michelledavenport6407 I did research it and maybe because I was a military brat (IN sd.)and my grandfather was from Alabama, some southern stuff came to me growing up. Although I did find my understanding of the meaning is not always the same as the south. I always use it in a loving and Godly way, not with sarcasm.

Urban post is slot to slot (door). Rural is car to post box (at end of driveway). If youre in a complex like appartments/condos or in the case of some home owners association (gated community) then its at a central location. Packages deliveries are to the door unless to big then a note is posted in your box to come and pick it up at the delivery services office hours.

Some carriers are still walking routes. Not a lot, but some.

Our mailman walks up to each house, in town, mailbox is by the front door. People in the country, it's at the end of the driveway

Where I live in the suburbs it would take 10-15 mail delivery people to deliver by walking door to door for every one mail person who can deliver box to box in a vehicle.

I’ll add that it’s never miles away 😂. If it’s in a newer neighborhood, it could be up to a street or two away within the neighborhood; however, most people would just stop at the mailbox (in their vehicle) on their way home.

The culture of the deceased has some bearing as well. I've been to 2 funerals where the family and friends at the graveside buried the deceased right then and there. Another thing we do here is we pull over and stop our cars when a funeral procession passes, whether we knew the person or not.

I've never gone to the grave side.

@HerLadyship-P Yes. Totally forgot about that. Thanks!

​@@user-ej3co7sk1b People are needed to carry the casket to the grave unless you pay the cemetery staff to do that (in addition to paying them for the hurse). Family and friends do that carrying often, so there is sometimes a few words said at the grave. Memorial services may also happen before or after, but you have to pay for that venue as well, so .. how much do you want to (or can) pay?

#4. Fellowship with food at the church afterwards.

We don’t really need passports most Americans never leave America at least I haven’t

We don't have to have ID on us unless we are driving, buying alcohol, oficial stuff, writing checks maybe for those who still use them. Since a lot of people have to drive to get any where though it's easier to just carry it.

Its a drivers License, we drive everywhere. I don't think she has actually been to more than Chicago, the midwest is not representative of the whole country.

​@@Lumberjack_kingI have and I don't have a passport. I was in the military.

No its carried to prove that you are a licensed driver.

Depends on the location. My dad lives in San Diego and his mail is still delivered to a mailbox attached to the front of his house. He doesn't have a mailbox in his front door or right beside it because there is a little atrium area that must be walked through in order to reach his front door. There's a gate at the front end of that atrium, which can be locked, if desired. Postal carrier has to have consist access to the mailbox. Where I live in Visalia, California, the majority of homes have a community mailbox containing all the mailboxes in that small vicinity, which might be just a short walk away. But I believe we still do have homes with a mailbox close to the house, if not in the front door itself. The concern I have with the mailboxes inside the front door is that anyone could stick an item in there, such as an explosive. Small animals might even find a way to crawl inside. Doesn't seem safe to me, although it could be argued that this does prevent mail theft.

Exactly. My mom also gets her mail delivered directly in her house. The little flap is right next door to her door, so she doesn't have to go outside and we live in East Texas.

My 4plex.aprtment building has the post/mail boxes on the building by the door of each unit. My Parents have a stand alone box but its by their front door. So it depends on the area you live is all.

@@rachelh5211 Yes! We had a mail slot in the front door, which was great...until one of our nieces demonstrated that she could stick her arm through the slot and unlock the door! After that we installed a dead bolt, up higher where it couldn't be reached. There was also the issue of friends & relatives looking through the slot. To their right they could see the computer room/office, looking left they could see 3/4 of our living room. I ended up making a tiny curtain for it! But at least no one ever threw in an explosive and no animals got in! LOL

@@LVADnotVLAD81517 Wow, I didn't even think about the peeping Tom possibility. Creepy. 🕵‍♂️🕵‍♀️ And, yes, I've heard about how front doors can sometimes be unlocked by a person reacing their arm through the mail slot. I also think about the possibility the mail could get damaged by pets since it typically just drops to the floor. You also can't receive packages in this type of mail slot, whereas packages can often fit in our community mail boxes. If they don't fit in our invidiviual box, they usually fit in one of the larger boxes specifically for packages. They put a key in our individual box saying we have a package in one of the large boxes. The key remains in the keyhole once you insert it, so nobody can make off with the key. That said, we did have an issue in our city where somebody (postal employee, perhaps) had gotten a hold of the master key for all of the community boxes and was opening them up and stealing the contents.

I live in town, but on a hwy that runs through it. It’s about 40 feet from my front door to the mailbox. All packages are left at my door.

Also it has to be a package through USPS in order to put it on the mailbox. FedEx, UPS, and Amazon cannot legally use mailboxes to deliver.

I live in a townhouse and get packages in a digital lock box thank fuck

Yes, there are exceptions tho, for example I lived on a mountain growing up and there was about 2 miles of uphill dirt road between our mailbox and our house (some of which was rather steep) so we always had packages left at the mailbox. There was one time our ups driver decided to come drop it off at our house though out of shear curiosity when he delivered a package on a day the gate also happened to be open. It was quite a site seeing that big brown mail truck out front our house

She obviously was hosted by people who watched fake Fox News!

If I have to go to an ophthalmologist I say so. Otherwise I say eye doctor.

I love this guy. He’s got our back.

Also, when the (national) 21 age for drinking passed there have been Far Fewer DUI deaths of 'children'/ high schoolers!!!!😢

It's good to have ID on you in case you have medical emergency or in a car accident. If you are unconscious or dead they need to know who to contact.

Have to wonder who/how many people she talked to to get this-must not have been too many or for too long. I don't know anyone who doesn't correctly use optician/optometrist/ophthalmologist correctly. I would probably use "eye doctor" when speaking to a small child, and then only by way of introduction to the three proper terms and their differentiation. Overall, even her reactions seem woefully uninformed.

The opthalmologist also does surgery.

​@@robertschwartz4810Ophthalmologists are M.D.s. I've had 3 eye surgeries and will be having another one in April. All of the surgeries have been and will be performed by an Opthamologists in the Doctor's office. I was referred to the M.D. by my optometrist.

The ophthalmologist is an eye surgeon or can also subscribe glasses.

She probably saw it on The Simpsons. 😜

Agreed! I’m trying to figure out where in the US this chick is and why she has no clue about anything

I'm almost willing to bet money that she's never even been to the States. She's probably getting all her list from movies.

@@amyramirez736 that's what I'm thinking

Yeah, I'm stumped about almost everything she said. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Exactly 💯 🎯🇺🇲

Hey, if James Earl Jones is presiding in that clip, then that must be how we do it here, right? Lol

I think she was being sarcastic because we don't call them by their technical name. 🙄

do you think she is talking about an optician, who is trained to dispense glasses?

Hog dogs are boiled, grilled or microwaved if you're in a hurry

Mail is delivered several ways. Letters and small packages are put in the mailbox set by the curb for easy access by the postman. Large packages are left at the front door or frobt porch, unless a signature is required. It can also be picked up at the post office

​@@paulisawinsong8224I will cook them in a convection toaster oven sometimes as well.

I think she is basing it on movies! Plus she said some things wrong about her own country

Don't forget; We have counties as large as Ireland.

I was thinking the same thing.

I’m not sure how much time she spent outdoors in Ireland. She is not all there

THIS was said far better than I could state it. Thank you! Some of these RU-vid experts baffle me when they assume that the place (or few places) they stayed in the US is representative of the US as a whole. Good grief.

Same, from the Pacific Northwest. Also, cooked outdoors on a stick over an open flame is nice, too.

I like ‘em under the broiler in the oven till they get a little black and crispy on the outside.

@@randomperson-dy6kj me too I actually like black hot dogs to where I can peel and eat the skin off.

I live in southern VA and I have boiled, fried, microwaved, and grilled hotdogs. Oh, I have also baked them in the oven.

Growing up in Illinois we did all of the above. I live in Oklahoma now and boiling seems to not happen often around here.

Right! even baking or heck, now airfryer or instapot. Toaster oven lol

North Carolinian here, and the Waffle House thing is straight facts! lol 😂

@@kellygriffin8232 I was at Ft.Bragg, so, Fayetteville. What about you?

@@brichan1851 Raleigh. Although I just went down to Fayetteville about a month ago to buy a car. 😊

My Hungarian hubby fries them in a skillet with butter and garlic.

My deliveries are set at our gate. Mail box is at the side of the road. . (shrug) I live on a many acre property. All of the mail and package deliveries depend on where the person lives. Some on the front porch, or the walkway... or by the curb.... or at a collective post box location.

​​@@stephenrobb8759you have a gate for a reason, right? It keeps people out of the yard and keep your pets inside the yard.

Sadly not everywhere. We moved states recently and Illinois (or southern illinois anyway) doesn’t pick up outgoing mail. A service we miss

​@@aimeewalters985must be a local post office rule. I live out in the country in South Central IL, halfway between STL and Springfield, and our mail carrier picks up outgoing mail.

Yep I just wrote that I've lived in MA CT and Hawaii and that has always been the case for me

Where I live in Central California, we have a community mailbox with all the boxes for the neighborhood. It also contains a slot to place outgoing mail, which gets collected daily by the postal carrier.

Actually it's not illegal, if you don't have it the police can see whether or not you are licensed. Most often you won't get ticketed if you forgot it at home, unless you're being a terd then I would expect the cop won't be so generous.

Varies state to state

Mailboxes: It all depends on the size of your property. In cities, they're close to the house, in rural areas, they may be at the end of the driveway which can be 1/4 of a mile or more!!!!

It's best to have your I.D.on you at all time regardless and to avoid any hassle from the police, try to avoid giving them paperwork to do, they hate paperwork. Most of them do.

I always carry my Drivers License; you never know when you might need it (like if you get stuck driving someone's car).

*so

ID is true! If you get pulled over by police you must have it! Funeral again wrong! Funeral is in church then a procession behind the hearse to the gravesite. Usually front car headed by the police to make traffic wait. Animals again true! But farm rats can get very big. Eye doctors. Again untrue. I have a blind sister. So we use those words too. This is why I don't watch her. It's usually untrue. Listen to lost in the pond! Lawrence! Is always spot on!

Halloween again true! Very true! Not on that bandwagon but many people love Halloween than Christmas! Not me.

Fast food is also true! Eww yes because Americans want everything brought to your car! We grocery shop on line and they bring the groceries to you same with restaurants! Wanna go to a dinner? Here in the Midwest they called cafe's. Go there good food if they will bring it to your car? Food won't be that good!

#1 is 100% true!!! Very annoying! So I think she was what 50/50 percent? And the number 1 is a horrible issue here!!!

Last names is a school thing. Where role call for students is last names. Teams. Also. In college. I had a nickname based on my last name. Fozz. As in Fozzy Bear from muppets.

I'd for alcohol. They are now scanning the I'd. So the store has legal proof they checked.

We have both funeral service in a church, and then caravans to the funeral, and a shorter graveside is held. Usually for more immediate family. , and not coworkers or clients,that attended the church service

Agree with you completely, especially with foreigners saying what happens in America unless they stayed here for at least a month. Idk why this is, if people are just like wonder lusted about the US so much that they come up with these like crazy things or just jump to conclusions way too quickly. Basing their whole experience off of seeing one person boil a hotdog or driving by a funeral taking place and assuming the whole funeral takes place at the cemetery. Idk why this is but there are so many of these videos where I’m just confused where they got their ideas.

She is seams a bit bias about the usa you can tell on her tone of voice, and her non facts.

@deborahbates470 I'm sure a funeral isn't a #1 destination choice for a vacation with most people.

Movies and tv shows

There are grave side funerals. I’ve been to one.

Hahahaha! Yup.

@@HazyDaze. so have I, but going to one funeral wouldn’t make me say that the entire country must do funerals that way. Besides that, we do other funeral rituals that could be pointed out. It just struck me as someone defining a ritual when they haven’t bothered to look into it at all

😂😂😂😂😂😂

XD XD XD

I'm sorry , I have to give this video a thumbs down. Shes not very well traveled. It's embarrassing herself right here.

The mail box is convenient for the mail man who is driving from house to house cause especially when some people have really long driveways like I do. It all depends on the kind of neighborhood where the mail is delivered. The Amazon packages are on the front porch. That's why package the ifs are known as “porch pirates”

Not postal workers aren't allowed to mess with the mail box*

In the new neighborhoods that they are building in our area. The mailboxes are in a communal area either in the middle of the neighbor or at the entrance. That way the postal worker doesn't have to walk or drive to different houses. They just go to one place and put the mail in the boxes. My house is older and my mailbox is at the end of the driveway so the postal worker doesn't have to get out of the car to deliver the mail. Packages go on the front porch.

Many people have mail boxes at the edge of the drive way. The postal delivery drive right side trucks (like British cars) and drive up to the box and put the mail in the box and never get out of the truck. Package are put by the door or if prearranged in another designated spot.

Yep! Mailbox locations very depending on where you live. The box at the end of the driveway is typical of the suburbs or in some rural locations. I currently live in an old city in New England and the mailbox is a letterbox at the door.

I feel sorry for mailmen or mailgirls. They get chased or bitten by dogs.

Except sometimes it is

Both of my in-laws were grave side services only. Both of my parents were churches and gravesites.

@@rodolfoerdogan4983 EVERY action has exceptions. However, in 77 years I have yet to be a funeral that is ONLY graveside. But that said, I wouldn't say all are.

My experience within a Chrisitan church in California has been that there often is a memorial service in a building or church, and that's the service most of the family and friends of the deceased will attend. It is often advertised in the obituary as well. But the interment of the body or ashes at the graveside might take place on a different day and/or it may only be attended by family and possibly a few close friends. That said, I've also been to funerals that took place entirely at the graveside, although the casket wasn't buried until the guests had all departed. The interment can involve heavy equipment, which the family may not wish for others to witness. And I will also add this caveat that I believe the way I was raised may differ from how most people handle funerals. I know I've seen cases where a procession of vehicles follows the hearse from the location of the funeral to the grave site.

@@rachelh5211I’m also from California. Most funerals I’ve attended were during childhood. One of my great grandmother’s funerals took place entirely at her gravesite, we did have the wake about a week beforehand at the funeral home. We also watched as they lowered the coffin in, but like you said once we watched we left so they could bury her.

I think some of it is from sports. Even at a fairly young age, coaches and announcers (and thus teammates) use last names for the players...

My Dad worked In A paper mill and all the men were called by their last name mostly.

In the military (unless you’re in the Air Force I’ve heard) we call each other by our last name due to it being on our camouflage uniforms

It can be easier to use last names where there are more than 1 Bob, Bill, Jim, John , or Sam etc. ?

The last names thing started during sports for me, because similar to military, playing hockey we all had our last names on our backs

I've only encountered the same

She got a few things correct. But only a few.

Wakes are typically held at the funeral home, the day before. I've been to wakes on one day, funeral at church the next, then graveside. There are times when the funeral is at the funeral home, in our case, my parents didn't have a church where we were living. My dad was 90 when he died, so my sister just hired a random pastor to handle the service. We then went to the grave for the burial. I would have asked one of the pastors at my church to do it but my sister had already said she would find someone.

This girl watches to much TV lol. TV isn't reality lol.

Hello pastor ❤

We say eye doctor because optometrist, ophthalmologist and optician confuse us. Instead of picking one, just say eye doctor.

I never boil them. The flavor is not near as good as frying or grilling.

Agreed!!

Grill or fry, I can't imagine boiling them.

Don't they explode in the microwave? Like eggs, it's not safe.

@@Laura-mi3nv only if you put in for longer than a minute

Lol - someone should explain a statistical Z-Score to her

I know!! She was borderline offensive 😂😂😂

NOT NYC rats. Those things fight cats for shits and giggles.

It's different everywhere. Some old neighborhoods have mailboxes attached to their house next to the door. My Mom lives in the new construction part of town. She has pick up her mail 1/2 a mile away where there several rows of lock boxes for 2 neighborhoods, including package lock boxes. USPS is pushing for maximum efficiency for themselves, not for others.

Hey, you got me beat by two weeks!! 😂

@@m2hmghbwe've had rats the size of small cats in Chicago as well. However rats that size aren't the norm.

Our Norway rats get pretty big.

If I don't know you personally or you're more of an acquaintance than a friend friend, yes, I'll call you Mr or Mrs So and So (no, I will not get into a pronoun war here!!!)

I think calling people by their surname is mostly a teenage/frat boy thing. I've honestly never heard anyone else do it .

@@hippiemama52 Enlisted military use last names. Well at least the Army only uses last names. We always used the last name. Since I have been out for quite some time I use first names now.

My husband and I use to call each other by our last name. Not so much anymore. And we don’t throw things at a casket! Sometimes we gently place flowers on it. And I’ve never been to the gravesite and watched a casket be lowered.

@@TheBencooke - law enforcement and corrections is the same.... but we also have some names that just end up being crazy overused, like Jennifer in the 70's. My sis is a Jennifer and she has at least 5 good friends named Jennifer, they all go by last names, otherwise it would be madness. Kylie's and Kaitlyn's will be doing the same things in the years to come. I can also see why guys with names like James or Jason would do this as well. Sometimes, last names are easier!

Thank you 🙏

In grade school we had a class of 30 and 4 of them were named matt. They got called by their last name. Also it's common for people to be on Sports teams and refer to each other by their last name but regular first name with everyone else.

She got so much of this wrong. I wonder if she has actually ever been here.

BBQ is the sauce, not the way of cooking. Like you said, you grill on a pit.

I'm the North East, having a barbecue means grilling. BBQ is just a sauce/flavor. Down in south east BBQ is meat, usually slow cooked pork. But both places I've always said let's cookout or BBQ & it encompassed everything, grilling & BBQ & everything in between.

BBQ and grilling are basically two words for the same thing. At least in my area. (Arizona)

The word barbecue has more than one usage. It’s a cooking method when you slow cook and smoke meats in some sort of pit or smoker grill. It’s also the word some of us use for a party or gathering where you hang outside and bbq or grill your food. Bbq sauce is the sauce used for bbq food.

@@TexasRose50 no barbecue is from the Taino Indian word barbacoa - it’s the style of cooking . Sauce is a condiment

Optometrists are not the same as opthamologists. The latter go to medical school, then have residency in opthamology--they are eye physicians/surgeons. People incorrectly think they are the same. Typically the optometrist will be affiliated with an opthalmologist.

​@@gregcable3250nobody I know thinks they are the same

@@justchillin4065 So we can safely generalize the people you know to 330 million US citizens? Hmmm.

Yep. "Eye doctor" is just anyone who does eye exams. Also, I've heard of all manner of subspecialities in pediatric medicine being called "baby doctor" or "kid doctor" even though none of them are Doogie Howser.

I notice it more in vets and public service where your name tag has a first initial last name.

Yeah, it's a 'bro thing'.

I was called by my last name by my high school friends because there were several of us Debbies. It carried on through college and graduate school. People only really started calling me by my first name when I started working.

@@m2hmghb yeah, I actually think it comes from high school sports and coaches calling players by their last names. The same could be said by military and having their Sergeant call them by their last name

it is rare that friends will call each other by a formal name. in some cases the last name becomes the commonly used name, in others a change to the first name, sometimes the middle name, and sometimes something that isn't their name at all.

What world.are you in

That differs from city to city, person to person. You can see videos online of altercations between motorists and police because the police pulled them over and can't give them a valid reason.

Depends where you live, what you're doing, or what you look like.

Some states espically in the 1970s NY is infamous for it would do "stop and frisk" i.e. anyone who didn't look "right", "seemed off" or if the Cop just didn't like the person they were allowed to stop them and questuon and even search them just because. A lot has changed obviously but for a time Cops did just randomly stop people for whatever. Ita a big reason why so many issues have happened for years involving Police Officers.

Unless you happen to be a black or brown person you mean.

This was me in high school band... director used my last name for 4 years.

And another fun fact that he might not know is that the mailmen don't get out of the car to deliver mail which is why it has to be next to the road. They also drive from the passenger seat (on the right side of the car) because the mailbox is on the right side of the road and we drive on the right side of the road. This lets him reach out of the window to put the mail in the box without getting out of the car (which is safer and faster since they cover such a long distance). If the mailbox was on the other side of the road he would have to move into oncoming traffic to put the mail in the box.

I live in the city and they don't walk here. They drive house to house and stick the mail in the box without getting out of the truck. Everyplace is different I guess

@@winniepierpoint2761 Yes, all areas are different. Some towns don't even have carries; residents have to go to the PO to get their mail. But, if there are boxes available along the road, city carriers will utilize them. The parameters aren't as restricted for city carriers, as much as for rural carriers. Rural carriers are more strictly driving routes, other than dismounts for "cluster boxes" (like in apartments, trailer parks, etc) and rare exceptions. One post office I worked in even threatened to change a rural route to a city because there was a strip mall on it that had 4 stores and the rural carrier walked to each store. Thankfully it didn't happen, but that's how strict they can be.

That's mostly come about by the rise of "24-hour cable news" in the last 30+ years. We do have Free Press in America, though. It's one of the things that keeps democracy alive. Just don't confuse press/journalism with entertainment "news" or propoganda.

Yes. Rural areas can be too vast to drive to the front door but Amazon makes their own deliveries and drop it off at the door or you can have them delivered to a place of business to ensure they aren’t stolen.

I agree with you… Her way of seeing us just kinda rubbed me the wrong way. She knows very little and yet so confident while sorta putting us down.

@@ricomunoz6121same!

Thank you for this comment. As much as I like her videos, this one is hard to get through if you’re an American. Besides the bit about our news media, much of it is off base.

6. Animals - I'm not sure wtf she claims to have seen, but we don't have rats the size of cats or dogs here! I happen to live in a somewhat rural area with fields around me so mice are very common and they're typically 2-5cm or so (plus the tail), rats are a bit bigger, maybe 10-15 cm at most!? I'm guessing she probably saw a possum or somethings, they are a little bigger but usually harmless, although they are ugly looking things! Squirrels are harmless, they get into your bird feeders, but other than that their fun animals and not big! There are a lot of types of squirrels, but they are usually only 5-20 cm long with bushy tails. In fact, a lot of people actually like squirrels and have fun watching them play around. Raccoons are a bit bigger, but again, they're harmless unless you try to corner one or capture it. They dig around in garbage cans and occasionally make a mess, but they're about the size of a large cat or very small dog. 7. Eye Doctors - Ok, in fairness if something is wrong with our eyes we may say something like "I need to see the eye doctor" but I think this is just because of the way the US healthcare system works. You can't simply make an appointment with a specialist, so you'd first have to see a General Practitioner or Optometrist who can then give a referral to an Ophthalmologist or other specialist. Healthcare is a major expense and issue in the US! I'm not sure about the part where she references "eyeglasses" though, this is technically correct, but if you saw the doctor and needed corrective lenses most Americans would just say something like "I need to wear reading glasses now" or something along those lines. 8. Halloween - WHAT!? Ok, yes some people really like Halloween, but decorations don't get too out of hand - it's typically some orange/purple lights, maybe some ghosts or spiders, but 99% of us don't really go out of our way for Halloween. We also have "pop-up" stores that show up in Sept or Oct, but they're gone by Nov. It's not a year-round thing!! Children will go trick or treating for a day and young adults sometimes dress up and go out to the bars or clubs, but once Halloween is over the decorations and celebration is typically over. I'm really not sure where this misconception comes from - maybe movies again?! 9. Fast Food Restaurants - I have never seen 2 of the same restaurants next to each other! It is very common for all of the fast-food, and even traditional restaurants to be grouped together, but this is because America overly monetizes everything! Millions, probably billions are spent on market research to find the ideal location for everything - nearby schools? neighborhoods? traffic? Companies are hired to analyze all of these factors and find the perfect location for everything! The closest I've ever seen to what she is talking about is a local Starbucks, but with good reason. There was a Starbucks just off the highway that was the busiest in the Upper-Midwest that would literally have 100+ cars blocking traffic from 5AM-8AM and 4PM-7PM. The cars would wrap around the entire building, through Target's parking lot, and into the street for about a full block; so, they decided to build another about 5 blocks down the road to free up traffic in that location. By her definition, I guess you could technically say there were 3 - but for good reason. Inside of large stores like Target or Walmart they typically have a number of small stores with a limited selection. If you're going shopping at Walmart for example, you're most likely shopping for groceries? maybe a new TV or Laptop? furniture? Hardware? Possibly getting new tires on your vehicle? Needless to say, you're probably there for a long time and it's nice to have a break and get a coffee or a bite to eat! Trust me, I absolutely dread going to Walmart, and when I'm finally finished with hours of shopping, traffic, parking, and chaos - I just want to go home! Not stop at another drive-through and wait some more! 10. Journalism - This is a tricky one, but I'll try to summarize it the best I can. First, news is news - no matter where you get it from (well, from any major source!) The "story" is not re-enacted like she makes it sound. The same news is shown on all major sources. Now, what I think she's getting at is journalistic bias or the way it's portrayed - America, sadly, is more divided than its ever been. 50% are moving toward "far-left" ideology and 50% are moving toward "far-right" ideology. People want to "feel good" when they tune in to the news, so journalism has gone away from strictly news and moved toward news and opinion segments. A great recent example of this was President Biden's State of the Union Address - depending on your political bias, you could tune into one station and see the exact same State of the Union Address, but with commentary that either aligns with your "left bias" or another station that aligns with your "right bias" (Left Wing Bias = Democrats, Right Wing Bias = Republicans). So basically, you're watching the same "news," but the commentary are completely opposite - one station will agree with what he said and make you feel good, and another will point out all of the "bad" things he said, or what "he should have" said to make you feel good. Whew, that was a lot, but hopefully helps explain things a little better! Watching your channel makes me realize just how poorly our country is represented, simply because of TV and Movies! I remember one of your videos that talked about gun violence and how non-US citizens thought that everyone was walking around with guns and there were shootings all over the place. Luckily, this is the furthest thing from the truth, but if the news and movies couldn't use it, no one would watch - it's simply the worst of the worst things that happen in a country larger (in size) than all of Europe! Sure, I know a few people that have guns locked away at home for protection, but there's about a 1 in a trillion chance they'll ever need to pull it out of the safe. Although the majority of us don't own guns, nor have we even seen one - let alone on the streets! Unfortunately, this really gives people the wrong idea about our country and I feel like it probably scares a lot of people away from visiting and seeing all of the great things we do have, and how friendly the majority of people really are! If you eventually do come to visit, don't be afraid to talk to complete strangers or ask questions - the majority of us are more than happy to chat and help a visitor out!

As an American, I thank you very much.

you're suppposed to run a slice down a hot dog if you microwave it. It won't explode.

"supposed to"? Nah, maybe that's your preference. Just follow the mfg preparation instructions. @@mainmac

​@jmcgrath777 i mean i saw a fast food across from eachother technically but this was driving thru different states. one is for one side the other is for driving the other way. but those are more rest stops to get food gas etc...

That’s really interesting because I’ve never been to a funeral where they let guests see the body get lowered down. I’m American too. I always figured maybe it was too difficult for most to watch. Does that mean you have to stick around extra long?

It could also depend on who trained me. He was a proud old sergeant that believed in military tradition and had a lot of respect for his brothers who served and wanted to be sure they made it to their final resting place. I respected this man. He taught me a lot about being a leader and how to treat all those who served with me respect and always let them know that I had their back. It made a lot of sense to me and taught me to be proud of what I was doing. That veteran may no longer be with us, but until he is fully at rest, he still deserves my full respect. And yes, I would still be standing watch long after the family had gone. Just my way.

@@jkchubbs That makes sense. Thank you for your service by the way

Thank you.

Yeah, that makes sense. When she says "are you too lazy to walk across the street" she displays a complete lack of understanding of America. We don't WALK to get fast food unless we don't have a car. Hardly anyone, ever, is walking to a fast food restaurant, so it's not about not crossing the street unless you're physically unable to get to the other side of the road because there's a highway or a toll road or something.