Regarding the gore photographs in the newspapers, I never liked them. Neither did anyone else in my family. Always found them distasteful and disrespectful to the victims.
By the way, in my hometown of Ciudad Juárez there's this newspaper called PM that was especially infamous for this. I'm trying to find their website but I'm coming up empty, maybe they're no longer in print.
JAJAJAJA , x2 en mi escuela también ponen jabón en polvo para lavarse las manos JAJAJA saludos desde H. Matamoros , Tamaulipas, México . Soy nuevo en el canal, muy buena opción para mejorar la pronunciación del idioma ingles.
I thought it was just MY cat! We watch Paul's videos together at night. She chatters every time she sees a bird or squirrel on the video. . . but never any other time. I'll try to get her to make her own account so she can like and subscribe too. Jajaja!
Yeah exactly, I spoke to a few of them and many said they don't place it at street level. They said legally they can put them there but don't. However they are not allowed to put porn mags at street level... there are laws for that some said.
Hey uncle Paul what's up dude! What are you doing in christmas? Will you stay in Mexico? You could make a video talking about how christmas celebration in England is. And the differences between both countries.
OMG Those newspapers with a criminal and violent scene on the front page... I remember in my childhood my grandmother liked to buy that garbage and I always wondered WHY... so disgusting newspapers. Greetings Paul, nice to see a video from you.
I think it's a desensitization because of the reality of narco violence. Imagine in the US if we saw images of gang and school shootings, that would not go over well.
As a Mexican, I've always thought that modern piñatas in kid's parties are weird. I mean, traditional ones make a lot of sense because of the spikes and what those mean, but this whole idea of buying a piñata of a character the kid likes so everyone beats the hell out of it is so strange! I've seen kids crying because they don't want to beat the piñata at all. Anyway, that's just me. Great video!!
I've seen kids crying for that too, but in a way it's a good idea because it teaches kids not to get too attached to cartoon characters. Be attached to your family, not imaginary friends or whatever. But it is traumatic. When I see those kids crying I want to cry too.
I hate those graphic newspapers since I was a kid, showing dead bodies, butchered bodies, smashed heads, rotten carcasses, I can stand gore at some point but those "newspapers" are way too graphic, that's a morbid way to make money.
True I would be hard pressed to use one anyway but if it can’t be helped then the dance of paper towels is to be performed lol 😂 I do think 🤔 the seats are removed to discourage people from using them
Oh crap! I'm visiting Mexico city for the first time and just today, a coupe hours ago, I was in that exact location where you were in the intro of your video, Coyoacán. It would have been so cool to meet you in person, Paul! Anyways maybe I'll see you around, as I will be here until Sunday I think. Love your videos!
It’s super weird to see you at places I see every day (Coyoacán, Insurgentes) and hear parts of my everyday life narrated in British English. As for your question about newspapers, I despise them. However, they’re the cheapest and most people can afford them for “entertainment”. Also, don’t sit on public toilets. Not even us locals will do it. Nice video! Love the way you talk about my country. Cheers!
Gracias, Paul. Your awesome videos are directly responsible for me loving Mexico, literally about five times more than I already did. One of my three favorite channels on TH-cam. I can't thank you enough!
Anton Glez I remember when I was a kid I was walking en el centro and passed by a magazine stand and saw the cover of a porn magazine. First time a saw a naked woman haha
(Mexican here, born, raised and still surviving in CDMX) TL;DR: Violence and sex sell really well. Those newspapers know that, but sex imagery is regulated; violence is not. And there's the result. --> Ok, so, the main problem with graphic newspapers is divided in three: 1. There's no proper regulation for that kind of violent contents in printed media, much less its public exhibition. 2. Unfortunately, there's a lot of people who actually buy those newspapers, not just for the violent imagery, but also for the (very) sexual images they have inside. 3. Ironically (like really, wtf), there's a lot of regulation for sexual content in printed media, so _you'll almost never see sexual contents as easily as graphic violent ones_. // In conclusion, those newspapers know very well that violence and sex sell really well. But they keep the sexual stuff inside, while the violence is on the front page. And for now, most of us have to endure that kind of shit. Fortunately, this may be a bold statement but I do think most Mexicans do not read that kind of contents. A lot of them do, but most don't. EDIT: Forgot to mention the most important thing: I love your videos. Really. You're very good doing this, sir.
Great comment and thanks! Yes, I spoke with some of the newspaper guys and they said legally they are allowed to put those horrible newspapers on the floor. But not the xxx mags.
That "genre" of newspapers is called nota roja. Violent crimes, accidents, anything gruesome that appeals to the morbidity of some people. It's been around for over a hundred years and as Carlos said most people don't read it, cause let's be honest... it's literary or journalistic value is almost non-existant, nontheless it has it's audience.
Carlos Etergen you forgot to say that those kinds of media at targeted for the poorest or "lower classes" you can notice in the language of those "red note" newspaper , even in the announcements you can notice that and they are cheaper than the "real newspapers"... That's because we have a huge problem and bad wealth distribution, and there is people who benefits from that :( i love my country but it is also very very shitty in many ways
In Mazatlan, Sinaloa there is this one newspaper called "La Sirena" (which cost around 2 pesos) that not only shows explicit violence but also lingerie models in the last page jajajajajajajajaja a little bit weird to me the first time I read it.
When I was a kid my parents told me to never watch to those graphic newspapers and I never did until I was a teenager. I just walked over the city avoiding looking on them. Strange.
Cool video paul, i know it's a little bit early in your career but maybe later if this channel blows up for example do you plan on visiting other places in mexico, do some research and drop some cool facts about the place? I'm mexican myself and never been to mexico city so i learn a lot of things from your videos. Edit: Actually it doesn't even have to be mexico at all, maybe another country anywhere. I just like the way you break down little places from a town and explain why the people like and dislike certain stuff.
On that note, I know some parts are pretty dangerous in this state, do you ever plan on visiting Oaxaca, maybe one of their festivals, it’ll feel completely different than any of the other Mexican states, it might even feel like you’re in another country, anyways love you content. 👍🏼
Believe it or not, being Mexican, I found same things strange and uncomfortable as well, is very uncomfortable seeing those gore newspapers, restrooms without seats, and as I've lived in the States, and travel to many cities in Europe, US and Canada besides Mexico, the only thing I remember really strange and uncomfortable was a restroom in a French highway, in a rest area, where the restrooms doesn't have toilets, at all, just a really weird hole at ground level with two footprints guides on each side, of course I didn't use it!
Yep, we really have a hard time saying "No" directly. Regarding the gore-ey tabloids, yeah I fucking hate those, we have a handful of good newspapers, a bunch of bad ones, and a truckload of those horrible things... On a side note: DUUUUUUUUDE "Los Chupacabras" ARE AWESOME! And they close super-duper late, so they are just perfect if you got out of a party near Coyoacán and feel a little drunk.
Lol, the laundry soap and the no toilet seat get me also. I'm riding my bicycle through Latin America and am close to Mexico City actually, goal is to be there before Christmas. Anyway, the toilet seat, or lack of, is common in Brazil as well. I'll let you know if it is the rest of Latin America as well in a few years. In Brazil they gave the excuse that toilets are never sold with seats. Well yeah, they're sold separately everywhere, that isn't an excuse. I notice over 50% of homes lack toilet seats also.
bucket traveler I'm Mexican, I've been to almost every country in Latin America but have only noticed the missing toilet seats in Bolivia. I think it's a rural thing.
I’m currently living in Mexico right now, everything was weird at first but after living here for 5 years you’ll get use to it ,and enjoy what mexico has to offer! Especially the food!
About the Newspaper, it's called "Amarillísmo", and I don't like it also, so vulgar and low class.. In the front cover a head chopped off and in the back cover a nude women... SO NACO!!! Great video Paul :)
Depressive Progressive disagree. I am from Sinaloa, you can imagine what we see in our newspapers. Better to see the atrocities then to be guarded by fairy tale.
maurgi17 We don't want the "Fairy tales"... The problem with thosr newpapers is that we (and most important: The children) start to look violence like something common, normal, no such a big deal, and it shouldn't be like that, never.
Oh god the Roma thing. Yeah, it's awful. A lot of places use dish soap or detergent as opposed to actual hand soap. A lot of people in Mexico, my family included, think it's the same thing.
Poncho technically it is the same thing just different strength and viscosity. A surfactant is a surfactant, they pick up dirt, bond with it and get rinsed away.
don't you find weird that here in mexico we call limon to what the rest of the world calls limes? and vicecersa we call limes what other countries call lemons.
I honestly think detergent soap for handwashing is the best, I use foca when I do my laundry and it exfoliates my hands and doesn't leave them sticky or anything other than clean and smelling like flowers, never used roma though haha :) Saludos desde Baja California Paul !
Hola Paul:) I agree about the ugly and offensive photos of the red note newspapers showing on the streets I avoid seing them when walking on the street and for me it's very unsensitive most for children whose minds are more impressionable to see so much graphic violence, the other points..interesting😀I wonder if I as a mexican woman can get use easily to the cultural differences in England, I loved the video as always,thumbs up and FELIZ NAVIDAD!😀 send you a hugh and please make a Christmas video soon :D
jaja, please... I grew up looking at those papers and even the pornos they had in full display at every newsstand, lol... haven't killed anyone... (yet, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk)
@@portalsofmadnes well, that is one undeniable part of this world, wars, murders, etc., You gotta accept that those gorish images just shows one part of the undeniable dark side of the humanity.
Soy mexicano, y la verdad me da mucha curiosidad cómo nos ven los extranjeros, haces muy buenos videos y muy divertidos... te has ganado un suscriptor 👍🏻
this was a really good one about roma soap. lol and its true they use it a lot .I think because its cheap soap ,honestly its a strong soap that can clean whatever lol.i do use it to wash my hands but only when I work on my cars because normal soap don't work on greasy hands.,but roma soap is like magic for mechanics I promise you lol.they sell it here in California.nice work.
Im Mexican and im totally disgusted by the violent newspapers. Here we call them "Periódicos amarillistas" and they are everywhere. Its horrible how they show them,How they dont have respect for the children and even worse for the families of the victims that they are showing of. In my opinion. Those newspapers are a very third world thing. Any way,Very cool channel mate 👍
Huh, I never experienced the detergent soap bathroom thing in Hermosillo but it's def strange Also new sub, and I've been loving your vids, pretty good content
Happens pretty often in Mexico City and perhaps other states around. Sometimes comes Roma, sometimes Blanca Nieves or the classic Zote bar 🤣 Never thought about it before but indeed is weird. I grew around Tijuana and of course never saw this there
The edit of this video is great! Also good job on the cinematic effect you’ve added to the footage! Keep it up Paul! I’m a Mexican/American who is a fan of your videos.
Zote is literally the same like a regular soap, it just has a much stronger smell, I used zote all my life in the showers, it smells amazing and the scent lasts for hours so you smell like fresh clean clothing.
Your video editing is getting better and better! Congrats! Hahaha btw, growing up Mexican in Mexico made me realised I have to carry a hand cream ALWAYS because of Roma soap (it actually takes the dirt quite fast) XD
I love these videos, man. You do a great job of showing how we actually live in Mexico. Thank you for sharing it around. Also, kudos on the b-roll. It's great!
as a mexican, i really enjoy both your optimistic perspective of things in mexico, and the fact that you trully feel welcome here :) carry on with these great videos!
Hey Man. I love your channel approach, sincerity, perspective and fresh voice... I am a creative strategist that does a lot of content (for brands) for different niche mexican segments and me and my creative team are truly passionate about mexican culture and how special and sui generis ir can get. I wanted to tell you how thrilled i am with your channel and wanted to extend and invitation to chat anytime and share insights and potencial storytelling for your channel Man. Congrats and keep this amazing work
Hi Paul! For the Mexican people (I'm Mexican obviously) this newspapers are really normal for all the people, and are one of the most sellers newspapers in the city's, here in Mexico it's really usual the word "morbo" that means "something that impacts the attraction, like accidents, like curiosity" it's part of the Mexicans and everybody knows about that, the kids, the teenagers, everybody knows about this newspapers and images and for us it's really normal, if you want a one extra information is this: When the tragedy pass, at the next day, one person walk screaming the news around the streets of the tragedy passed for sell more because, in many cases, the people it's from the neighborhoods and the people who lives here buy the newspaper .
Jajaja! I loved the video Paul. You reminded me of my trip to Monterrey, where I ran into a bathroom with laundry soap and missing toilet seats. That experience was so strange to me, that I spent the rest of that trip avoiding public restrooms
I’m originally from El Salvador and when I was about 10 I went to Mexico and saw a news paper with one of those messed up front covers and it really caught me off guard I had never seen anything like that and haven’t again but I also do like that they’re not afraid to show that and talk about that because while yes showing every horrifying detail might be uncomfortable it gives you no false sense of what life can be like
I was briefly in Mexico for a day in Cozumel and while there was a toilet seat, the toilets wouldn’t flush. There was a lady whose job it was to dump a bucket of water in the toilet bowl when you were done your business. Talk about super creepy and embarrassing!
I really like your videos!! They make me laugh a lot about the things I consider usual but aren't for foreigners. Thank you for portraying Mexico as it is. It's always a good excersise to view my country through the eyes of a foreigner.
I always going to love your videos, you should talk one day about what is consider an offense in Mexico, for example when a mexican invites you food and you don't want it, how mexicans react and how to respond in a polite way no.
We would insist and gently make fun of you, accusing you of being a lightweight for not even trying the food and pressure you to eat some more, possibly offering you some other dish or atleast a beverage. At a certain point, we might give up on insisting and start eating ourselves. Possibly finding the opportunity later on, in between bites or after everyone has finished eating, to make fun of you some more, e.g. "Estás enamorado o en dieta?"
entiendo lo que dices, pero tambien a los mexicanos nos da pena decir que si, al menos a mi me criaron asi, si iba a alguna fiesta y me decian: quieres mas? siempre volteaba a ver mi madre a ver que cara me hacia, ya con la pura expresion sabia que no podia pedir mas, aunque quisiera. Y por supuesto el clasico: pobre de ti que pidas algo en casa de tu tia .... y cosas por el estilo.
Hey Paul, I recently started watching your videos, I grew up in Mexico City and have been living abroad for a few years now, and a topic that I would be really interested hearing you talking about is: do you feel unsafe in Mexico City? and if so how do you deal with it? When I've gone back home for holidays I've found myself not used to certain things in the city that sometimes make me feel unsafe; your perspective would be really interesting to hear and hope you'll consider making a video about it. keep it up! Greetings :)
I'm from the northern part of Mexico and my fiance is from Estado de Mexico which is very close to Mexico City, when I went there for the first time to visit his family I was also very surprised about the fact that almost no one had the toilet seat and I will always find it odd and awkward. XD
Hey, man! About your comment about newspapers with gruesome photos. As Americans say, "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" I'm Mexican and used to live in Mexico City for over 40 years. In the 70's and 80's, there were two newspapers in circulation in Mexico City which were especially gruesome. Some of my "paisanos" will remember them. They were "Alarma!" and "Alerta!". Cheers! BTW, I laughed at your first section about Detergente Roma. It's a staple on public bathrooms.
As mexican, the red press, gruesome images were also a shock, specially when i spent some years living in the city where there are more common. It is also weird how the second pages of those newspapapers have a softporn image normally. The combination, and the idea that is better to have that on the front page have always puzzle me. Eventhough that red press has a long history in the country. I recommend you to look for the photographic work of Enrique Metinides.
Hey, Paul! I'm a new subscriber. It's always interesting to know what foreigners find strange in Mexico, but guess what, the stuff you mentioned are strange to some of us too, I don't know why but it's maybe because it just happens in some parts of the country and the rest of us never knew about it. As a Mexican living in the Emirates I totally get you, our cultures are very different, but that's part of the attraction. Amazing videos, saludos!
Great video as always. I agree so much with our incapacity for saying no but being direct and slightly bully when talking to friends. As for those newspapers, they are generally regarded as being low quality journalism, however we accept them because they sort of represent the freedom press can have. Oh and yeah, the thing about toilet seats is utterly ridiculous, I hate it and I have never understood why that happens.
Chupacabras are the best!! Please try the chile relleno de queso ones, they're amazing! Add some frijoles and if you like crema, put some, I'm sure you'll like it!! (Just one, they're big) saludos Paul!! 💕
As a Mexican American I find this channel Pruity interesting, it's cool seeing how other people perceive Mexico and our heritage, it's cool you like living there mate! 😂
There's a law that (supposedly) bans violent content in newspapers, the authorities only act when exist a complaint of the victim's family, but it's not a priority for government.
There's just something so cool about other people from other parts of the world giving their insight on Mexico we don't get that often and its so interesting
Regarding the gore photographs in the newspapers, I never liked them. Neither did anyone else in my family. Always found them distasteful and disrespectful to the victims.
By the way, in my hometown of Ciudad Juárez there's this newspaper called PM that was especially infamous for this. I'm trying to find their website but I'm coming up empty, maybe they're no longer in print.
Jose Manuel Perez The first thing that I thought too, the PM. It's very hard to forget it, but was more chocking that eventually we got used to it.
I think its better for them to show what is happening in mexico instead of censoring it and sweeping it under the rug
Well its the Grim reality that Mexicans should face that their country is a fucked up shithole
@@jonsnow4927 or maybe we aren't a bunch of pussies denying the hard reality of life like many other countries (cough EU and USA cough)
Hahaha me mori en la parte del jabon Roma.
Que gusto que sigas por aqui.
JAJAJAJA , x2 en mi escuela también ponen jabón en polvo para lavarse las manos JAJAJA saludos desde H. Matamoros , Tamaulipas, México .
Soy nuevo en el canal, muy buena opción para mejorar la pronunciación del idioma ingles.
en mi escuela ni agua habia
Porque hacen eso que tan caro sale echarle agua al jabón de otro mexicano
Hace un chingo de espuma el roma jajaaja
Linkrudo tuve que parar el vídeo para morirme de risa con lo del Roma!! Jajajaja
I was not prepared for the Jabón Roma part, I can't breathe omg.
True Mexico I am, but I still chuckle if I think about it. It's surreal realizing you never questioned washing your hands with detergent for clothes!
Aaaaah... That grainy feeling of Roma soap in your hands... ☺️
Exactly! Grainy grainy, that's what I am talking about.
I really like the feeling of my hands being really clean.
That's just a bathroom "owner" being cheap.
lmao, i really like that feeling though
A veces ponen Ariel
En mexico
Si = si
Tal vez = no
No = no
And If they think too much about a response, it means no as well
true
true
True
True
Tal vez
Omg the Roma soap its so funny hahahaha I'm mexican and I never thought about how weird it is!!
It is weird!
Hasta yo que soy mexicano me avergüenzo :(
Duge Hick im from Tijuana and i have used it
It's cheaper than real soap.
is just widely used because it is a cheaper option than buying 'fancy' liquid soap and whatnot
En México se dice "ahorita" para decir que "no" al realizar un favor... Jajajajaja
Jose Ortiz o tambien para hacerlo unas horas o dias despues
Pues yo lo uso para "cuando tenga tiempo y no se me haya olvidado"
ja es bueno saber
" El ahorita"tiene muchos significados
"Ahorita" es solo el diminutivo de "ahora" que significa que lo harás pero en unos momentos después.
My cat also likes to watch your videos, he's a big fan of your edits and when the squirrel appeared on the screen he went crazy😂
Ja, I never expected that comment. But totally awesome.
I thought it was just MY cat! We watch Paul's videos together at night. She chatters every time she sees a bird or squirrel on the video. . . but never any other time. I'll try to get her to make her own account so she can like and subscribe too. Jajaja!
I'm mexican, and I really love your videos and know your foreigner's perspective :)
Great to read.
Paul is Mexican too! :)
Yes, now paul has became mexican, nothing from our culture is extrange to him anymore
You are using too much Roma soap, Paul! Just take a pinch!
Dramatic purposes for video!!! Even a pinch annoys me! :)
True Mexico dramatic purposes😅😅
jaja que fresa, saludos!!!
Hope you enjoyed that! Please like & share this video if you did :D Tio Paul would appreciate that.
True Mexico, Tio Paul for president of Mexico 2018!!!!!
Yeah exactly, I spoke to a few of them and many said they don't place it at street level. They said legally they can put them there but don't. However they are not allowed to put porn mags at street level... there are laws for that some said.
saludos Tio paul!
Hey uncle Paul what's up dude! What are you doing in christmas? Will you stay in Mexico? You could make a video talking about how christmas celebration in England is. And the differences between both countries.
Yeah it's crazy, legally they can put those horrible newspapers on ground level. But xxx mags are legally not allowed on ground level.
I am watching your videos to practice my english. Your videos are really good.
Same
OMG Those newspapers with a criminal and violent scene on the front page... I remember in my childhood my grandmother liked to buy that garbage and I always wondered WHY... so disgusting newspapers. Greetings Paul, nice to see a video from you.
Francisco Miranda Hernández ohh for real my abuela too ah ah ha
I remember El Alarma! Extremely graphic..back way then..
Or those Magazines like the Alarma!, Alarma policiaco and so on with headings like Matola, quemola y enterrola!!!
I always thought it was fucked up how mexicans love gore.
I think it's a desensitization because of the reality of narco violence. Imagine in the US if we saw images of gang and school shootings, that would not go over well.
As a Mexican, I've always thought that modern piñatas in kid's parties are weird. I mean, traditional ones make a lot of sense because of the spikes and what those mean, but this whole idea of buying a piñata of a character the kid likes so everyone beats the hell out of it is so strange! I've seen kids crying because they don't want to beat the piñata at all. Anyway, that's just me. Great video!!
Last time we went to Mexico we saw piñatas of Trump :-D
Vorax Transtellaris those political piñatas also make sense, but kids cartoons characters piñatas will always be a mystery to me
I've seen kids crying for that too, but in a way it's a good idea because it teaches kids not to get too attached to cartoon characters. Be attached to your family, not imaginary friends or whatever. But it is traumatic. When I see those kids crying I want to cry too.
Maybe it's a Mexican American thing, but i havent run into a kid that doesn't like hitting something with a stick in the expectation of candy.
We have that in the us even if there isn’t any Hispanic people. Like the fortnight piñata
I hate those graphic newspapers since I was a kid, showing dead bodies, butchered bodies, smashed heads, rotten carcasses, I can stand gore at some point but those "newspapers" are way too graphic, that's a morbid way to make money.
alex olvera fuck off
MWN Nazi estás muy vacío de la cabeza...
I’m Mexican and I would never seat on a toilet 🚽 without a seat never, never,🤨
True I would be hard pressed to use one anyway but if it can’t be helped then the dance of paper towels is to be performed lol 😂 I do think 🤔 the seats are removed to discourage people from using them
You can get MRSA through the skin sitting on those.
@@mj00xgp55 or maybe it is easier for the janitor, but a nightmare for the user. It should be regulated and enforced, wishful thinking
Dont sit on toilets period 😭
@@chipifarts Exactly even if had a seat never in a public place.. I just don't understand why they're missing to begin with, seriously??!!
Oh crap! I'm visiting Mexico city for the first time and just today, a coupe hours ago, I was in that exact location where you were in the intro of your video, Coyoacán. It would have been so cool to meet you in person, Paul! Anyways maybe I'll see you around, as I will be here until Sunday I think. Love your videos!
It’s super weird to see you at places I see every day (Coyoacán, Insurgentes) and hear parts of my everyday life narrated in British English.
As for your question about newspapers, I despise them. However, they’re the cheapest and most people can afford them for “entertainment”.
Also, don’t sit on public toilets. Not even us locals will do it.
Nice video! Love the way you talk about my country.
Cheers!
Gracias, Paul. Your awesome videos are directly responsible for me loving Mexico, literally about five times more than I already did.
One of my three favorite channels on TH-cam. I can't thank you enough!
Awesome!
Janelle Watkins-Danks where are you from?
3:20 we're kind of used to it (sadly). Love your vid dude, saludos desde CDMX.
It is uncomfortable for most people to see those magazine covers
Anton Glez I remember when I was a kid I was walking en el centro and passed by a magazine stand and saw the cover of a porn magazine. First time a saw a naked woman haha
Im so happy when you upload (:
Octavio P. c mamó
Frida khalo I LOVE YOUR WORK
(Mexican here, born, raised and still surviving in CDMX)
TL;DR: Violence and sex sell really well. Those newspapers know that, but sex imagery is regulated; violence is not. And there's the result.
--> Ok, so, the main problem with graphic newspapers is divided in three:
1. There's no proper regulation for that kind of violent contents in printed media, much less its public exhibition.
2. Unfortunately, there's a lot of people who actually buy those newspapers, not just for the violent imagery, but also for the (very) sexual images they have inside.
3. Ironically (like really, wtf), there's a lot of regulation for sexual content in printed media, so _you'll almost never see sexual contents as easily as graphic violent ones_.
// In conclusion, those newspapers know very well that violence and sex sell really well. But they keep the sexual stuff inside, while the violence is on the front page. And for now, most of us have to endure that kind of shit. Fortunately, this may be a bold statement but I do think most Mexicans do not read that kind of contents. A lot of them do, but most don't.
EDIT: Forgot to mention the most important thing: I love your videos. Really. You're very good doing this, sir.
Great comment and thanks! Yes, I spoke with some of the newspaper guys and they said legally they are allowed to put those horrible newspapers on the floor. But not the xxx mags.
That "genre" of newspapers is called nota roja. Violent crimes, accidents, anything gruesome that appeals to the morbidity of some people. It's been around for over a hundred years and as Carlos said most people don't read it, cause let's be honest... it's literary or journalistic value is almost non-existant, nontheless it has it's audience.
Carlos Etergen you forgot to say that those kinds of media at targeted for the poorest or "lower classes" you can notice in the language of those "red note" newspaper , even in the announcements you can notice that and they are cheaper than the "real newspapers"... That's because we have a huge problem and bad wealth distribution, and there is people who benefits from that :( i love my country but it is also very very shitty in many ways
Regarding #1, there's no "proper regulation" nor should they be. The government only screws people. Less regulation and letting people alone: better.
I fucking hate "El Gráfico newspaper"
jaja
La Prensa era peor, que bonitos recuerdos
At least they have softcore porn pictures inside.
I agree, They are horrible journalism.
Same
I believe that in you passionate attempt to discover and then describe Mexico, you get to know it way better than very Mexican people...
In Mazatlan, Sinaloa there is this one newspaper called "La Sirena" (which cost around 2 pesos) that not only shows explicit violence but also lingerie models in the last page jajajajajajajajaja a little bit weird to me the first time I read it.
En la CDMX los venden en el metro. xD
In Chihuahua its called "El peso"
El debate is better boi
Y en Culiacán también jajaja.
O "La I"
When I was a kid my parents told me to never watch to those graphic newspapers and I never did until I was a teenager. I just walked over the city avoiding looking on them. Strange.
I love your channel and the way I see México through your eyes.❤️🙏🏼👍🏼
My mom uses the Roma to wash dishes lmao.
Hardcore.
My grandmas uses foca for the dishes and to wash our hands as well
lol....many people here use Roma to wash their fruit and veggies! grainy and slippery, the amount of water needed to rinse clean is tremendous!
Mine too and that us brand when we dont have dishwasher soap
Yo me baño con ROMA.
Bendíceme tío Paul.
Un saludo!
+True Mexico coshame tío Paul!
Something I find strange and always will be is people crossing the street running when there's is a bridge they can use.
LOL same thing in my country
khe!?
haz un video sobre cosas raras de navidad en mexico, por favor
-make a video about strange Cristmas things in Mexico, please
El Chapo que bueno es verlo comentando patrón!
Edgar J. Che tetazo 😂😂😂
Ya mero sale del bote patrón?
Gabriel Cornejo, si, ya mero bro solo faltan 2 kilometros de tunel :v
Ya va a dejar de matar gente a lo verga?
I love popcorn with salsa valentina 😂😂😂 nice video amigo👍
Cool video paul, i know it's a little bit early in your career but maybe later if this channel blows up for example do you plan on visiting other places in mexico, do some research and drop some cool facts about the place?
I'm mexican myself and never been to mexico city so i learn a lot of things from your videos.
Edit: Actually it doesn't even have to be mexico at all, maybe another country anywhere. I just like the way you break down little places from a town and explain why the people like and dislike certain stuff.
I see the future of the channel as exactly that, videos all over Mexico. If the channel keeps growing and gets support that will happen.
On that note, I know some parts are pretty dangerous in this state, do you ever plan on visiting Oaxaca, maybe one of their festivals, it’ll feel completely different than any of the other Mexican states, it might even feel like you’re in another country, anyways love you content. 👍🏼
Agree
Great video Paul, much love from Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Yo también soy de Reynosa
Puro fracc las fuentes secc lomas!!! Jajaja
This guy appreciates Mexico on a tru level.
Another great video Paul! Hope you keep uploading and grow as a channel. Nice music btw
Thanks a lot!
Believe it or not, being Mexican, I found same things strange and uncomfortable as well, is very uncomfortable seeing those gore newspapers, restrooms without seats, and as I've lived in the States, and travel to many cities in Europe, US and Canada besides Mexico, the only thing I remember really strange and uncomfortable was a restroom in a French highway, in a rest area, where the restrooms doesn't have toilets, at all, just a really weird hole at ground level with two footprints guides on each side, of course I didn't use it!
sometimes when you gotta go you gotta go...
I'm in the same situation here.
Never go to Japan. That’s how all the public toilets are in Japan. Those are squat toilets, but honestly, you poop better squatting.
Great video, thank you Paul
You are getting more Mexican in every video...I find it fucking cool and curious jajajaja! Saludos pinche Paul
Jaja, happy you enjoy seeing that.
Always happy to see the notification that says new video from true mexico
Yep, we really have a hard time saying "No" directly. Regarding the gore-ey tabloids, yeah I fucking hate those, we have a handful of good newspapers, a bunch of bad ones, and a truckload of those horrible things...
On a side note: DUUUUUUUUDE "Los Chupacabras" ARE AWESOME! And they close super-duper late, so they are just perfect if you got out of a party near Coyoacán and feel a little drunk.
Hey Uncle Paul seems you speak a good level of Spanish your pronuntation of spanish words is very good...Great video again.
Thanks!
Te amo true México !!!!
Lol, the laundry soap and the no toilet seat get me also. I'm riding my bicycle through Latin America and am close to Mexico City actually, goal is to be there before Christmas. Anyway, the toilet seat, or lack of, is common in Brazil as well. I'll let you know if it is the rest of Latin America as well in a few years. In Brazil they gave the excuse that toilets are never sold with seats. Well yeah, they're sold separately everywhere, that isn't an excuse. I notice over 50% of homes lack toilet seats also.
Where are you at the moment? Good to to know your making progress!
True Mexico Poza Rica de Hidalgo, a few days before the HUGE climb into Mexico City
Man! My father is from Poza Rica, those are some difficult roads, ride carefuly! Respect.
bucket traveler have a safe trip. Take care
bucket traveler I'm Mexican, I've been to almost every country in Latin America but have only noticed the missing toilet seats in Bolivia. I think it's a rural thing.
I’m currently living in Mexico right now, everything was weird at first but after living here for 5 years you’ll get use to it ,and enjoy what mexico has to offer! Especially the food!
About the Newspaper, it's called "Amarillísmo", and I don't like it also, so vulgar and low class.. In the front cover a head chopped off and in the back cover a nude women... SO NACO!!! Great video Paul :)
Naco Is essentially the N Word For indigenous people in mexico ...
Depressive Progressive disagree. I am from Sinaloa, you can imagine what we see in our newspapers. Better to see the atrocities then to be guarded by fairy tale.
maurgi17 We don't want the "Fairy tales"... The problem with thosr newpapers is that we (and most important: The children) start to look violence like something common, normal, no such a big deal, and it shouldn't be like that, never.
Oh god the Roma thing. Yeah, it's awful. A lot of places use dish soap or detergent as opposed to actual hand soap. A lot of people in Mexico, my family included, think it's the same thing.
So happy to read you share my pain!
haha my mom puts dish soap in the bathroom like what the hell
Poncho technically it is the same thing just different strength and viscosity. A surfactant is a surfactant, they pick up dirt, bond with it and get rinsed away.
don't you find weird that here in mexico we call limon to what the rest of the world calls limes? and vicecersa we call limes what other countries call lemons.
elhugo I think that happens all over Latin america xD
That's right! The Spanish word for lime is limon, and the Spanish word for lemon is lima. Now, that's strange, lol.
elhugo although, I think it's in Chile, they call a lime a limon Persico.
Wait, they call lime to the limon?
@@mrrm5201 No están exactos, por eso.
I honestly think detergent soap for handwashing is the best, I use foca when I do my laundry and it exfoliates my hands and doesn't leave them sticky or anything other than clean and smelling like flowers, never used roma though haha :)
Saludos desde Baja California Paul !
I need to try some Foca!!!
Hola Paul:) I agree about the ugly and offensive photos of the red note newspapers showing on the streets I avoid seing them when walking on the street and for me it's very unsensitive most for children whose minds are more impressionable to see so much graphic violence, the other points..interesting😀I wonder if I as a mexican woman can get use easily to the cultural differences in England, I loved the video as always,thumbs up and FELIZ NAVIDAD!😀 send you a hugh and please make a Christmas video soon :D
I'm happy you enjoyed it and Feliz Navidad too!
jaja, please... I grew up looking at those papers and even the pornos they had in full display at every newsstand, lol... haven't killed anyone... (yet, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk)
I always thought it was fucked up and sick how mexicans love and normalize gore
@@portalsofmadnes well, that is one undeniable part of this world, wars, murders, etc., You gotta accept that those gorish images just shows one part of the undeniable dark side of the humanity.
Soy mexicano, y la verdad me da mucha curiosidad cómo nos ven los extranjeros, haces muy buenos videos y muy divertidos... te has ganado un suscriptor 👍🏻
this was a really good one about roma soap. lol and its true they use it a lot .I think because its cheap soap ,honestly its a strong soap that can clean whatever lol.i do use it to wash my hands but only when I work on my cars because normal soap don't work on greasy hands.,but roma soap is like magic for mechanics I promise you lol.they sell it here in California.nice work.
Ja, great to hear about your Roma experience.
Im Mexican and im totally disgusted by the violent newspapers.
Here we call them "Periódicos amarillistas" and they are everywhere. Its horrible how they show them,How they dont have respect for the children and even worse for the families of the victims that they are showing of. In my opinion. Those newspapers are a very third world thing. Any way,Very cool channel mate 👍
Huh, I never experienced the detergent soap bathroom thing in Hermosillo but it's def strange
Also new sub, and I've been loving your vids, pretty good content
Hmo is the shit
Happens pretty often in Mexico City and perhaps other states around. Sometimes comes Roma, sometimes Blanca Nieves or the classic Zote bar 🤣
Never thought about it before but indeed is weird. I grew around Tijuana and of course never saw this there
Liiishh I'm from Tijuana and this is definitely a thing, my family is from Gdl so I go there often and happens there too
Adrian Gutz wey yo soy de Hermosillo, mi jefe se baña con ese jabon, dice que queda mas limpio según el
Adrian Gutz Aquí en Chihuahua si pasa eso
The edit of this video is great! Also good job on the cinematic effect you’ve added to the footage! Keep it up Paul! I’m a Mexican/American who is a fan of your videos.
Thank you!! Saludos desde CDMX.
Hahahaha and you haven’t take a bath with “Jabon-Zote” that soap is more awful than
That sounds hardcore.
Juan Carlos Romero Contreras: Jajaja... That stuff is for washing clothes also.
Zote is literally the same like a regular soap, it just has a much stronger smell, I used zote all my life in the showers, it smells amazing and the scent lasts for hours so you smell like fresh clean clothing.
OK, but: Roma shower
Jabón Zote is the best!
1:36 HOLY SH*T!!!!!...... YOU ACTUALLY FOUND SOAP IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM!!!!!!? that's the weird part right there.
Your video editing is getting better and better! Congrats! Hahaha btw, growing up Mexican in Mexico made me realised I have to carry a hand cream ALWAYS because of Roma soap (it actually takes the dirt quite fast) XD
Yeah to be honest Roma does clean dirt more efficiently. I can't deny that!
I love your videos True Mexico friend, Keep this way and I wish you all the best in the following year, Greetings from Guadalajara amigo.
Great video as always!!!!
I love these videos, man.
You do a great job of showing how we actually live in Mexico. Thank you for sharing it around.
Also, kudos on the b-roll. It's great!
Tío Paul I always enjoy your videos!!!!
as a mexican, i really enjoy both your optimistic perspective of things in mexico, and the fact that you trully feel welcome here :)
carry on with these great videos!
Saludos desde Chihuahua Paul ✌
Hey Man. I love your channel approach, sincerity, perspective and fresh voice... I am a creative strategist that does a lot of content (for brands) for different niche mexican segments and me and my creative team are truly passionate about mexican culture and how special and sui generis ir can get. I wanted to tell you how thrilled i am with your channel and wanted to extend and invitation to chat anytime and share insights and potencial storytelling for your channel Man.
Congrats and keep this amazing work
No sé nada de inglés, but ver tu video y escuchar lo que dices me hace entender un poco más tu idioma jaja
Saludos desde Veracruz, Veracruz, México.
Octavio Perez escuchando también se puede aprender incluso sin subtitulos
Alexis Ortega si jaja de hecho no puse subtitulos, solo regresaba el video a las cosas que no le entendía bien jaja
Hi Paul! For the Mexican people (I'm Mexican obviously) this newspapers are really normal for all the people, and are one of the most sellers newspapers in the city's, here in Mexico it's really usual the word "morbo" that means "something that impacts the attraction, like accidents, like curiosity" it's part of the Mexicans and everybody knows about that, the kids, the teenagers, everybody knows about this newspapers and images and for us it's really normal, if you want a one extra information is this: When the tragedy pass, at the next day, one person walk screaming the news around the streets of the tragedy passed for sell more because, in many cases, the people it's from the neighborhoods and the people who lives here buy the newspaper .
Good job Paul !
Jajaja! I loved the video Paul.
You reminded me of my trip to Monterrey, where I ran into a bathroom with laundry soap and missing toilet seats. That experience was so strange to me, that I spent the rest of that trip avoiding public restrooms
Dude, I LOVE your videos
I’m originally from El Salvador and when I was about 10 I went to Mexico and saw a news paper with one of those messed up front covers and it really caught me off guard I had never seen anything like that and haven’t again but I also do like that they’re not afraid to show that and talk about that because while yes showing every horrifying detail might be uncomfortable it gives you no false sense of what life can be like
now that I live in another country, watching your videos make me so happy!!
Good to read!
I was briefly in Mexico for a day in Cozumel and while there was a toilet seat, the toilets wouldn’t flush. There was a lady whose job it was to dump a bucket of water in the toilet bowl when you were done your business. Talk about super creepy and embarrassing!
I love those sonic sounds you added
That's awesome someone actually noticed that :D
Octavio P. The rings sound
I really like your videos!! They make me laugh a lot about the things I consider usual but aren't for foreigners. Thank you for portraying Mexico as it is. It's always a good excersise to view my country through the eyes of a foreigner.
I always going to love your videos, you should talk one day about what is consider an offense in Mexico, for example when a mexican invites you food and you don't want it, how mexicans react and how to respond in a polite way no.
Thanks! Yeah, that's a good idea for sure :D
We would insist and gently make fun of you, accusing you of being a lightweight for not even trying the food and pressure you to eat some more, possibly offering you some other dish or atleast a beverage. At a certain point, we might give up on insisting and start eating ourselves. Possibly finding the opportunity later on, in between bites or after everyone has finished eating, to make fun of you some more, e.g. "Estás enamorado o en dieta?"
entiendo lo que dices, pero tambien a los mexicanos nos da pena decir que si, al menos a mi me criaron asi, si iba a alguna fiesta y me decian: quieres mas? siempre volteaba a ver mi madre a ver que cara me hacia, ya con la pura expresion sabia que no podia pedir mas, aunque quisiera. Y por supuesto el clasico: pobre de ti que pidas algo en casa de tu tia .... y cosas por el estilo.
All you have to do is say you just ate and can’t possibly have another bite. One thing that’s really offensive is calling some stupid.
Yo soy muy delicada con la comida y casi siempre digo que ya comí.
Hey Paul, I recently started watching your videos, I grew up in Mexico City and have been living abroad for a few years now, and a topic that I would be really interested hearing you talking about is: do you feel unsafe in Mexico City? and if so how do you deal with it? When I've gone back home for holidays I've found myself not used to certain things in the city that sometimes make me feel unsafe; your perspective would be really interesting to hear and hope you'll consider making a video about it. keep it up! Greetings :)
I’m friends with the owner of the deturgant company
That's awesome. I use it over all those big global brands.
+True Mexico is it better?
Jammy joe stop being a bitch
I´m mexican and I really enjoy watching your videos and like your point of view of Mexico as a foreigner.
I'm mexican but I agree with you on all of them lol
I'm from the northern part of Mexico and my fiance is from Estado de Mexico which is very close to Mexico City, when I went there for the first time to visit his family I was also very surprised about the fact that almost no one had the toilet seat and I will always find it odd and awkward. XD
Lol!! I'm Mexican and I don't understand why they remove the toilet seats 😂
eso quisiera saber!! es la cosa mas incomoda y poco higiénica, en mi escuela tenia que ir al baño de los profes para encontrar un baño bien jajaja
Si siente uno que va a caer adentro de la taza a parte que te cobren por usar el baño y te den tres cuadritos de papel para limpiarte 😂
No se los quitan a propósito jajaja, solo se rompen y no ponen uno nuevo. LOL
Max González y si.. jajaj
No los removieron on purpose. Si se rompen ya no los reeemplazan con otros nuevos.
Been living in Mexico all my life, it is quite refreshing watching this videos.
I Love Mexico!
Hey, man! About your comment about newspapers with gruesome photos. As Americans say, "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" I'm Mexican and used to live in Mexico City for over 40 years. In the 70's and 80's, there were two newspapers in circulation in Mexico City which were especially gruesome. Some of my "paisanos" will remember them. They were "Alarma!" and "Alerta!". Cheers! BTW, I laughed at your first section about Detergente Roma. It's a staple on public bathrooms.
i like your videos, it is a way to practice my english , saludos desde Puebla
As mexican, the red press, gruesome images were also a shock, specially when i spent some years living in the city where there are more common. It is also weird how the second pages of those newspapapers have a softporn image normally. The combination, and the idea that is better to have that on the front page have always puzzle me. Eventhough that red press has a long history in the country. I recommend you to look for the photographic work of Enrique Metinides.
Love your videos their awesome keep it up
Hey, Paul! I'm a new subscriber. It's always interesting to know what foreigners find strange in Mexico, but guess what, the stuff you mentioned are strange to some of us too, I don't know why but it's maybe because it just happens in some parts of the country and the rest of us never knew about it. As a Mexican living in the Emirates I totally get you, our cultures are very different, but that's part of the attraction. Amazing videos, saludos!
My son is in love with Mexico.
Great video as always. I agree so much with our incapacity for saying no but being direct and slightly bully when talking to friends. As for those newspapers, they are generally regarded as being low quality journalism, however we accept them because they sort of represent the freedom press can have. Oh and yeah, the thing about toilet seats is utterly ridiculous, I hate it and I have never understood why that happens.
Chupacabras are the best!! Please try the chile relleno de queso ones, they're amazing! Add some frijoles and if you like crema, put some, I'm sure you'll like it!! (Just one, they're big) saludos Paul!! 💕
Awesome, I'll give that a try :D
I like that you show the people and the scenery instead of your face just talking to us.
You had me at the moment you arrived at los chupacabras
Angel Auditore los famosos Chupas
As a Mexican American I find this channel Pruity interesting, it's cool seeing how other people perceive Mexico and our heritage, it's cool you like living there mate! 😂
Fntastic videos Paul keep it up
There's a law that (supposedly) bans violent content in newspapers, the authorities only act when exist a complaint of the victim's family, but it's not a priority for government.
There's just something so cool about other people from other parts of the world giving their insight on Mexico we don't get that often and its so interesting
Yes! New video
I grew up with my family and friends making fun of me and talking crap to me that when people actually try to talk shit to me it don't bother me lol
In regards to the restrooms- isn't it weirder how in CDMX you have to pay for a couple of squares of toilet paper?? That will always baffle me...
Ja, and it really is just a few squares too.