The best example of the difference is this video. The American says something about the UK, and the Brit says "yeh, thats kinda true" , the Brit starts saying someting about the US and the American says "hold on, be careful what you say about America" Its a sense of self importance that the US has had for a long time. In the past in may have been justified, far less so now.
Americans can still have that self importance. We as the little people didn't create the vast divide, that is seen. That goes to the governmental powers that be and have been. Also, to those who follow that pattern of thinking.
I just found this channel. I hope you do more reaction content like this. I follow some other channels that are Brits reacting to American culture or Americans reacting to British culture, but I really like how your channel brings together those perspectives. As a Gen Z American, I'm not as patriotic as my parents. I roast America all the time, especially because I live here. I'm hyper aware of the degree of national pride we have and find it a bit excessive at times. _BUT_ there's nothing that makes me bat harder for America than when we're being criticized by other countries. 😂 You guys are so cute! We stan across-cultural relationship. And Ari's side-eyes are such a mood. I just subscribed! 💛
We definitely plan on making more reaction content, it’s just finding the content to react to. 😅 We know exactly what you mean with the Patriotism when being criticised, Brits can be the same but often we don’t care lol. We all “take the piss” out of each other and that’s our culture Your comment made Ari’s day, it’s good to have you around 👍 let us know if there is something you want to see us react to! - Cal
I agree that Britian and America have a special relationship and I hope it stays that way. We just enjoy making fun of eachother. And for Anglo Americans our history up until we got here is British history...same for all the other people that came here and the American Indians. Also we do have sods law, we call it Murphy's law and it means the same thing.
The UK humour is all about appreciating the anti-hero and wry, dry understatement. In the USA the humour is all about the overstated nature of the situation, and the need to celebrate the all-American hero. Just my perception as a Brit.
Waitrose use alot of the same ways as the other supermarkets. They do have some things unique to them though. (Ive not shopped there for over a year, and only online)
I beg to differ it seems to me that in America you can buy anything you want even qualifications if you're rich enough but the future will prove whoever is right, right?
The very first opening monologue 1 aristocracy 1 at a gas station😂😂😂 straight away his goose is cooked..he's sleeping on the couch tonight and can make his own dinner too..😂😂😂
In the U.S. we have Murphy's Law-- anything that can go wrong will go wrong. And I always think it's that Brits are reserved, not that Americans are loud. It seems like people from many other countries are as loud as we are, whereas Brits are very quiet. "In American comedies there's canned laughter.. [Clip shows two instances of British comedies with canned laughter]". Also, the clips he shows of Americans being "skeptical of authority" ie waving guns around and confronting authority figures are not representative of most of us. Most of us do not make scenes like that. I've never seen a gun before in my life. Most of us want stricter gun laws.
I think it can depend.. I think a lot of the accents are pretty cool but there some accents I can’t listen to for too long lol but I don’t know exactly where in the US they would be 😅 That Cali valley girl voice mentioned above 👆 definitely!🫨😬 lol 😂
I knew who he was talking about, that’s why I made that face. It is an odd way to spark conversation but I was asking Cal because I’m like why’d he have to start off like that lol
It looks like its the US Realism vs the European Pessimism. - In Washington state measurable rainfall is recorded on 150 days each year and on 190 days in the mountains and along the coast - The American Dream was born as soon as the Pilgrims got off the boat in Plymouth. They had to work hard and fight to make it. - Lots of exaggerated generalizations and extreme examples. There are all types of people on both sides. - Yeah, you could say Britain was a "bit rough" on the colonies. - What exactly is the problem we don't want to admit? The US is going through some rough times, but so are a lot of European countries including the UK. - Again with the cynicism about tipping culture and server's sincerity when attending to customers.
lets face it..British culture sucks.....you can try to justify it all you want but it sucks. I mean , where would you rather live? thats right..in America
She didn’t know Murphy’s Law. And many of the things he said the Brits say we say too. Sorry but girlie you aren’t being a good spokesperson for us. Lol
Dang girl you on the defensive straight off the bat, no one in the UK dislikes American comedy, its just different to the UK's style..... Please stop giving the guy a side eye, makes me uncomfortable to watch😕
@@AriandCal controversial for who, you or him? Not judging you guys and defo no hate towards you both. Thanks for the reply at least I know you guys are for real😊
@@xanadodebz2866 lol she means for me (Cal, the guy) I tend to say things pretty blunt or can be very sarcastic or in a banterous way as we’d say in the UK 🇬🇧 and people can jump to conclusions quickly, at least online.. We just want to tread lightly while we find our feet in this TH-cam space 😇 and I think I’m more likely to get us in some heat lol 😅 I appreciate your comment!^^
I have only been to Scotland twice and didn't stay long enough to form a solid opinion, but from what I have experienced they are really nice people. There's always nuances that can't be covered in a video and I do think the video is comparing Brits to American positivity and when you put those side by side
The comment about how Britain has so much more history is completely ignoring the First Nations of the US. Cahokia Mounds on the Mississippi had 20,000 people when London was a dank village on the Thames.
Are we talking about modern day America or Native Americans? London has been the capital since 1066 and it was other places before that, as far as I’m aware the US became a full blown country in 1776. I will do my research on this as it’s my first time hearing about it. We are impartial, we love the UK 🇬🇧 and the US 🇺🇸. Both countries have their pros and cons also. But yeah it’s definitely not black and white. 😅
@@AriandCalsince the United Kingdom was founded in 1707, one could argue that the United Kingdom's history is only 69 years more than the US, if you go by the Declaration of Independence. My comment was in response to the poo-pooing of American culture based on its lack of history compared to the UK, which was implied fairly early in your video. American history goes farther back than the founding of our government. My state (WI) has effigy mounds dating back 2500 years. Archeologists are currently finding wooden dugout canoes in Lake Mendota (a lake in Madison) that is 4500 years old. My wife found a stone knife on our 20 acres that was dated back to 8500-9000 years ago. Just like whitewashing American history by denying the sins of the US past (such as slavery, etc.), ignoring the rich tapestry of the history of the people of North America before the arrival of European colonists is just as bad. I mean, did India have a history before the English invaded and subjugated them? If you apply your logic in your response to my comment, then you have to minimize the history of all of the other countries England colonized as only having a history back to the point of colonization. First Nations tribes' influence still exists today from place names, to foods we eat, methods of cultivating, harvesting and preparing foods. Former mine sites of Native Americans provided places for Europeans to mine for copper, lead, etc.
@evilproducer01 Don't forget, although net technically the United States the Vikings' early expeditions to North America are well documented and accepted as historical fact by most scholars. Around the year 1000 A.D., the Viking explorer Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red, sailed to a place he called "Vinland," in what is now the Canadian province of Newfoundland. You can find more examples like these if you simply take the time to look it up without just spewing out nonsense. I dare say there are more people in the US who know about European history then vice-versa.
Do you agree with the video or our opinions ?
The best example of the difference is this video. The American says something about the UK, and the Brit says "yeh, thats kinda true" , the Brit starts saying someting about the US and the American says "hold on, be careful what you say about America" Its a sense of self importance that the US has had for a long time. In the past in may have been justified, far less so now.
Americans can still have that self importance. We as the little people didn't create the vast divide, that is seen. That goes to the governmental powers that be and have been. Also, to those who follow that pattern of thinking.
Summed up perfectly! 👌
I just found this channel. I hope you do more reaction content like this. I follow some other channels that are Brits reacting to American culture or Americans reacting to British culture, but I really like how your channel brings together those perspectives.
As a Gen Z American, I'm not as patriotic as my parents. I roast America all the time, especially because I live here. I'm hyper aware of the degree of national pride we have and find it a bit excessive at times. _BUT_ there's nothing that makes me bat harder for America than when we're being criticized by other countries. 😂
You guys are so cute! We stan across-cultural relationship. And Ari's side-eyes are such a mood. I just subscribed! 💛
We definitely plan on making more reaction content, it’s just finding the content to react to. 😅
We know exactly what you mean with the Patriotism when being criticised, Brits can be the same but often we don’t care lol. We all “take the piss” out of each other and that’s our culture
Your comment made Ari’s day, it’s good to have you around 👍 let us know if there is something you want to see us react to!
- Cal
I agree that Britian and America have a special relationship and I hope it stays that way. We just enjoy making fun of eachother. And for Anglo Americans our history up until we got here is British history...same for all the other people that came here and the American Indians. Also we do have sods law, we call it Murphy's law and it means the same thing.
The UK humour is all about appreciating the anti-hero and wry, dry understatement. In the USA the humour is all about the overstated nature of the situation, and the need to celebrate the all-American hero. Just my perception as a Brit.
You seem like a lovely couple
Once we strip away and face all the negatives, we are left purely positive.
Waitrose use alot of the same ways as the other supermarkets. They do have some things unique to them though. (Ive not shopped there for over a year, and only online)
I beg to differ it seems to me that in America you can buy anything you want even qualifications if you're rich enough but the future will prove whoever is right, right?
Ha. He bought up the war. Top boy x
When in Rome…😅😇
The very first opening monologue 1 aristocracy 1 at a gas station😂😂😂 straight away his goose is cooked..he's sleeping on the couch tonight and can make his own dinner too..😂😂😂
Lol headaches inbound! 😂
In the U.S. we have Murphy's Law-- anything that can go wrong will go wrong. And I always think it's that Brits are reserved, not that Americans are loud. It seems like people from many other countries are as loud as we are, whereas Brits are very quiet. "In American comedies there's canned laughter.. [Clip shows two instances of British comedies with canned laughter]". Also, the clips he shows of Americans being "skeptical of authority" ie waving guns around and confronting authority figures are not representative of most of us. Most of us do not make scenes like that. I've never seen a gun before in my life. Most of us want stricter gun laws.
We have Murphys law in UK aswell. Its called Sod's Law because your the poor Sod's that bad things always happen to.
Do British people find southern US accents annoying like general American accents?
No but Califoria valley girl accent does my head in. Its like sooooo grodey, 😊
No southerners don't have that annoying nasal voice
I think it can depend.. I think a lot of the accents are pretty cool but there some accents I can’t listen to for too long lol but I don’t know exactly where in the US they would be 😅
That Cali valley girl voice mentioned above 👆 definitely!🫨😬 lol 😂
how could you confuse who got dropped of at gas station
I knew who he was talking about, that’s why I made that face. It is an odd way to spark conversation but I was asking Cal because I’m like why’d he have to start off like that lol
It looks like its the US Realism vs the European Pessimism.
- In Washington state measurable rainfall is recorded on 150 days each year and on 190 days in the mountains and along the coast
- The American Dream was born as soon as the Pilgrims got off the boat in Plymouth. They had to work hard and fight to make it.
- Lots of exaggerated generalizations and extreme examples. There are all types of people on both sides.
- Yeah, you could say Britain was a "bit rough" on the colonies.
- What exactly is the problem we don't want to admit? The US is going through some rough times, but so are a lot of European countries including the UK.
- Again with the cynicism about tipping culture and server's sincerity when attending to customers.
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U guys are way off. It depends on individual
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lets face it..British culture sucks.....you can try to justify it all you want but it sucks. I mean , where would you rather live? thats right..in America
Well.... I moved to the UK so I definitely don't see it the way you do. Both countries have pros and cons
@@AriandCal you are blind.....rains every day, food is bland...not much variety.......weird culture of non friendly people
Both countries...are good..and different...
She didn’t know Murphy’s Law. And many of the things he said the Brits say we say too. Sorry but girlie you aren’t being a good spokesperson for us. Lol
I’ve heard “what can go wrong will go wrong before” I didn’t know the saying had a name, but I’ll take that 😅
Dang girl you on the defensive straight off the bat, no one in the UK dislikes American comedy, its just different to the UK's style..... Please stop giving the guy a side eye, makes me uncomfortable to watch😕
I know my partner and I know his humor, I also know how the internet can be....that side eye was hoping he wouldn't say anything too controversial 👀
@@AriandCal controversial for who, you or him? Not judging you guys and defo no hate towards you both. Thanks for the reply at least I know you guys are for real😊
@@xanadodebz2866 lol she means for me (Cal, the guy) I tend to say things pretty blunt or can be very sarcastic or in a banterous way as we’d say in the UK 🇬🇧 and people can jump to conclusions quickly, at least online.. We just want to tread lightly while we find our feet in this TH-cam space 😇 and I think I’m more likely to get us in some heat lol 😅
I appreciate your comment!^^
She should be because he’s painting the English off the bat as the good kid and America as the lost kid.
Its not that polarised. We English are less negative and more positive than this video suggests. Maybe the Scots are more negative?
I have only been to Scotland twice and didn't stay long enough to form a solid opinion, but from what I have experienced they are really nice people. There's always nuances that can't be covered in a video and I do think the video is comparing Brits to American positivity and when you put those side by side
The comment about how Britain has so much more history is completely ignoring the First Nations of the US. Cahokia Mounds on the Mississippi had 20,000 people when London was a dank village on the Thames.
Are we talking about modern day America or Native Americans? London has been the capital since 1066 and it was other places before that, as far as I’m aware the US became a full blown country in 1776. I will do my research on this as it’s my first time hearing about it. We are impartial, we love the UK 🇬🇧 and the US 🇺🇸. Both countries have their pros and cons also. But yeah it’s definitely not black and white. 😅
@@AriandCalsince the United Kingdom was founded in 1707, one could argue that the United Kingdom's history is only 69 years more than the US, if you go by the Declaration of Independence.
My comment was in response to the poo-pooing of American culture based on its lack of history compared to the UK, which was implied fairly early in your video. American history goes farther back than the founding of our government. My state (WI) has effigy mounds dating back 2500 years. Archeologists are currently finding wooden dugout canoes in Lake Mendota (a lake in Madison) that is 4500 years old. My wife found a stone knife on our 20 acres that was dated back to 8500-9000 years ago.
Just like whitewashing American history by denying the sins of the US past (such as slavery, etc.), ignoring the rich tapestry of the history of the people of North America before the arrival of European colonists is just as bad. I mean, did India have a history before the English invaded and subjugated them? If you apply your logic in your response to my comment, then you have to minimize the history of all of the other countries England colonized as only having a history back to the point of colonization.
First Nations tribes' influence still exists today from place names, to foods we eat, methods of cultivating, harvesting and preparing foods. Former mine sites of Native Americans provided places for Europeans to mine for copper, lead, etc.
@evilproducer01 Oh behave yourself - you're clutching at straws. 😂😂😂😂
@evilproducer01 Don't forget, although net technically the United States the Vikings' early expeditions to North America are well documented and accepted as historical fact by most scholars. Around the year 1000 A.D., the Viking explorer Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red, sailed to a place he called "Vinland," in what is now the Canadian province of Newfoundland. You can find more examples like these if you simply take the time to look it up without just spewing out nonsense. I dare say there are more people in the US who know about European history then vice-versa.
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