Had a 5 weeks stopover in SF and LA on our way back to Australia i 1986, we found most people to be very arrogant, consumed with greed, gone were the days of flower power people, only in Canada and Hawaii did we meet nice people. NEVER going back.
The most money- consumed persons I ever met were from Australia. They came here to the US and bought up houses as rental units and stayed here for years. Such bombastic, opinionated loudmouthed people. They never saw themselves as rude which they were but this is the south where we have more finesse.
@@3goldfingerYour basing 50 states on SF and LA is very narrow minded. Those two areas are infiltrated with the elites of the world. Think Hollywood nut cases!
You guys are so lovable and don't underestimate your (perhaps small) influence on the American and Danish/ European relationship/friendship! 💯🇺🇸🇩🇰 😊 Rufus Gifford was a great example of that!! He made the US very popular in Denmark! We loved him! In my opinion Carla Sands did a bad job regarding this. Looking forward to your next video! As always! ❤
Carla Sands became the only US Ambassador for years, who didn't get a Danish Order when she left! Maybe that was why? But walking on Strøget during summer, you are normally aware if a group of Americans are around, from the level of sound!
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 Don't knock Carla Sands as she's obviously not in the pockets of Big Pharma! "Teaching people about healthy, wholesome eating and healthy lifestyle should be part of our American culture-it’s also a physician’s responsibility to teach their patients to make healthy choices. Doctors should encourage lifestyle changes before medication." - Carla Sands -
@@LisKofod I'm sure that she had seen to that large contributions became added to Trumps Campaign, and that was why she got appointed. And as Denmark is a place of no special Political interest, she was sent over as a thank you.
The huge difference in terms of learning of the rest of the world is. It's mandatory in most countries to actually learn about other countries, cultures etc. While americans often barely know most american states. I think that's what's meant to that specific stereotype.
with americans being loud. you can sometimes clearly hear americans on the s trains in cph because you sit in one end and can follow there conversation better then the one that im having with my friends. tho ofc young danish ppl who are going into the city getting drunk is also very loud
We had an American Exchange student staying, who told us how much she hated going by bus in Denmark because it made her look poor. But before going back she realized that in Denmark you don’t look poor on the bus but lazy as in why don’t you bike 😅
"in a completely different country. They speak a different language. They have different money. They have similar but different social norms." Sounds like a border wall needs to be put up, and more importantly, Sweden needs to pay for it! 🤣 (100% messin')
Fortunately we have Canada as a buffer between us. 😂 So if we want to build a wall, it could be either a short, cheap one on Hans Ø, or we could convince Canada to make one for their own benefit also. I doubt the Canucks would be hard to convince. 😅
@@lhpl I am indeed sorry, that we, after a long and hard, dirty fight agreed to devide this Danish Island with a Danish Name and leave a part of Denmark to become Canadian! It is like selling Greenland to the US!!!🙄
In regards to materialism and cheap stuff, i think there's more factors involved as well. One of them is consumer laws in Europe that have pushed companies to make better quality products. I also get the impression that parts of America has a strong "keeping up with the Joneses" mentality. Like ones individual success is measured in what they own and they want to appear successful to people around them
I think that the loud stereotype may be amplified by the fact that we understand your native language, but yeah, often the American tourists go "Wow! Look at that!". And yes, the desire to show off stuff, may be contributing to the materialist stereotype... I used to work for B&O, people do want to show off here, but preferably not by yelling it out... visitors have to notice by themselves that your living room has $50'000+ worth of hifi equipment. The Volvo in your driveway is perhaps another 100k. Your house may be a million USD, but you don't mention it. And if anyone asks, the answer would most often be along the lines of "I could afford it, so I decided to treat myself". But you're right, Danes often choose to buy a quality product and plan to keep it for years. Difficult to get us onto a sudden hype. About individualism, my ex was born and raised in China, took her masters in the US. When she started working here in DK, she was terrified about new hires at her company, because she saw her new colleagues as competitors rather than teammates. I've worked with a wide variety of foreign nationalities, the Americans are great colleagues because they are go-getters that are easy to talk with, if you pose an idea, and it's not too crazy, they'll often go "sure, let's try that"... Europeans will most often overthink it instead. Great topic and video, thanks for quality content.
I remember a certain vase with gold stripes that Dane’s went ballistic over. People paid over 10.000kr for this crap just because it was a millennial thing and it was ugly as h*ll. if things are fancy enough Dane’s will buy it and they do show it of on Facebook or instagram.
@@conn7125 i don't know the actual quality of Kähler ceramics, but yes... once you do catch the attention of the Danish population, you get paid. Edit: yes, some of us do wanna show off... ironically it's most often the ones that put themselves into debt to purchase said items. The vase thing was truly silly, do those people really spend $50 a week to keep it populated with fresh flowers?
I still have my Jacob Jensen designed B&O 4400 Radio and similar loudspeakers, as I had the last model Tangent Record player, til it started malfunctioning.
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 My dad has made it his hobby to find old B&O systems and speakers, offered for cheap, and make them work again. He mostly focus on the ones a generation newer, when the active speakers became the norm... so his own living room setup is something like a full BeoSystem 6500 with 8 BeoLab Penta towers that he has modified to handle 240V instead of the 220V they were initially designed for 😄 Great thing about B&O products is that they're very well documented and the service manuals for older products have been leaked long ago. So basically anyone who knows how to read a diagram, has a multimeter and knows how to solder can repair if they have the patience.
I think a lot of the ignorance stems from 2 main sources, a gutted education system, that makes it hard for US teachers to give kids a broader education. And the big thing, the media consumed by americans at large. National news stations will cover mostly just US news, but unless it's a really major thing, there really won't be a peep about it, not even a short segment about a new govt. in Kenya, or a developing political crisis in Indonesia (fictional examples), local stations will just add very local news, meaning, someone in Idaho won't hear a peep about something in Montana, much less in Maine. And it tends to keep people in this information bubble, where only their local area and the US as a nation exists for all intents and purposes. So when something big happens elsewhere, people lack all the context and background knowledge, making them lose interest quickly, and it becomes a vicious cycle, because it garners less views, meaning less ad revenue, meaning they won't do more of it, and it just makes people uninformed. Only those with enough drive themselves will seek out more information.
I have been in the US on two occasions, and on both occasions, I concluded that the stereotypes I had heard were crap. USA is a huuuge country with many many people who are just as diverse as people in Europe. Yes, I met someone who had guns - but that was only *one* person among the hundreds I met. I also met introvert types, extrovert types, people talking in a low voice, people talking loudly etc. We can talk about different politics, administrations and so forth, however, when it all comes down to it, people are just people - as we all are.
Could say are Swedish we have more than 300 000 hunters own around 3-5 different kind of weapons not include Police and military in those for get a lot more so are allow own guns in Sweden just need licence for them 🤔
@@BjarneDuelundTV Ja det er ganske fint at du kan google dig frem til det, men hvordan er det relevant til min kommentar, hvor jeg rettede på anvendelsen af det forkerte verbum? bare fordi det danske sprog er dovent er det ikke ensbetydende med at vi skal være dovne i andre sprog hvor der differentieres mellem at afgive viden mod at modtage viden. -> To teach or to learn
I have Danish family and friend in Denmark but was born and raised in America (California). I visited Denmark for the first time in June 2023 and loved it. I love the orderliness there, peace and quiet. I really enjoy Danish humor and love how Danes drive! What I did not like was not only do many Danes not talk to strangers but don't even give eye contact. That is excessive distancing and too cold. On a walk, if I saw a stranger... well, we don't have to go to dinner, talk or even say a greeting but atleast give a bit of eye contact to show you acknoledge other people exist. That would be my one observation in Denmark that I noticed and didn't care for. Otherwise, Denmark ROCKS!
I also think that there's a difference in where you live in the US, you can't put people who live in the east coast states ,in same boxes as for instance southern states ,or from the fly over states like south Dakota , it's just like you can't compare a Dane with an Italian,
11:12 They'd know where the country, USA, is on a map. The individual states? Maybe not. But comparing states in the US to countries in Europe is not an equal comparison.
I went to Alaska fishing more times. There was a place on the river we called the ghetto, americans (turists) where fishing there, standing shoulder by shoulder. We joked that they sounded like ten time Donald Duck. We danes fished with more space and more quet. Living in Jylland we think people from Copenhagen is loud. On an other river we joked about that americans couldent see there car there where lost. They were armed to there teeth, it was bear country. We just had a bearspray and went in to the bush.
I went to a bar in Chicago, where they had the bricks with the bullets holes from the St. Valentines massacre. The bricks were built into the wall behind the bar. In Detroit I learned a lot. If you go behind the bar, the bartender has the right to shoot. He didn't shoot me, he just pointed at me with a huge revolver. I must say I was chocked and began to move backwards. Then He said: I am not gonna shoot you because I heard you speak before in a strange language 😊". Good he understood I didn't know the rules. But Baltimore was worse, very tough. My partner always say write a book about those days over there. I have had a wonderful amazing time in the US. And my favorite city is New Orleans, maybe because I have worked as rock/ soul / blues musician.
Have thoroughly enjoyed watching your channel and how much you have changed over the past year or so. Having Been raised in Denmark but living in Canada it is refreshing to see your take on things. For me it was interesting seeing how you believe that the Danish perceive US citizens. Would be really interesting for you to review your list in a year’s time and see if your perceptions will be the same as you become more entrenched in the Danish lifestyle.
Being loud 😅 Americans still have a long way to go, try to sit in a little cantina in Spain and try to enjoy your drink 🤣🤣🤣 about knowing other cultures..... if you don't go there, why bother, but personally I really think that your army going aboard needs some background knowledge of the country the are send to, I really appreciate the job your army does, but how to behave regarding religion, moral etc is a must, Scandinavian countries do that
Okay, so... that's a bit of a mouthful 😂😂 just to clarify, I have lived in the US as well as had encounters with Americans both here in Denmark as well as around Europe. #1 Loud Americans. Stereotype? Maybe. Verifiable fact? Definitely! ...it's got nothing to do with ill will, that they want everyone around to hear or anything like that, but American English just lends itself to a certain (high) volume, unless you make a serious effort to really keep it down. It's not a quiet language, like maybe some of the slavic ones, where words barely leave the speaker's mouth. Coupled with occasional lack of situational awareness, noone is ever in doubt whether Americans are in the area, be it in the street, restaurant or whatever. Danes, or at least some of us, can easily be guilty of the same. Whether Danish as a language in itself is at fault, I'm not sure. Or we're just loud. At least sometimes at certain occasions. #2 Consumerism... is an American invention, isn't it? Keeping up with the Jones's etc.. We have it here as well, albeit probably on a lesser scale. A lot of Americans I know of need to go out and buy boats, jet skis, quads, four wheelers and what not, just to have something to do on their very sparingly time off... and that's okay I guess, just as long as it doesn't tank their economy, and one could probably argue, if they really needed that glider plane and jet pack rotting up in the garage, while they're out cruising and doing hot rod shows, after they've spent just as much or more time building the car(s). We see spending here, but not so much that very sporadic unlimited one... hoarding, in general. Not that every American is a hoarder at all, but the tendency is stronger in the US. With money too. 3# Friends. Yup. You pretty much got it. That's a sort of backwards homage to the Danes. You won't hear a Dane asking how you're doing, unless they really want to know and/or are genuinely concerned. And then fine will rarely suffice as an answer. You'll likely be met with the "Are you completely sure?"-look. 4# countries and cultures: There are so many cultures within the US a lot of Europeans are unaware of, whether inuit, native American or all of the ones coming in by boat to the new world from various continents. I'll give you a pass for not being too informed about us Europeans, besides maybe from having looked in to heritage, which I know is something close at heart to many Americans. Which might in some cases also rose tint reality a little bit, at least until having taken the full dive into it. Naturally there is also a greater orientation towards Africa, Asia and South America, than we have. Besides our own little pond here in northern Europe, we are very much exposed to Americana and American culture in most any way possible, whether at the grocery store, fast food place, on tv, the internet or wherever - it's ingrained, whether we like it or not. #5: Individualism. Has come a lot more to the forefront here in DK since I was a kid. Direct effect of importing American culture and adapting to a/the global market. It's good up until a certain point, but here's where who's whose freedom comes in. Jante could be a bit more present without any harm to anyone. #6: Charities: US specialty. The danes may have a problem understanding why this is so hard to apply preemptively to let's say... healthcare? ...why does a certain disaster absolutely need to happen, before anyone does something? In a lot of cases, prevention would have been both better and cheaper. In light of recent events, we're doing absolutely horrible at it ourselves, contrary to the collective belief. 7# love of guns. There's no denying it in any way shape or form. There might be 330 million in the US, but we are even more in Europe with just short of 450 million even just within the EU... How many school shootings? How many gun deaths? How many open carry licenses? How many women run around with a gun in their purse for protection? I don't know the numbers, but I suspect the US is somewhere around +1000% on most counts. Which of course can turn out to be a huge stereotype, but I'm afraid not. I've also never heard of people getting shot at, just driving down the freeway here in Europe. I have, first hand, in the US. More than once. Over the course of 18months vs 47years.
America’s can be very kind and empathetic to each other because they share the same struggles. They do not have as much support of government programs that other countries have. They do have different levels of friendships and they are genuine for each one. This could be a neighbor, a co worker or a life long friend. ❤
I can point out the places you mentioned in the US, but i can also point out a lot of other places and countries around the globe. I've watched quite a few Americans recording a TH-cam video, where they do these online tests, where they have to click a specific country in Europe. Most of them can maybe point out 3-5 of the big ones, but ate totally blank on the rest. So it's not entirely wrong what Jimmy Kimmel makes fun of, in his videos. But i do agree, they probably pick the worst cases of people not knowing much or anything about the world map. But please have in mind, many of them can't even point out the US on a map, let alone name two countries, that borders the US, which is just shocking!
You need to get out more @akyhne, it looks like you're just sitting in front of a computer all day! Americans are much nicer in real life, what you're seeing on youtube is what sells views not a representation of america. Then again this one was about stereotypes and you definitely are one!
The US would be the most popular country in the world if everyone had been there. Such a friendly, open and welcoming place. I love going there and the vacations I have had there are among the best I have had.
I think you are right on. A thought is that Denmark is much smaller than the entire USA in population, so the stereotypes is mostly what we see through the media. A question for you what are the 5 biggest stereotypes about Danes. You have been living among us for so long that you know us quite well by now :)
Glad to hear some more balanced and nuanced responses to these topics. Over time I’ve seen Americans online get a little exhausted by the constant jabbing at these stereotypes regarding topics
I think it was Jacob Holdt, the author/photographer who published the book "American Pictures" in 1976, who said that you can travel through Europe without getting to know a single person, but that you can't spend 24 hours in the United States without meeting a friend or an enemy. I don't remember the quote, but it was something like that. I remember that time in the 90s, when the clerks in the shops started saying "have a nice day" in Danish: "Hav en god dag".... and we were about to vomit over the American superficiality that rubbed off on Danish culture! Today, I'm almost offended if the cashier doesn't say that. We love you and secretly admire you. Kind regards from Google Translate to Chat GPT!
A stereotype about Denmark would be that we are a socialist country and therefore we are "almost" communist in American eyes. There's also the alcohol consumption, Denmark is in first or second place for alcohol consumption in Europe. Love your show!
It is so difficult for Danes (and Europeans) to comprehend the gun culture in the US. It seems wild that something like concealed carry is a thing but generally people who have a permit/license for that are trustworthy people who want to defend the lives of themselves and others. In a high trust society like Denmark I would have no problem knowing that a large amount of Danes knew how to use a firearm and were perhaps carrying one.
I don't remember who it was, but several times we have had American stars who have moved freely around Denmark, and a small island close to where I live, I know an American actor has a summer house. the first time I myself encountered on this, was bruce springsteen the day before he was to give a concert, standing on the pedestrian street in inner Copenhagen and playing some of his songs, he was allowed to stand in peace while people applauded him.. we had an American actor who was regularly seen cycling through Copenhagen.. but the point is, I think we Danes have enough in ourselves and the calm that should be around us. and yes, we have the jante law, you are not better than the rest of us just because you have money or status
I don't know the name and location of every single state in the US, but I think you'd be surprised at how much I know about the US, and that's not just geography. This in spite of never having visited the US beyond 5 years of age. I believe I am typical for a lot of Europeans.
I feel like you guys were a bit on the defensive side with this video and maybe a little arrogant even? To give an example: I don't think it's a valid argument for Americans not to learn about other countries and cultures because they will likely not go or work with people from there. This stereotype is grounded in the general curriculum differences. in USA you learn about USA and in Europe and rest of the world you learn about the world. It's important to learn of other cultures, regardless of whether you experience it locally or not. At the very least, learning about other cultures will allow you a better understanding of your own.
I totally agree with you that it is very important to learn about other countries and cultures. However the US school system does not seem to agree. The school system in the US is designed to prepare you for the work force, which in doing this, turns the focus to domestic issues and history, as the average American will not interact with other countries when they go into the working world
When I was in Chicago some years ago (part of a mid-west round trip to see what I thought were cool interesting places) I was bored one evening at the hotel I stayed in. Millennium Knickerbucker. Anyway at 11pm I grabbed my camera and tripod and walked out in the Chicago night. Walked west top the end of East Walton St. before I went down North State St. until I came to the river. I walked back up Michigan Ave. After than walk people asked if I was crazy. It was dangerous. I never at one point felt threatened or unsafe. It was a cool walk.
Stereotypes about Danes. Probably that we’re introverted xenophobes. And some are. We will probably seem very closed off to foreigners, but really, it’s because we don’t want to intrude, don’t want to bother other people with random smalltalk. UNLESS there’s suddenly something to talk *about*. Say if people are in a train, and the train unexpectedly stops somewhere out in “nowhere” for a longer period. THEN people start talking. It’s quite interesting. But then they have something in common, something unusual. Not just being on your daily commuter train, but STUCK in it. For some weird an unusual reason. And hey: something to talk about.
The root of many differences is Denmark is primarily made up of a homogeneous culture. America is very multicultural with often minimal assimilation between them Therefore there is much less cooperation or sense of community in the big picture. Hence it is "every man for himself" and a rejection of most socialism beyond the bare necessities. The real reason for our 2nd Amendment gun rights is to insure we will never live under government tyranny - which we came close to in the Covid Pandemic with lockdowns and the like.
I have lived in the US for 20 years and I have to say that I feel Danes are a lot more materialistic. I do think that Hollywood gives an impression of a very materialistic society - which might be correct in parts of California. But the ordinary american are more focused on having a place to live and to get food on the table. The loud part is correct though. In the US there is often a lot of background noise. Music being blasted everywhere and TV's are rarely turned off. So you have to be loud. Americans are in general not very good with silence.
Rarely eat homecooked meals, especially from low income families. Overly confident without proving that they have a reason to be. Bigger is better(Houses, cars etc.) That was just 3 coming quickly of my mind, but there might be more
Perhaps people in the US have more need for showing each other, that they come in peace 🤔 Often, when we look at others, we tend to compare their reality with our own ideals!
Here in Denmark you shouldn't " stand out" if you are rich you shouldn't show off your wealth! Or if you are a politician you shouldn't be wearing designer clothes or jewelry!
About Guns... i've always wondered why the smart minds don't develop a pistol with ONLY 2 shots? If you have a weapons permit, you can get a new one when the 2 shots have been used. - if it is registered, you get the new one with a discount. If you shoot to hit and miss, you have an extra shot. 2 shots are enough to wound a burglar or assault man/woman, but NOT for a school massacre. 1 "gun" per social security number. it SHOULD be able to meet the requirements of “the second amendment"
One stereotype about Danes I get from Americans, is when I say I'm from Denmark, the response is "Oh, you're socialist/communist" - and then the next question "What actually is socialist/communist?" One stereotype about Americans that I think was missing, is that Americans can't recognise a middle-ground on any subject.
I think those six stereotypes are all wrong. Americans are not loud. Danes are quiet. Spanish people are loud. They never talk, they only yell😀 The individualism one may have a tiny kernel of truth. In school, Danish children spend a lot of time learning to work in groups, and in the workplace i also think group efforts are more common. Still, I had to go to India to meet people that were truly incapable of team efforts. In my mind, the major difference is about regionalism. Most americans will die in a different state than they grew up in. Most Europeans will die within 50 km. of where they were born. In America, you can find a neighbouthood similar to what you grew up in just about anywhere. In Europe, your local town is unique. You will never be quite at home except in that particular town. And everybody in the town shares that culture. There is no Babtist neighbouthood. Or Irish neighbouthood. Or black neighbouthood. It is just us from Hillerød or whereever.
Our tour bus was held up by one woman who refused to rush at finishing her breakfast. The tour operator could do nothing and was almost in tears! The lady's husband was on the bus and he was quite red with embassassment. She was from a middle eastern country and obviously quite wealthy so could have gotten a orivate tour but her nice husband wanted to meet people. Then someone said she was "worse than the Americans". Well, as an American we never held up a tour bus because we were finishing our breakfast! She came on the bus 40 min later and looked around in shock as everyone turned to get a good look at her. Then she abruptly stomped off the bus and her husband ran off after her. It was certainly a lesson in just who are the rudest tourists in the world and believe me, it is NOT the Americans!
Regarding Americans and how non-Americans view them very much depend on behavior, knowledge and respect. Americans, who have never been outside America, tend to be far less open minded. Yes, some Americans are loud but far from all Americans are loud. Americans, travelling or moving away from America for work, education or other, seem to generally be more interested in the rest of the world and generally more knowledgeable than the Americans you typically meet in America, who have never been outside America. Unfortunately, the ongoing political circus that is always getting headlines also tend to form opinions about Americans. Always remember that opinions are like a-holes. Everybody has one.
Okay yes in my opinion Americans do talk loudly but I try to remind myself that every tourist that comes to Denmark are surprised of how quiet we are. So maybe it’s just Dane’s that are super quiet ? I now live in Spain and darn they speak loudly. Sometimes when they start speaking to me my body jerks because I get so surprised by the volume of their voices 😂😂😂 And I think a lot of people in the south speaks loudly it’s just part of the culture. People in Denmark are also super consumers and if they had the choice they would buy so much crap. We do as you say but expensive things but if things in Denmark was as cheap as it is in America we sure would buy so much. I think it’s really nice that Americans are open and kind. I do not understand why people think it’s always superficial. I would really like if Dane’s were more open and smiling. ( I’m not sure if I’m actually a true Dane 😂😂😂) I do think as Maya said it’s often because of videos on YT or TikTok that people have this idear that no American knows nothing about the rest of the world. I do however think that a big portion of Americans don’t really care much of what’s going on outside America and if that is true then it’s quite sad. It’s important to know what is going on in the world and if most new channels do not show things from the world how would people know what is going on. About the guns issue. I’ve been so surprised to see how many Americans asking if they can bring their guns with them from America to Spain and they do not understand why people react angrily about this. I have never ever seen anyone else ask questions like this before. My grandmothers brother moved to Brooklyn and he told me he would always carry a gun with him for protection. He was white married to a ( what word am I allowed to use today??? A colored woman ? ( just so I don’t sound disrespectful) And that was very problematic because they lived in the black community and he could move around there because he was married to “her name was Carol” but she couldn’t walk into the white area. This race situation in America is so weird to me. It’s just a collour 🫣🫣 But anyway I really hope that there will be a lot more gun controle in the future.
19:17-19:31 Not from Chicago I recall one conversation as a teen in which this guy from the UK that was nice but still had those misconceptions in mind directly asked me about gang violence (although in his defense I was showing the chat the picture of a tree that got struck my lightning and there was a police car in the foreground so he hyperfocused on that)..."buddy I live in a cul de sac, I sadly cannot provide you with any 'GTA in real life' stories." And even after moving to Florida I still don't LOL
Well, let me try to be a little more carefull this time not to step on “sore toes”. You are a nice family, that I would never see as gunfreaks at all - so that is clear I hope? I did not mean to offend you with my question last time. Unfortunately it was apparently seen as such - I’m sorry. But for a dane - and probably for most europeans - it seems rather strange, that people in USA (as an average!) are not able to see any connection between the number of guns in the country and the number of times, where these guns are being used/misused. The most common reason for childdeath alone should in my opinion be more than reason enough to start thinking about a regulation of the gunlaws. On the contrary: The NRA seems time and again to be able to sell their slogan about the good guy vs. the bad guy with each their gun. Look to Switzerland - they love their guns too, but their restrictions are controlled by their law - and the result: No mass-shootings at all. Not very long ago my grandcousin visited Denmark with her family. They are nice people like you, and I have quite a few relatives in different states in USA. None of them “carry arms” as far as I know. But they all are concerned about the number of guns in USA - more guns than people. Some of your folks over there must be more than “normally interested” in (i.e. obsessed with) guns - and for all of you it just might be a good and healty idea with some sensible restrictions on these obsessed individuals - do they really need heavy attackweapons?
Yes, I was going to say a similar thing. It's not a point about the guns, it's about the way of thinking about them. Part of a larger topic about the way of thinking about human life - just look at the level of acceptance that if someone just runs away from a policeman, it's a "normal" thing to expect them to get shot! "Oh well, someone died, never mind. Shouldn't have run away I guess." Life is very cheap in the USA, both people actually dying, but also in the quality of life people are willing to accept as normal for lots of people there. They just don't value other people's lives very much. The key difference is the idea of a gun for "personal protection" (Which is wrong: a bulletproof vest protects. A gun isn't for protecting you, it's for killing someone else.). No-one in other countries has the same idea of it being acceptable to have a gun for this purpose, whatever the different laws or gun ownership rates. It's only the USA where this is a socially acceptable way to think. Well, I suppose serious criminals in other countries might be the only people to have a gun for "personal protection" reasons but they are obviously criminals, so it's still not a socially acceptable way to think!
Well, I doubt that most Danes are even able to name a majority of the US States, even though as large as Denmark! At least we are a finger on top of Germany.
I was surprised you didn´t mention the 2nd amendment when discussing guns. It is something very unique to america which almost no other country has. The US is one of very few countries in the world with a constitutional right to bear arms. It is a constitutional right the same way freedom of speech is in both the US and Denmark. I think a lot of americans have a blindspot to just how unique the gun laws / gun rights are in America. It would literally be against the US constitution to "ban guns" as most european countries have done. You mentioned that you don´t know too many people back in the US that own a gun, but they might have one and just be private about it. For the average danish person, almost any one would be able to say with complete confidence that none of my friends or family own a gun. The penalty for illegally owning a gun in Denmark is 2-5 years in prison so only hardcore criminals would even try such a thing. The concept of owning a gun, and if you should be allowed to do so, I believe really is a major cultural and legal difference between USA and Denmark.
Danish stereotypes from Americans? That we are socialists and live in a socialist country. Ive heard that one hundreds of times. And that everything here is easier, because it's a small country.
Nope and I know you say personal experience does not count but, Americans say that we are Communists, and we pay ridiculous high taxes, then they say we are tall and handsome and we play gay football with a lot of whining. But again that's just personal experience........
loud as in volume - like in a restaurant setting... At least thats where my stereotype lies when talking about loud - it's volume. I liked Josh's initial take on it though, cos there definitely is political loudness that by volume can be heard all the way over here =)
People with ASD have a haaaard time with the American greeting “How are you?”. How to respond? They often will tell you about their whole day, good and bad without understanding that they should not take the interest litterally. What to answer? It’s the most stupid way of saying “Hi!”. 🤦🏻♀️
The "Americans are loud" is a volume thing, has nothing to do with what's being said, it's purely that Americans talk louder. It's not the metaphorical loud, it's the literal loud.
Having lived in both countrys here is my take: Loud : Yes, but in every home the TV is on, people are talking and music in the background and the same in a Bar, so you need to be loud to be heard!!!!! No 2: Yes ,but understand that you are bombarded with commercials for thing you cant live without?? Electric toothbrushes-Electric knives-self driving cars, dont go down with minimalistic Danish design!!!! No 3 is a culturel thing, just different!!! No 4 : If Americans had more paid vacation they might travel more???? No 5: because off social welfare and maybe Unions danish tend to do: together we can do more, is has something with size off the country also!!! Guns: most big gun factorys are American, when you cant sell to the military/police sell private!!! maybe 250 years ago the gun had a place, but not today, but nobody dares to change the laws!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a difference in not knowing the all the states in USA and not knowing other countries. States are not equal to countries, so please don't compare them. It's like asking Americans to name the states in e.g. Germany, they would not be able to name a single one. So yes, Americans are very bad at geography compared to other countries. You are way too biased.
Geography is geography if you are talking about countries or states. People are more likely to retain geography knowledge closer to where they live. In Europe that is countries and in the US that is states. So I’ll clarify to say that Americans know more about North American geography and Europeans know more about European geography. Neither is an indication of one group being more intelligent than the other, which is how Americans are portrayed in this stereotype - less intelligent.
Regarding knowledge of other countries / cultures i think Danes generarly need to have more knowledge about others comming from a small country that have to interact with other cultures just to survive
She the loader people always stand more out. BUT in gernal I think it still some truth to it. but Sure guns aren't a big thing we do here. a very few of us do. I do Shoot here in Denmark as a sport but you can't carry them around!
Personal experience doesn't count as reliable data. I did a few quick searches because of this video. Several surveys said, that 30% of all Americans own a gun. 44% live in a home with guns. I also did a search on how many Americans have experienced gun violence or have family or friends who have. The numbers varied a lot here, from 20%-60%. Still, even if it's only 20%, that's insane! The reason the numbers varied, was because of the definition of what you concider "someone you know", from family and close people you care about, to just anyone you know.
Surveys can’t be trusted either, they often ask purposefully vague questions in most cases. If I was asked if there was a gun in my house as a kid I would say yes, because my dad had a hunting rifle from his childhood days locked in the attic. Implying that made us a gun household because of that answer would totally give the wrong impression. I only saw it once the day my dad explained to us what it was for safety. I suspect a lot of Danish households also have hunting rifles as it’s a sport here as well. Personal experiences are far more valuable than reports often created to support an agenda. I recognize my experiences aren’t the same as everybody’s, but I will share and stand behind my own because that is the truth of my life. Also, definition of gun violence is an important distinction here. A lot of that 20 percent can be talking about the same people, depends on where and when the poll was taken. And I know someone who took their own life with a gun, that could be considered gun violence but isn’t the picture painted with those types of stats.
Personal experience do certainly count, i live in freaking Memphis and i don't own a gun, i don't feel unsafe at all but i also know where not to go, just like i would in copenhagen. I'm also white and i live in a very safe area, the survey you're referring to says only 10% of white people feel unsafe. As a little side note 30% of swedes feel unsafe, so it doesn't take a lot for a country to fall from safe to ridiculous unsafe.
I would say that the way people decorate their home/ regarding Scandinavian design is very much about culture and not only trends,trends in Denmark and many other countries is about what colors or wood types are trending but the more simple design and minimalism have been popular here the past almost 100 years so it's not really a trend it's part of the culture silent people silent decor - about Americans don't know about he world, I think more and more do, America is huge there is enough to learn about just in your own country, but more and more do travel or watch youtube videos about other countries. what I do find amusing about some Americans is that they cant speak so confident about other countries they actually don't know anything about , the amount af Americans who post about Denmark but writing Dutch people do this and this, or the original population in Denmark was inuits before the white people wiped them out and so on, when I am on Twitter/X I search Denmark, Scandinavia, Vikings ect. just to see the nonsense being written
Thank you for another nice video :) Athing i have been thinken about is, i think alot of american are very quick to call cops if they have "small" problems and the cops are very quick to find every reason to give a fine, arrest people or pull the gun on people? (I have seen a lot of People vs cops videos) and i know this again is what are shown on video, but there are just so many.
What with all the school shootings, you hear about it almost every month. It is something you never hear about in any European countries and believe me you would if we were as fixated on firearms as most Americans are and the very easy and irresponsible handling of firearms they have and where anyone regardless of age can buy firearms in various supermarkets. It is probably you who are far from the stereotype than most Americans, which is good, but to say that the stereotype does not fit the average American is wrong
Sorry this is in Danis. Vi lære mere om andre lande i folkeskolen, nuvel kan jeg ikke nævne alle 50 stater, men i forhold til hvad jeg oplever, når Amerikanske youtuber reagere på forskelle, mellem Europa/Danmark og Amerika, så er der en større viden om resten af verden hos dansk skole børn, end hos Amerikanske.
You definitely misunderstood the loud part. It's not about opinions. Or about talking a lot. It's about the volume. You can always spot the American in public transportation, restaurants etc. Also, the lack of knowledge about other cultures has nothing to do with Jimmy Kimmel. When the US went to war in iIraq there were plenty of studies done that showed that Americans didn't know where it was, and a lot of people pointed to Russia, China, Canada and Brazil when presented with a map. It comes down to a lack of geographical knowledge from school. Regarding the guns - oh boy, I think you're all lucky you grew up without them. My neighbor carries a loaded gun in his personal truck. My father in law has several rifles in his basement. I have several friends that regularly talk about guns and buy guns and attachments. And I can go to a flea market and buy a shotgun without any verification or security of any kind in about 5 minutes. I truly think you're biased because of your upbringing.
@@themetricsystem7967 i think their geography skills are generally worse than ours. Other than that i think its a myth that amricans are less edjucated
When my husband was an Exchange student in Texas, he was asked by a fellow student if Denmark had polar Bears walking the Streets 🤣 When we visit Texas (or other States) we always feel welcome everywhere. We feel that a lot of people are loud when talking (at family gatherings etc). We have met person who wanted to pay for our lunch while we were driving from Nashville to Memphis (as my husband used a wheel chair after a stroke). The person said that he wanted to do a good deed every day - this I don’t think I have ever experienced in Europe.
For me the "gun question" isn't about "the americans" as individuals, but much more about America (The US to be more precise). I'm fully aware that some (maybe even the majority of) Americans never see a gun and/or shooting in the streets, but still it actually IS a fact, that so far in 2024 The US have had more than one mass shooting A DAY !!! My point being, that yes, of course there's a connection between the number of guns in society and the number of shootings. I just don't understand the idea of "building" a new society from scratch and at the same time feeling the need to even make "trigger happiness" a possibility (as part of the constitution) !?! About Americans lack of knowledge of other countries/cultures, I don't think it's the same as Danes (or Europeans) not being able to list the 50 states in The US and primarily for one reason - even though The US have 50 states, it's still "only" one country ! In that case Americans should be able to list the regions of Denmark ! That said, the people in the videos you mention are, of course, not the typical American. I think or at least hope, everyone understand that, but it does raise the question of what are being taught in American schools ? And one last thing when it comes to the question of the knowledge of other countries and cultures. I might have misunderstood, but believe you mention money, as in "Americans not being able to afford going to Europe". Just to make things clear - there are millions and more millions of Europeans (and one million of them will probably be Danes) that will NEVER get a chance to go to The US for financial reasons, but who will still be able to name at least 20 US states and, on a map, be able to place at least five of them 😉
I don’t think I’ve ever met someone in Europe that can name 20 states and place 5 on a map. I’m sure the unicorns are out there, but that isn’t the average. Just like I’m not the average American, in that I can place all the 70 countries I’ve visited on a map and probably know most the airport codes too :).
Have you actually ever asked anyone in Europe ? I have an idea that you're well educated and as such "mingle" with equally well educated people who will absolutely be able to name 20 american states. My classmates (from "folkeskolen") and I were able to do that even back then : )
11:30 the diffirence is.. some of those cant even name ONE country on a map ... most of us danes can name several state's names , without even having been there. We also know capital in some of those states , So the diffirence IS there . Also i seen him show american naming several locations right ... so you not entirely right about that either. edit: I mean you would think people atleats know Paris in France or London in England from movie .... like we know Washington DC from movies.
Can the the two of you (father & daughter) give your mom/wife a voice. Politely stop interupting her. Look at this video notice the body language between the 3 of of you. It's very interesting watching you all and seeing who dominates the talking. Interesting topic. I don't agree with all of it. Being American i know danes that are materialistic, I've known danes the were loud and danes that love so much about America yet, find ways to put it down as if there the better race. There is good and bad in every culture diversity at its best.
I do not agree and Miranda gets room 4:43 16:53 and does so in other videos as well. You shouldn't necessarily agree with Stereo types, to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.
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Most Danes who have been to the USA come home with an impression of Americans as very hospitable and welcoming
Had a 5 weeks stopover in SF and LA on our way back to Australia i 1986, we found most people to be very arrogant, consumed with greed, gone were the days of flower power people, only in Canada and Hawaii did we meet nice people. NEVER going back.
The most money- consumed persons I ever met were from Australia. They came here to the US and bought up houses as rental units and stayed here for years. Such bombastic, opinionated loudmouthed people. They never saw themselves as rude which they were but this is the south where we have more finesse.
@@3goldfingerYour basing 50 states on SF and LA is very narrow minded. Those two areas are infiltrated with the elites of the world. Think Hollywood nut cases!
You guys are so lovable and don't underestimate your (perhaps small) influence on the American and Danish/ European relationship/friendship! 💯🇺🇸🇩🇰 😊
Rufus Gifford was a great example of that!! He made the US very popular in Denmark! We loved him! In my opinion Carla Sands did a bad job regarding this.
Looking forward to your next video! As always! ❤
Carla Sands became the only US Ambassador for years, who didn't get a Danish Order when she left! Maybe that was why? But walking on Strøget during summer, you are normally aware if a group of Americans are around, from the level of sound!
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Don't knock Carla Sands as she's obviously not in the pockets of Big Pharma!
"Teaching people about healthy, wholesome eating and healthy lifestyle should be part of our American culture-it’s also a physician’s responsibility to teach their patients to make healthy choices. Doctors should encourage lifestyle changes before medication."
- Carla Sands -
@@viggozing598 Normally an Ambassador get a Danish Order, when leaving Denmark, but Carla Sands became the one exception!
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188she didn't care about the country.
@@LisKofod I'm sure that she had seen to that large contributions became added to Trumps Campaign, and that was why she got appointed. And as Denmark is a place of no special Political interest, she was sent over as a thank you.
The huge difference in terms of learning of the rest of the world is. It's mandatory in most countries to actually learn about other countries, cultures etc. While americans often barely know most american states. I think that's what's meant to that specific stereotype.
with americans being loud. you can sometimes clearly hear americans on the s trains in cph because you sit in one end and can follow there conversation better then the one that im having with my friends. tho ofc young danish ppl who are going into the city getting drunk is also very loud
We had an American Exchange student staying, who told us how much she hated going by bus in Denmark because it made her look poor. But before going back she realized that in Denmark you don’t look poor on the bus but lazy as in why don’t you bike 😅
"in a completely different country. They speak a different language. They have different money. They have similar but different social norms."
Sounds like a border wall needs to be put up, and more importantly, Sweden needs to pay for it! 🤣 (100% messin')
nice one :D
Fortunately we have Canada as a buffer between us. 😂
So if we want to build a wall, it could be either a short, cheap one on Hans Ø, or we could convince Canada to make one for their own benefit also. I doubt the Canucks would be hard to convince. 😅
@@lhpl I am indeed sorry, that we, after a long and hard, dirty fight agreed to devide this Danish Island with a Danish Name and leave a part of Denmark to become Canadian! It is like selling Greenland to the US!!!🙄
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 nah, the canadians are okay, they even have a flag in two pretty colours.
As a Danish person. I have just learned, that I have an a American whisper
In regards to materialism and cheap stuff, i think there's more factors involved as well. One of them is consumer laws in Europe that have pushed companies to make better quality products.
I also get the impression that parts of America has a strong "keeping up with the Joneses" mentality. Like ones individual success is measured in what they own and they want to appear successful to people around them
Here's one.... Americans say "like" far, far too much... 😊
I think that the loud stereotype may be amplified by the fact that we understand your native language, but yeah, often the American tourists go "Wow! Look at that!".
And yes, the desire to show off stuff, may be contributing to the materialist stereotype...
I used to work for B&O, people do want to show off here, but preferably not by yelling it out... visitors have to notice by themselves that your living room has $50'000+ worth of hifi equipment. The Volvo in your driveway is perhaps another 100k. Your house may be a million USD, but you don't mention it. And if anyone asks, the answer would most often be along the lines of "I could afford it, so I decided to treat myself".
But you're right, Danes often choose to buy a quality product and plan to keep it for years. Difficult to get us onto a sudden hype.
About individualism, my ex was born and raised in China, took her masters in the US. When she started working here in DK, she was terrified about new hires at her company, because she saw her new colleagues as competitors rather than teammates.
I've worked with a wide variety of foreign nationalities, the Americans are great colleagues because they are go-getters that are easy to talk with, if you pose an idea, and it's not too crazy, they'll often go "sure, let's try that"... Europeans will most often overthink it instead.
Great topic and video, thanks for quality content.
I remember a certain vase with gold stripes that Dane’s went ballistic over. People paid over 10.000kr for this crap just because it was a millennial thing and it was ugly as h*ll. if things are fancy enough Dane’s will buy it and they do show it of on Facebook or instagram.
@@conn7125 i don't know the actual quality of Kähler ceramics, but yes... once you do catch the attention of the Danish population, you get paid.
Edit: yes, some of us do wanna show off... ironically it's most often the ones that put themselves into debt to purchase said items.
The vase thing was truly silly, do those people really spend $50 a week to keep it populated with fresh flowers?
I still have my Jacob Jensen designed B&O 4400 Radio and similar loudspeakers, as I had the last model Tangent Record player, til it started malfunctioning.
@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 My dad has made it his hobby to find old B&O systems and speakers, offered for cheap, and make them work again.
He mostly focus on the ones a generation newer, when the active speakers became the norm... so his own living room setup is something like a full BeoSystem 6500 with 8 BeoLab Penta towers that he has modified to handle 240V instead of the 220V they were initially designed for 😄
Great thing about B&O products is that they're very well documented and the service manuals for older products have been leaked long ago. So basically anyone who knows how to read a diagram, has a multimeter and knows how to solder can repair if they have the patience.
I think a lot of the ignorance stems from 2 main sources, a gutted education system, that makes it hard for US teachers to give kids a broader education. And the big thing, the media consumed by americans at large. National news stations will cover mostly just US news, but unless it's a really major thing, there really won't be a peep about it, not even a short segment about a new govt. in Kenya, or a developing political crisis in Indonesia (fictional examples), local stations will just add very local news, meaning, someone in Idaho won't hear a peep about something in Montana, much less in Maine. And it tends to keep people in this information bubble, where only their local area and the US as a nation exists for all intents and purposes. So when something big happens elsewhere, people lack all the context and background knowledge, making them lose interest quickly, and it becomes a vicious cycle, because it garners less views, meaning less ad revenue, meaning they won't do more of it, and it just makes people uninformed. Only those with enough drive themselves will seek out more information.
I have been in the US on two occasions, and on both occasions, I concluded that the stereotypes I had heard were crap. USA is a huuuge country with many many people who are just as diverse as people in Europe. Yes, I met someone who had guns - but that was only *one* person among the hundreds I met. I also met introvert types, extrovert types, people talking in a low voice, people talking loudly etc. We can talk about different politics, administrations and so forth, however, when it all comes down to it, people are just people - as we all are.
Personal experience doesn't count.
30% of all Americans have a gun, and 44% live in a household with guns.
Could say are Swedish we have more than 300 000 hunters own around 3-5 different kind of weapons not include Police and military in those for get a lot more so are allow own guns in Sweden just need licence for them 🤔
Maya, Gymnasium is *teaching* you to be responsible of your self, so you are prepared for University.
Did you mean Maya?
@@Joliie corrected, thanks.
teaching not learning.
@@BjarneDuelundTV Ja det er ganske fint at du kan google dig frem til det, men hvordan er det relevant til min kommentar, hvor jeg rettede på anvendelsen af det forkerte verbum?
bare fordi det danske sprog er dovent er det ikke ensbetydende med at vi skal være dovne i andre sprog hvor der differentieres mellem at afgive viden mod at modtage viden. -> To teach or to learn
@@MsEngelby beklager at jeg ikke taler flydende engelsk. Jeg skal nok holde mig fra at kommentere fremover.
What do Americans think about Danes? Most of them don't.
And if they do...
Tall, blond vikings whit blue eys.
I have Danish family and friend in Denmark but was born and raised in America (California). I visited Denmark for the first time in June 2023 and loved it. I love the orderliness there, peace and quiet. I really enjoy Danish humor and love how Danes drive! What I did not like was not only do many Danes not talk to strangers but don't even give eye contact. That is excessive distancing and too cold. On a walk, if I saw a stranger... well, we don't have to go to dinner, talk or even say a greeting but atleast give a bit of eye contact to show you acknoledge other people exist. That would be my one observation in Denmark that I noticed and didn't care for. Otherwise, Denmark ROCKS!
I also think that there's a difference in where you live in the US, you can't put people who live in the east coast states ,in same boxes as for instance southern states ,or from the fly over states like south Dakota , it's just like you can't compare a Dane with an Italian,
Correction US is not bigger than Europe
11:12 They'd know where the country, USA, is on a map. The individual states? Maybe not. But comparing states in the US to countries in Europe is not an equal comparison.
You are such a sweet family,thanks!
I went to Alaska fishing more times. There was a place on the river we called the ghetto, americans (turists) where fishing there, standing shoulder by shoulder. We joked that they sounded like ten time Donald Duck. We danes fished with more space and more quet.
Living in Jylland we think people from Copenhagen is loud.
On an other river we joked about that americans couldent see there car there where lost. They were armed to there teeth, it was bear country. We just had a bearspray and went in to the bush.
I went to a bar in Chicago, where they had the bricks with the bullets holes from the St. Valentines massacre. The bricks were built into the wall behind the bar. In Detroit I learned a lot. If you go behind the bar, the bartender has the right to shoot. He didn't shoot me, he just pointed at me with a huge revolver. I must say I was chocked and began to move backwards. Then He said: I am not gonna shoot you because I heard you speak before in a strange language 😊". Good he understood I didn't know the rules.
But Baltimore was worse, very tough.
My partner always say write a book about those days over there.
I have had a wonderful amazing time in the US. And my favorite city is New Orleans, maybe because I have worked as rock/ soul / blues musician.
Have thoroughly enjoyed watching your channel and how much you have changed over the past year or so. Having Been raised in Denmark but living in Canada it is refreshing to see your take on things.
For me it was interesting seeing how you believe that the Danish perceive US citizens. Would be really interesting for you to review your list in a year’s time and see if your perceptions will be the same as you become more entrenched in the Danish lifestyle.
Being loud 😅 Americans still have a long way to go, try to sit in a little cantina in Spain and try to enjoy your drink 🤣🤣🤣 about knowing other cultures..... if you don't go there, why bother, but personally I really think that your army going aboard needs some background knowledge of the country the are send to, I really appreciate the job your army does, but how to behave regarding religion, moral etc is a must, Scandinavian countries do that
Okay, so... that's a bit of a mouthful 😂😂 just to clarify, I have lived in the US as well as had encounters with Americans both here in Denmark as well as around Europe.
#1 Loud Americans. Stereotype? Maybe. Verifiable fact? Definitely! ...it's got nothing to do with ill will, that they want everyone around to hear or anything like that, but American English just lends itself to a certain (high) volume, unless you make a serious effort to really keep it down. It's not a quiet language, like maybe some of the slavic ones, where words barely leave the speaker's mouth. Coupled with occasional lack of situational awareness, noone is ever in doubt whether Americans are in the area, be it in the street, restaurant or whatever. Danes, or at least some of us, can easily be guilty of the same. Whether Danish as a language in itself is at fault, I'm not sure. Or we're just loud. At least sometimes at certain occasions.
#2 Consumerism... is an American invention, isn't it? Keeping up with the Jones's etc.. We have it here as well, albeit probably on a lesser scale. A lot of Americans I know of need to go out and buy boats, jet skis, quads, four wheelers and what not, just to have something to do on their very sparingly time off... and that's okay I guess, just as long as it doesn't tank their economy, and one could probably argue, if they really needed that glider plane and jet pack rotting up in the garage, while they're out cruising and doing hot rod shows, after they've spent just as much or more time building the car(s). We see spending here, but not so much that very sporadic unlimited one... hoarding, in general. Not that every American is a hoarder at all, but the tendency is stronger in the US. With money too.
3# Friends. Yup. You pretty much got it. That's a sort of backwards homage to the Danes. You won't hear a Dane asking how you're doing, unless they really want to know and/or are genuinely concerned. And then fine will rarely suffice as an answer. You'll likely be met with the "Are you completely sure?"-look.
4# countries and cultures: There are so many cultures within the US a lot of Europeans are unaware of, whether inuit, native American or all of the ones coming in by boat to the new world from various continents. I'll give you a pass for not being too informed about us Europeans, besides maybe from having looked in to heritage, which I know is something close at heart to many Americans. Which might in some cases also rose tint reality a little bit, at least until having taken the full dive into it. Naturally there is also a greater orientation towards Africa, Asia and South America, than we have. Besides our own little pond here in northern Europe, we are very much exposed to Americana and American culture in most any way possible, whether at the grocery store, fast food place, on tv, the internet or wherever - it's ingrained, whether we like it or not.
#5: Individualism. Has come a lot more to the forefront here in DK since I was a kid. Direct effect of importing American culture and adapting to a/the global market. It's good up until a certain point, but here's where who's whose freedom comes in. Jante could be a bit more present without any harm to anyone.
#6: Charities: US specialty. The danes may have a problem understanding why this is so hard to apply preemptively to let's say... healthcare? ...why does a certain disaster absolutely need to happen, before anyone does something? In a lot of cases, prevention would have been both better and cheaper. In light of recent events, we're doing absolutely horrible at it ourselves, contrary to the collective belief.
7# love of guns. There's no denying it in any way shape or form. There might be 330 million in the US, but we are even more in Europe with just short of 450 million even just within the EU... How many school shootings? How many gun deaths? How many open carry licenses? How many women run around with a gun in their purse for protection? I don't know the numbers, but I suspect the US is somewhere around +1000% on most counts. Which of course can turn out to be a huge stereotype, but I'm afraid not. I've also never heard of people getting shot at, just driving down the freeway here in Europe. I have, first hand, in the US. More than once. Over the course of 18months vs 47years.
when i lived in minnesota i told people that i was from denmark. then an american told me "isn't that the capital city of sweden?"
They should at least know, cos they are all from Scandinavian decent xD
America’s can be very kind and empathetic to each other because they share the same struggles. They do not have as much support of government programs that other countries have. They do have different levels of friendships and they are genuine for each one. This could be a neighbor, a co worker or a life long friend. ❤
I can point out the places you mentioned in the US, but i can also point out a lot of other places and countries around the globe.
I've watched quite a few Americans recording a TH-cam video, where they do these online tests, where they have to click a specific country in Europe. Most of them can maybe point out 3-5 of the big ones, but ate totally blank on the rest. So it's not entirely wrong what Jimmy Kimmel makes fun of, in his videos. But i do agree, they probably pick the worst cases of people not knowing much or anything about the world map. But please have in mind, many of them can't even point out the US on a map, let alone name two countries, that borders the US, which is just shocking!
You need to get out more @akyhne, it looks like you're just sitting in front of a computer all day!
Americans are much nicer in real life, what you're seeing on youtube is what sells views not a representation of america.
Then again this one was about stereotypes and you definitely are one!
I see another one right here,wearing caps inside.
Confirmed, weekends are for hats! :)
You guys are very wholesome.
I will take your geography challenge though, any day, about any region in the world.
The US would be the most popular country in the world if everyone had been there. Such a friendly, open and welcoming place. I love going there and the vacations I have had there are among the best I have had.
I think you are right on. A thought is that Denmark is much smaller than the entire USA in population, so the stereotypes is mostly what we see through the media. A question for you what are the 5 biggest stereotypes about Danes. You have been living among us for so long that you know us quite well by now :)
Stay tuned for a future video :).
Glad to hear some more balanced and nuanced responses to these topics.
Over time I’ve seen Americans online get a little exhausted by the constant jabbing at these stereotypes regarding topics
I think it was Jacob Holdt, the author/photographer who published the book "American Pictures" in 1976, who said that you can travel through Europe without getting to know a single person, but that you can't spend 24 hours in the United States without meeting a friend or an enemy. I don't remember the quote, but it was something like that. I remember that time in the 90s, when the clerks in the shops started saying "have a nice day" in Danish: "Hav en god dag".... and we were about to vomit over the American superficiality that rubbed off on Danish culture! Today, I'm almost offended if the cashier doesn't say that. We love you and secretly admire you. Kind regards from Google Translate to Chat GPT!
Så længe det ikke er "Hav en fortsat god dag"
A stereotype about Denmark would be that we are a socialist country and therefore we are "almost" communist in American eyes. There's also the alcohol consumption, Denmark is in first or second place for alcohol consumption in Europe. Love your show!
It is so difficult for Danes (and Europeans) to comprehend the gun culture in the US. It seems wild that something like concealed carry is a thing but generally people who have a permit/license for that are trustworthy people who want to defend the lives of themselves and others.
In a high trust society like Denmark I would have no problem knowing that a large amount of Danes knew how to use a firearm and were perhaps carrying one.
One of your best videos, thank you.
I don't remember who it was, but several times we have had American stars who have moved freely around Denmark, and a small island close to where I live, I know an American actor has a summer house. the first time I myself encountered on this, was bruce springsteen the day before he was to give a concert, standing on the pedestrian street in inner Copenhagen and playing some of his songs, he was allowed to stand in peace while people applauded him.. we had an American actor who was regularly seen cycling through Copenhagen.. but the point is, I think we Danes have enough in ourselves and the calm that should be around us. and yes, we have the jante law, you are not better than the rest of us just because you have money or status
Chicago, that is where they have the Death Corner!
I don't know the name and location of every single state in the US, but I think you'd be surprised at how much I know about the US, and that's not just geography. This in spite of never having visited the US beyond 5 years of age. I believe I am typical for a lot of Europeans.
In the video at 18:24 to 18:27 you have a ghost in the background There is a Shadow. Another great video from you looking forward to the next one
Its the cat or their dog. Ghosts aren't real.
@@akyhne It's a Shadow of a person Maybe It's Villas It's Too Big to be the cat of the dog Wow du Ghost really don't exist Thanks for the info 🤪
@@akyhne - that be a miiiiiighty big cat or dog....walking on it's hind legs toboot.
@@peterlarsen7779 good one 🤣🤣🤣
If a cat walks on the table where a lamp stands, it will cover a lot more. It could easily be the cat.
I feel like you guys were a bit on the defensive side with this video and maybe a little arrogant even?
To give an example: I don't think it's a valid argument for Americans not to learn about other countries and cultures because they will likely not go or work with people from there. This stereotype is grounded in the general curriculum differences. in USA you learn about USA and in Europe and rest of the world you learn about the world. It's important to learn of other cultures, regardless of whether you experience it locally or not. At the very least, learning about other cultures will allow you a better understanding of your own.
I totally agree with you that it is very important to learn about other countries and cultures. However the US school system does not seem to agree. The school system in the US is designed to prepare you for the work force, which in doing this, turns the focus to domestic issues and history, as the average American will not interact with other countries when they go into the working world
When I was in Chicago some years ago (part of a mid-west round trip to see what I thought were cool interesting places) I was bored one evening at the hotel I stayed in. Millennium Knickerbucker. Anyway at 11pm I grabbed my camera and tripod and walked out in the Chicago night. Walked west top the end of East Walton St. before I went down North State St. until I came to the river. I walked back up Michigan Ave.
After than walk people asked if I was crazy. It was dangerous. I never at one point felt threatened or unsafe. It was a cool walk.
Thank you alle 3, flot forundring og samtale ❤
"Loud" is a way to lump flashy, showoff'ish, outgoing and without inhibitions into one word :P Again its not everyone but it seems to be a pattern XD
My stereotype of a somewhat successful US American, is a man or woman living in a McMansion and driving either a Ford F150 or an Escalade.
Stereotypes about Danes. Probably that we’re introverted xenophobes. And some are.
We will probably seem very closed off to foreigners, but really, it’s because we don’t want to intrude, don’t want to bother other people with random smalltalk.
UNLESS there’s suddenly something to talk *about*. Say if people are in a train, and the train unexpectedly stops somewhere out in “nowhere” for a longer period.
THEN people start talking. It’s quite interesting. But then they have something in common, something unusual. Not just being on your daily commuter train, but STUCK in it. For some weird an unusual reason. And hey: something to talk about.
more people in EU, Less guns than USA
The root of many differences is Denmark is primarily made up of a homogeneous culture. America is very multicultural with often minimal assimilation between them Therefore there is much less cooperation or sense of community in the big picture. Hence it is "every man for himself" and a rejection of most socialism beyond the bare necessities. The real reason for our 2nd Amendment gun rights is to insure we will never live under government tyranny - which we came close to in the Covid Pandemic with lockdowns and the like.
i live a pretty minimalistic life, i dont really care, for having new shiny things, i also dont have a car, but i'm Danish, so i dont need one...
Many Danish people absolutely need a car. So let me guess; you live in Copenhagen?
@@PepsiMaGs nope... grew up in Århus, and now live in Esbjerg...
I have lived in the US for 20 years and I have to say that I feel Danes are a lot more materialistic. I do think that Hollywood gives an impression of a very materialistic society - which might be correct in parts of California. But the ordinary american are more focused on having a place to live and to get food on the table. The loud part is correct though. In the US there is often a lot of background noise. Music being blasted everywhere and TV's are rarely turned off. So you have to be loud. Americans are in general not very good with silence.
Rarely eat homecooked meals, especially from low income families.
Overly confident without proving that they have a reason to be.
Bigger is better(Houses, cars etc.)
That was just 3 coming quickly of my mind, but there might be more
Perhaps people in the US have more need for showing each other, that they come in peace 🤔
Often, when we look at others, we tend to compare their reality with our own ideals!
Speaking about quality, then looking on the furniture behind you in your dining room, definitely indicate that you prefer quality to quantity ;-).
How many times can you use the word like, in one sentence ? 😅 A lot i think
Whoa. Yes that’s a whole lot of LIKES. A bad habit great to start eliminating for successful broadcasting.
You guys are great.
Vi har jante loverens tunge åg 😀 og tak for en god kanal
Actually, Janteloven is rather universal, we just have a name for it!
Here in Denmark you shouldn't " stand out" if you are rich you shouldn't show off your wealth! Or if you are a politician you shouldn't be wearing designer clothes or jewelry!
About Guns...
i've always wondered why the smart minds don't develop a pistol with ONLY 2 shots?
If you have a weapons permit, you can get a new one when the 2 shots have been used.
- if it is registered, you get the new one with a discount.
If you shoot to hit and miss, you have an extra shot.
2 shots are enough to wound a burglar or assault man/woman, but NOT for a school massacre.
1 "gun" per social security number.
it SHOULD be able to meet the requirements of “the second amendment"
One stereotype about Danes I get from Americans, is when I say I'm from Denmark, the response is "Oh, you're socialist/communist" - and then the next question "What actually is socialist/communist?"
One stereotype about Americans that I think was missing, is that Americans can't recognise a middle-ground on any subject.
I think those six stereotypes are all wrong. Americans are not loud. Danes are quiet. Spanish people are loud. They never talk, they only yell😀
The individualism one may have a tiny kernel of truth. In school, Danish children spend a lot of time learning to work in groups, and in the workplace i also think group efforts are more common. Still, I had to go to India to meet people that were truly incapable of team efforts.
In my mind, the major difference is about regionalism. Most americans will die in a different state than they grew up in. Most Europeans will die within 50 km. of where they were born. In America, you can find a neighbouthood similar to what you grew up in just about anywhere. In Europe, your local town is unique. You will never be quite at home except in that particular town. And everybody in the town shares that culture. There is no Babtist neighbouthood. Or Irish neighbouthood. Or black neighbouthood. It is just us from Hillerød or whereever.
Our tour bus was held up by one woman who refused to rush at finishing her breakfast. The tour operator could do nothing and was almost in tears! The lady's husband was on the bus and he was quite red with embassassment. She was from a middle eastern country and obviously quite wealthy so could have gotten a orivate tour but her nice husband wanted to meet people. Then someone said she was "worse than the Americans". Well, as an American we never held up a tour bus because we were finishing our breakfast! She came on the bus 40 min later and looked around in shock as everyone turned to get a good look at her. Then she abruptly stomped off the bus and her husband ran off after her. It was certainly a lesson in just who are the rudest tourists in the world and believe me, it is NOT the Americans!
I think that The Russians now have done their worst to earn that position!
Regarding Americans and how non-Americans view them very much depend on behavior, knowledge and respect. Americans, who have never been outside America, tend to be far less open minded.
Yes, some Americans are loud but far from all Americans are loud.
Americans, travelling or moving away from America for work, education or other, seem to generally be more interested in the rest of the world and generally more knowledgeable than the Americans you typically meet in America, who have never been outside America.
Unfortunately, the ongoing political circus that is always getting headlines also tend to form opinions about Americans.
Always remember that opinions are like a-holes. Everybody has one.
Ni är en så underbar familj
Okay yes in my opinion Americans do talk loudly but I try to remind myself that every tourist that comes to Denmark are surprised of how quiet we are. So maybe it’s just Dane’s that are super quiet ? I now live in Spain and darn they speak loudly. Sometimes when they start speaking to me my body jerks because I get so surprised by the volume of their voices 😂😂😂
And I think a lot of people in the south speaks loudly it’s just part of the culture.
People in Denmark are also super consumers and if they had the choice they would buy so much crap.
We do as you say but expensive things but if things in Denmark was as cheap as it is in America we sure would buy so much.
I think it’s really nice that Americans are open and kind. I do not understand why people think it’s always superficial. I would really like if Dane’s were more open and smiling. ( I’m not sure if I’m actually a true Dane 😂😂😂)
I do think as Maya said it’s often because of videos on YT or TikTok that people have this idear that no American knows nothing about the rest of the world. I do however think that a big portion of Americans don’t really care much of what’s going on outside America and if that is true then it’s quite sad. It’s important to know what is going on in the world and if most new channels do not show things from the world how would people know what is going on.
About the guns issue. I’ve been so surprised to see how many Americans asking if they can bring their guns with them from America to Spain and they do not understand why people react angrily about this. I have never ever seen anyone else ask questions like this before.
My grandmothers brother moved to Brooklyn and he told me he would always carry a gun with him for protection. He was white married to a ( what word am I allowed to use today??? A colored woman ? ( just so I don’t sound disrespectful) And that was very problematic because they lived in the black community and he could move around there because he was married to “her name was Carol” but she couldn’t walk into the white area.
This race situation in America is so weird to me. It’s just a collour 🫣🫣
But anyway I really hope that there will be a lot more gun controle in the future.
19:17-19:31
Not from Chicago I recall one conversation as a teen in which this guy from the UK that was nice but still had those misconceptions in mind directly asked me about gang violence (although in his defense I was showing the chat the picture of a tree that got struck my lightning and there was a police car in the foreground so he hyperfocused on that)..."buddy I live in a cul de sac, I sadly cannot provide you with any 'GTA in real life' stories." And even after moving to Florida I still don't LOL
Well, let me try to be a little more carefull this time not to step on “sore toes”.
You are a nice family, that I would never see as gunfreaks at all - so that is clear I hope? I did not mean to offend you with my question last time. Unfortunately it was apparently seen as such - I’m sorry.
But for a dane - and probably for most europeans - it seems rather strange, that people in USA (as an average!) are not able to see any connection between the number of guns in the country and the number of times, where these guns are being used/misused.
The most common reason for childdeath alone should in my opinion be more than reason enough to start thinking about a regulation of the gunlaws. On the contrary: The NRA seems time and again to be able to sell their slogan about the good guy vs. the bad guy with each their gun.
Look to Switzerland - they love their guns too, but their restrictions are controlled by their law - and the result: No mass-shootings at all.
Not very long ago my grandcousin visited Denmark with her family. They are nice people like you, and I have quite a few relatives in different states in USA. None of them “carry arms” as far as I know. But they all are concerned about the number of guns in USA - more guns than people.
Some of your folks over there must be more than “normally interested” in (i.e. obsessed with) guns - and for all of you it just might be a good and healty idea with some sensible restrictions on these obsessed individuals - do they really need heavy attackweapons?
Yes, I was going to say a similar thing.
It's not a point about the guns, it's about the way of thinking about them. Part of a larger topic about the way of thinking about human life - just look at the level of acceptance that if someone just runs away from a policeman, it's a "normal" thing to expect them to get shot! "Oh well, someone died, never mind. Shouldn't have run away I guess." Life is very cheap in the USA, both people actually dying, but also in the quality of life people are willing to accept as normal for lots of people there. They just don't value other people's lives very much.
The key difference is the idea of a gun for "personal protection" (Which is wrong: a bulletproof vest protects. A gun isn't for protecting you, it's for killing someone else.). No-one in other countries has the same idea of it being acceptable to have a gun for this purpose, whatever the different laws or gun ownership rates. It's only the USA where this is a socially acceptable way to think. Well, I suppose serious criminals in other countries might be the only people to have a gun for "personal protection" reasons but they are obviously criminals, so it's still not a socially acceptable way to think!
Please do the video where you ask random Danish people to point to Kansas City on a map!
I’m honestly not sure if I can even point Kansas out on a map. That’s one of the “idk states”. I always get Nebraska and Kansas mixed up on the map 😭
@@mayaanastasiayoung6739 It's the one next to Missouri
@@casbjoern that’s easy to remember! Thanks!
Well, I doubt that most Danes are even able to name a majority of the US States, even though as large as Denmark! At least we are a finger on top of Germany.
I was surprised you didn´t mention the 2nd amendment when discussing guns. It is something very unique to america which almost no other country has. The US is one of very few countries in the world with a constitutional right to bear arms. It is a constitutional right the same way freedom of speech is in both the US and Denmark. I think a lot of americans have a blindspot to just how unique the gun laws / gun rights are in America. It would literally be against the US constitution to "ban guns" as most european countries have done.
You mentioned that you don´t know too many people back in the US that own a gun, but they might have one and just be private about it. For the average danish person, almost any one would be able to say with complete confidence that none of my friends or family own a gun. The penalty for illegally owning a gun in Denmark is 2-5 years in prison so only hardcore criminals would even try such a thing.
The concept of owning a gun, and if you should be allowed to do so, I believe really is a major cultural and legal difference between USA and Denmark.
Danish stereotypes from Americans? That we are socialists and live in a socialist country. Ive heard that one hundreds of times.
And that everything here is easier, because it's a small country.
We all make cupcakes and everything is free.
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Nope and I know you say personal experience does not count but, Americans say that we are Communists, and we pay ridiculous high taxes, then they say we are tall and handsome and we play gay football with a lot of whining. But again that's just personal experience........
That Denmark and the Netherlands are the same country.
@@master8laster49 You can in no way compare the two.
With respect to guns, violence and shootings, then there is a serious problem in Sweden, including in Malmö just this one hour drive away.
A stereotype that Americans might have about the Nordics is "socialism" and that the Nordic model is the same as socialism.
loud as in volume - like in a restaurant setting... At least thats where my stereotype lies when talking about loud - it's volume. I liked Josh's initial take on it though, cos there definitely is political loudness that by volume can be heard all the way over here =)
People with ASD have a haaaard time with the American greeting “How are you?”. How to respond? They often will tell you about their whole day, good and bad without understanding that they should not take the interest litterally. What to answer? It’s the most stupid way of saying “Hi!”. 🤦🏻♀️
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The "Americans are loud" is a volume thing, has nothing to do with what's being said, it's purely that Americans talk louder.
It's not the metaphorical loud, it's the literal loud.
The stereotype about guns, maybe comes from the cinema/films, every has a gun, the good guys, the bad guys.
Having lived in both countrys here is my take: Loud : Yes, but in every home the TV is on, people are talking and music in the background and the same in a Bar, so you need to be loud to be heard!!!!! No 2: Yes ,but understand that you are bombarded with commercials for thing you cant live without?? Electric toothbrushes-Electric knives-self driving cars, dont go down with minimalistic Danish design!!!! No 3 is a culturel thing, just different!!! No 4 : If Americans had more paid vacation they might travel more???? No 5:
because off social welfare and maybe Unions danish tend to do: together we can do more, is has something with size off the country also!!! Guns: most big gun factorys are American, when you cant sell to the military/police sell private!!! maybe 250 years ago the gun had a place, but not today, but nobody dares to change the laws!!!!!!!!!!!
You are certainly very loud with your exclamation marks! 😉.
There is a difference in not knowing the all the states in USA and not knowing other countries. States are not equal to countries, so please don't compare them. It's like asking Americans to name the states in e.g. Germany, they would not be able to name a single one. So yes, Americans are very bad at geography compared to other countries. You are way too biased.
Geography is geography if you are talking about countries or states. People are more likely to retain geography knowledge closer to where they live. In Europe that is countries and in the US that is states.
So I’ll clarify to say that Americans know more about North American geography and Europeans know more about European geography. Neither is an indication of one group being more intelligent than the other, which is how Americans are portrayed in this stereotype - less intelligent.
Regarding knowledge of other countries / cultures i think Danes generarly need to have more knowledge about others comming from a small country that have to interact with other cultures just to survive
She the loader people always stand more out. BUT in gernal I think it still some truth to it.
but Sure guns aren't a big thing we do here. a very few of us do. I do Shoot here in Denmark as a sport but you can't carry them around!
Personal experience doesn't count as reliable data.
I did a few quick searches because of this video. Several surveys said, that 30% of all Americans own a gun. 44% live in a home with guns.
I also did a search on how many Americans have experienced gun violence or have family or friends who have.
The numbers varied a lot here, from 20%-60%. Still, even if it's only 20%, that's insane!
The reason the numbers varied, was because of the definition of what you concider "someone you know", from family and close people you care about, to just anyone you know.
Surveys can’t be trusted either, they often ask purposefully vague questions in most cases. If I was asked if there was a gun in my house as a kid I would say yes, because my dad had a hunting rifle from his childhood days locked in the attic. Implying that made us a gun household because of that answer would totally give the wrong impression. I only saw it once the day my dad explained to us what it was for safety. I suspect a lot of Danish households also have hunting rifles as it’s a sport here as well.
Personal experiences are far more valuable than reports often created to support an agenda. I recognize my experiences aren’t the same as everybody’s, but I will share and stand behind my own because that is the truth of my life.
Also, definition of gun violence is an important distinction here. A lot of that 20 percent can be talking about the same people, depends on where and when the poll was taken. And I know someone who took their own life with a gun, that could be considered gun violence but isn’t the picture painted with those types of stats.
Personal experience do certainly count, i live in freaking Memphis and i don't own a gun, i don't feel unsafe at all but i also know where not to go, just like i would in copenhagen.
I'm also white and i live in a very safe area, the survey you're referring to says only 10% of white people feel unsafe.
As a little side note 30% of swedes feel unsafe, so it doesn't take a lot for a country to fall from safe to ridiculous unsafe.
I like American friendliness 😊 I sometimes think Danes are too closeted off. 😢
I would say that the way people decorate their home/ regarding Scandinavian design is very much about culture and not only trends,trends in Denmark and many other countries is about what colors or wood types are trending but the more simple design and minimalism have been popular here the past almost 100 years so it's not really a trend it's part of the culture silent people silent decor - about Americans don't know about he world, I think more and more do, America is huge there is enough to learn about just in your own country, but more and more do travel or watch youtube videos about other countries. what I do find amusing about some Americans is that they cant speak so confident about other countries they actually don't know anything about , the amount af Americans who post about Denmark but writing Dutch people do this and this, or the original population in Denmark was inuits before the white people wiped them out and so on, when I am on Twitter/X I search Denmark, Scandinavia, Vikings ect. just to see the nonsense being written
Thank you for another nice video :) Athing i have been thinken about is, i think alot of american are very quick to call cops if they have "small" problems and the cops are very quick to find every reason to give a fine, arrest people or pull the gun on people?
(I have seen a lot of People vs cops videos) and i know this again is what are shown on video, but there are just so many.
was it josh that made the decision that "everything is bigger in the states" did not make it to the list 🤐
Salam from Indonesia
when are we starting in danish😀
never, these vlogs are mostly for theire families and friends in the US, and they know all of us understand them in english
A society Can be messured by tre Way they treat the weakest.
What with all the school shootings, you hear about it almost every month. It is something you never hear about in any European countries and believe me you would if we were as fixated on firearms as most Americans are and the very easy and irresponsible handling of firearms they have and where anyone regardless of age can buy firearms in various supermarkets. It is probably you who are far from the stereotype than most Americans, which is good, but to say that the stereotype does not fit the average American is wrong
Regarding guns,omg I live in Texas!
Sorry this is in Danis. Vi lære mere om andre lande i folkeskolen, nuvel kan jeg ikke nævne alle 50 stater, men i forhold til hvad jeg oplever, når Amerikanske youtuber reagere på forskelle, mellem Europa/Danmark og Amerika, så er der en større viden om resten af verden hos dansk skole børn, end hos Amerikanske.
American stereotype = They prefer to buy their coffee from ect starbucks and not make it at home :P
And how many times does Maya say "Like" ? :P
You definitely misunderstood the loud part. It's not about opinions. Or about talking a lot. It's about the volume. You can always spot the American in public transportation, restaurants etc. Also, the lack of knowledge about other cultures has nothing to do with Jimmy Kimmel. When the US went to war in iIraq there were plenty of studies done that showed that Americans didn't know where it was, and a lot of people pointed to Russia, China, Canada and Brazil when presented with a map. It comes down to a lack of geographical knowledge from school. Regarding the guns - oh boy, I think you're all lucky you grew up without them. My neighbor carries a loaded gun in his personal truck. My father in law has several rifles in his basement. I have several friends that regularly talk about guns and buy guns and attachments. And I can go to a flea market and buy a shotgun without any verification or security of any kind in about 5 minutes. I truly think you're biased because of your upbringing.
Yeah, Norwegian exchange student to the USA asking an American to point out Norway on the map. American points to the state of Alaska
@@themetricsystem7967 i think their geography skills are generally worse than ours. Other than that i think its a myth that amricans are less edjucated
I agree
When my husband was an Exchange student in Texas, he was asked by a fellow student if Denmark had polar Bears walking the Streets 🤣
When we visit Texas (or other States) we always feel welcome everywhere. We feel that a lot of people are loud when talking (at family gatherings etc). We have met person who wanted to pay for our lunch while we were driving from Nashville to Memphis (as my husband used a wheel chair after a stroke). The person said that he wanted to do a good deed every day - this I don’t think I have ever experienced in Europe.
There is a mysterious shadow in the room behind you at about 18:22. is the house haunted 🙂
Ha yeah. We’ve got new lights on the ground and I think brisket walked past them creating interesting shadows :).
OH.. btw.. how is it going with you speakning danish?😄
How Are you? Is not a guestion an American expect answered from a strander.
Stranger😅
For me the "gun question" isn't about "the americans" as individuals, but much more about America (The US to be more precise).
I'm fully aware that some (maybe even the majority of) Americans never see a gun and/or shooting in the streets, but still it actually IS a fact, that so far in 2024 The US have had more than one mass shooting A DAY !!!
My point being, that yes, of course there's a connection between the number of guns in society and the number of shootings.
I just don't understand the idea of "building" a new society from scratch and at the same time feeling the need to even make "trigger happiness" a possibility (as part of the constitution) !?!
About Americans lack of knowledge of other countries/cultures, I don't think it's the same as Danes (or Europeans) not being able to list the 50 states in The US and primarily for one reason - even though The US have 50 states, it's still "only" one country ! In that case Americans should be able to list the regions of Denmark !
That said, the people in the videos you mention are, of course, not the typical American. I think or at least hope, everyone understand that, but it does raise the question of what are being taught in American schools ?
And one last thing when it comes to the question of the knowledge of other countries and cultures. I might have misunderstood, but believe you mention money, as in "Americans not being able to afford going to Europe". Just to make things clear - there are millions and more millions of Europeans (and one million of them will probably be Danes) that will NEVER get a chance to go to The US for financial reasons, but who will still be able to name at least 20 US states and, on a map, be able to place at least five of them 😉
I don’t think I’ve ever met someone in Europe that can name 20 states and place 5 on a map. I’m sure the unicorns are out there, but that isn’t the average. Just like I’m not the average American, in that I can place all the 70 countries I’ve visited on a map and probably know most the airport codes too :).
Have you actually ever asked anyone in Europe ?
I have an idea that you're well educated and as such "mingle" with equally well educated people who will absolutely be able to name 20 american states. My classmates (from "folkeskolen") and I were able to do that even back then : )
11:30 the diffirence is.. some of those cant even name ONE country on a map ... most of us danes can name several state's names , without even having been there. We also know capital in some of those states , So the diffirence IS there . Also i seen him show american naming several locations right ... so you not entirely right about that either.
edit: I mean you would think people atleats know Paris in France or London in England from movie .... like we know Washington DC from movies.
Blame the gunstories to movies and newsstories, scoolshootings etc
Even Putin is within Europe
Dannish sterotype you wanna hear that from an swede
Can the the two of you (father & daughter) give your mom/wife a voice. Politely stop interupting her. Look at this video notice the body language between the 3 of of you. It's very interesting watching you all and seeing who dominates the talking.
Interesting topic. I don't agree with all of it. Being American i know danes that are materialistic, I've known danes the were loud and danes that love so much about America yet, find ways to put it down as if there the better race. There is good and bad in every culture diversity at its best.
I do not agree and Miranda gets room 4:43 16:53 and does so in other videos as well. You shouldn't necessarily agree with Stereo types, to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.