"Who is the British prime minister" is a fairly uncertain question to answer over the recent years, tbf. It was Rishi Sunak when I last checked but that was like an hour ago so I might be wrong.
its not the fact that americans don't know a random country like iran or iceland, its when they point at THE USA MAP and say its iran or iceland, now that's really shameful
Drew, I am a 65 year-old baby-boomer who really enjoys your geography videos. I have been curious about geography almost all of my life probably because we had a cool globe. I still have it and now love to see how many countries have changed, or not.
I grew up and live in Idaho and I had to do geography in the 6th and 8th grade. I find it so weird that other states don't have that standardized. I know my state doesn't have the greatest reputation in education but damn, at least I know where most countries are lol
I learned geography from TH-cam videos, for some reason I can spot Slovenia on the world map easily without no inconvenience. *HOW DID THIS HAPPEN* (bill wurtz reference)
@@KindlyKalen same here, last year I couldn't name more than 15 flags. Now I can name every single one and point to them on a map thanks to Drew and Jack (I'm Canadian btw)
In Mexico they teach you geography in 1st grade to 6th grade (i think, american school systems are different than mexico) but i heard they wanted to remove it from the school system
@@voltkotz Oh nice, that's better than my state. Here it was taught once in like 6th grade. In high school, there were electives for more geography but students would have to go out of their way to learn more about it. It isn't really required until college and a lot of people don't even go to college.
People see as Americans stupid but you never know when you will see an American who actually isn’t stupid in geography, and your watching the man right now, *DREW DURNIL*
There is more connection in the younger generations to the rest of the world. Older ones were raised more in isolation and larger conservative ideals of self reliance. We are being raised in the age of connection across the world and it's making us better people.
As a european i dont think Americans are stupid at all, they are actually really smart. There is a reason almost all millionares are in america and most big companies, i would call it more ignoracy, they dont know stuff outside their borders
Petition for drew to hang up the flag of Iowa on his wall (revenge for him calling Iowa Arkansas) Day 200 200 days… and yet Drew HASNT put up the flag??? Outrageous!
I have never left the US, but if I ever can find time outside of work and college life, I want to see beautiful countries like Spain, Finland, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. I had to look things up out of my history and georgraphy classes. I enjoyed reading about Finland's civil war and the eventual Winter War. Accidentally came across a Finland history book that talked about both events in my high school library. We need to better our education and encourage our children to look outside of the US.
@@HTS123RK except they literally are countries. England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are all their own separate countries that are completely internally autonomous. The UK is a union of the 4 that shares a foreign policy between them all.
i love ur amazing vids ! keep it up! fun fact : _austrians had a war with ottomans ( battle of karansebes ) that they lost and there was 0 ottoman troops vs 80k-100k austrians._
I do think he meant like the differance between 2 very distinct culture You go to Hungary the culture will be completely differant than say Greece, eventhough the distance between the two is so small im pretty sure most US states would be bigger. Obviously there are variation of culture in the US, but thats also the case for everywhere else Brittany in France has its own local culture the locals fiercely defand out of spite despite the constant decline due to XIXth and XXth century France destroying it, however its pretty clear that ultimately they are still french, and there would be more similarities culturally between them and Alsace than them and Wales eventhough Wales is culturally closest to Breton by origins
You guys should really make Geography a mandatory subject for a few years. It'll do you all a world of good. It's really broad, covers multiple other subjects partially, has things no other subject has, and it was surprisingly popular when I was at school. Probably because you could pick it no matter which route you took. The most scientific bundles and the most cultural bundles could both do Geography. It's also just really fun. And I preferred Biology and History, so I'm not nearly as biassed as possible. So I'm not just spreading propaganda for my favourite subject. It's my second favourite.
traveling within America is pretty fantastic though. No jetlag, currency exchange, prepaid phones, or language barrier but you still get world-beating natural beauty and monuments to man.
All this and people say Americans have no culture. I'm from the Caribbean and I can tell you that American culture floods this whole region and beyond.
I blame the parents for not teaching their children and solely relying on the education system to do 100% of the work. And i blame corporations for making said parents believe that working til 65 or retirement & owning a home was the American dream.
Parents should be able to rely on the school system to teach their kids basic geography. They can't but that's more a failing of the education system than the parents.
@ChloeWitcherI can assure you most Americans have not thought for even five seconds about where the ham burger was invented, so I think this point is null.
Its not like the corporations make people "believe" in working many hours. Its more like people HAVE to work those hours cos of low pay and high rent cost. So no wonder lot of kids parents have literally not enough time for them.
FYI for people the USA has a “enhanced license” that shows proof of citizenship and identity and can be used to cross the Canada and Mexican border. The purpose to get this unique item is to travel by land or sea to: Mexico, Canada, or some part of the Caribbean. So it’s a passport but not a passport. not many people know of this
I mean, it's still a ridiculous thing, except that IDs aren't really mainstream in the US, South America just have a bunch of countries with the agreement that we can use our national IDs instead of passports to cross the borders.
@@0Clewi0 we do the same in Europe. You dont really notice that you are in another country, they signs just kinda suddenly switch language. Sometimes you need an ID for border checks, depends totally on where you are, but mostly you dont really need it. Passport is good if you wanna fly, but ID´s are totally fine if you are driving or taking a train.
@@johncenashi5117 it's totally different, we do have firm borders, if you're a foreigner from the region you still need full checks, EU just don't have border checks in many cases so doesn't matter if you're french or american. If it's all airports in latam it's like having normal immigration process, just using your daily id instead of a passport, inside the EU you don't need immigration checks no matter your nationality, they work like national flights would do in most countries.
i live in arkansas and we had to do geography in 7th grade... unfortunately, nobody in our class really took the class seriously and i dont think that anybody in our class learned that much
I grew up in the ozarks and we definitely had geography. I have lived outside of the USA for 15 years now and I’m perplexed about how little people know now because it used to be taught but I’m old now . I think what we are seeing is the defunding of education.
Geez. I have learned so much geography from this channel it is acually crazy. If I never watched any of these but still watched and played every other geography/ themed video or game I have watched. I would still only know about half of what I know.
As you said in the end, your'e absolutely doing your part in informing the people of a vast, diverse and history-rich world. Thanks Drew, I love you. Your'e changing the world.
Geography was part of Social Studies and History all through public school in Arizona in the 90's....We learned about soooo many counties...chose countries to do reports on...had full units focusing on different cultures. Like... WTF happened?
I'm not 100% on this but I heard that the reason is that some higher ups found that America was low on a list about best performing in maths or something like that and decided to make schools put more focus into things like maths to get higher on the list while putting far less focus into subjects like history and geography, leading to neglect in those topics.
My child is homeschooled, and knows all the countries, capitals of each country, the flags (which he wanted to know of his own accord), de facto countries, many of the leaders, the history of which European colonization to each country, and on and on. He can tell you about types of government and more. He's 12. So, it's possible. Of course, he loves learning...I let him mostly follow what he loves, and supplement only the tiniest bit. He is into philology, has read every extra book on JRR Tolkien's background of the LOTR books (never watched the movies, has no interest), including JRR Tolkien's letters. That's the tip of the iceberg. I have an adult child, and while they are also quite smart...public school was probably more harmful than helpful. Not that that would be the case for everyone, but certainly was for her.
Not just geography but language as well Americans who can speak a few words in another language think of it like a neat party trick and not a vital life skill
75% of Canadians are around the Great Lakes. The equivalent of a cold small northeastern state. Most Canadians would find traveling pleasurable. Many Americans don't have the money, and convenience to travel abroad, especially with kids in tow. It might be easier to drive from England to Italy than across Texas. While Europeans speak English there is still a language barrier.
Going to assume, "explained by an American" he means himself not BritMonkey as he being a Brit is in the name, lol. As he's playing the video he explains a lot of things himself as well giving his own opinion on the matters tackled in the video.
Most American people know nothing about other countries but unfortunately their politicians and military involve in other countries internal matters. Very bad.
just want to point out that brat pitt played an austrian in "seven years in tibet" also "the last samurai" is not really that historically inaccurate (look up Saigo Takamori)
I'd really like to see people from other countries when I am old enough to travel on my own! The internet is great but its only a small part of the interconnected world.
An interesting stat to look at would be world knowledge and families with military backgrounds. I grew up with a world map on the living room wall showing the places my mother and father had been and been deployed. I learned about the new countries in the easter block when my older cousin joins the marines in the 1990's and was possibly goin to be deployed there. Might just be my family though.
When I watch other channels react they rarely talk. They basically just reupload the video as their own and break fair use. Drew is different and is always adding something of his own constantly. Making it very enjoyable and not just watching a video with someone else sitting in front of the screen breathing and saying "Did that happen chat???" or just walking away Hasan style.
Drew you did get me interested in other countries ries ntries ries ies and traveling. In fact I can name almost all of the countries in the world because of you, legit learned geography from your vids.
Me as a Canadian never learned this in school for some reason but all i took for me to get into geography and history was a short animation from a channel called PWA🌎
Since 2009 Americans have had to have a passport for going to Mexico and Canada. That was an act of Congress bizarrely called the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. It is odd that those countries let you in by land but the US requires you to have a passport to get back. If you travel by air, a passport is required by those countries. Defunding public schools must be a big part of the problem because when I was young decades ago, I learned geography in grade school. Also luckily my parents had an encyclopedia which I consulted regularly and went to the library. I found out a couple of years ago that my junior high school had been changed into a charter school. Awful.
You mention Oppenheimer once and I'm stuck thinking about how he doesn't speak Dutch in his own movie. He speaks German and calls it Dutch. How am I going to sleep.
Hey Drew, a an auditory sensitive person I really want to thank you, that you postponed the mayham of read patrions at the end of your video. I actually was kinda surprised not to get super uncomfortable as soon as the outro started. That way I at least have a chance to click away before twenty voices start to attack me all at once. Besides that, thanks for your videos. I really enjoy 'em, that why I keep coming back, eventhough always beeing afraid of the end of each video. Greatings from Europe
I love travelling America as a Canadian for a few reasons: 1. Lots of beautifil places like the Pacific coast, Utah and the beatuful red rock landscape features like natural arches and "bridges". These are just a few of litterally hundreds of beautiful spots in the US! 2. I don't want the culture shock, I like that its somewhere new without a language barrier 3. S Tier Highways system makes getting around super easy if you have a car like basically all Canadians( and Americans) families have. 4. Fairly affordable and gives you an opportunity to buy stuff to bring home that is cheaper and products you don't normally have access to. I love the USA!!!
Hi. Globetrotter Pole here. 10 years outside of stronk poland. Currently living in Cambodia for over 5 years. Oh and yes I got your polandball plushie.
Where do you travel when you only have five days of paid vacation? The law in Europe dictates at least 25 days! I took 32 days this year and seven days of fully paid child leave! Sorry but LOL!
10:28 Film Ikuru is widely considered the best japanese film ever made, if you ignore people who have never felt the touch of women. Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with.
as a person born in the state of Illinois and raised by parents that are Mexican, my geography is good just like I am good at knowing my password for my computer (a bit.) thanks to TH-camrs making geography videos, they made me improve. school? they didn't teach me nothing about geography. thank you for taking your time for reading this comment and I'm sorry that my grammar is really really bad. bye!
I never watched this particular video. But watching this now, after President Biden recently signed a bill targeting TikTok over matters of national security struck a few cords for me before I got towards the end, where that app was mentioned specifically. The practice of US censorship with ideological cause is still alive and well. Since ByteDance belongs to a Chinese owner, an app of its kind along with it’s current geopolitical situation, it managed by someone immune to being told how to manage sensitive data by the United States government according to US law, yet virtually provides a window of foreign leverage to defy the United States’ current governmental efforts for information control and cybersecurity cannot exist. Which is why ByteDance has an official ban, more-so pertaining government-issued devices for the immediate moment, but it solidifies nationally in months unless they divest and surrender their management in favor of US governmental control over data. Again, the practice of US censorship with ideological cause is still very alive and well. Despite playing off the somewhat laissez-faire facade in terms of information spread coupled with freedom of expression, we should know it’s not true. What had developed reinforces exactly who exerts the most influence and enforces the world order at every opportunity.
I don't know who or why they thought jumbling a bunch of voice lines together at the end of videos was a good idea, but... it's horrible, I jump every time I leave a video in the background while doing stuff
"Who is the British prime minister" is a fairly uncertain question to answer over the recent years, tbf. It was Rishi Sunak when I last checked but that was like an hour ago so I might be wrong.
Not even Brits know who their PM is anymore
Love it lol
🤣
Who is their Lord Protector now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Didn't a head of cabbage outlast one of the Prime Ministers?😂
its not the fact that americans don't know a random country like iran or iceland, its when they point at THE USA MAP and say its iran or iceland, now that's really shameful
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What if they thought the Iran and Iceland were states, not countries
Even worse@@nightterror8775
@@nightterror8775even more shameful
@@nightterror8775that’s even worse
Modern History/geography would be a lot worse without TH-camrs like Drew
Trump???!! How America got so Stupid???!!
I think non-americans watch drew because they are fascinated by the existence of an intelligent USA resident.
(I say that as an Italian myself)
Yup 😂
Fascinating indeed
- Russian citizen here, not a lot of smart people left in Russia to talk to either
Someone from the UK here, this is where I know most of my geography
as slav I agree, now i kinda understand why americans i met on internet couldnt unerstand that having diffrent culture mean behaving diffrently smh
L'unico barlume di speranza degli Stati Uniti
Drew, I am a 65 year-old baby-boomer who really enjoys your geography videos. I have been curious about geography almost all of my life probably because we had a cool globe. I still have it and now love to see how many countries have changed, or not.
❤
@Ilikecubes69 Gexies. Millies. Zillies. And every generation before and after. 🙄
Trump???!! How America got so Stupid???!!
I grew up and live in Idaho and I had to do geography in the 6th and 8th grade. I find it so weird that other states don't have that standardized. I know my state doesn't have the greatest reputation in education but damn, at least I know where most countries are lol
As context, I'm 28 now, I have no perspective on public school the past decade lol
I learned geography from TH-cam videos, for some reason I can spot Slovenia on the world map easily without no inconvenience. *HOW DID THIS HAPPEN* (bill wurtz reference)
@@KindlyKalen same here, last year I couldn't name more than 15 flags. Now I can name every single one and point to them on a map thanks to Drew and Jack (I'm Canadian btw)
In Mexico they teach you geography in 1st grade to 6th grade (i think, american school systems are different than mexico) but i heard they wanted to remove it from the school system
@@voltkotz Oh nice, that's better than my state. Here it was taught once in like 6th grade. In high school, there were electives for more geography but students would have to go out of their way to learn more about it. It isn't really required until college and a lot of people don't even go to college.
Can we just appreciate how drew never fails to tickle our balls
what
HUH
Delightful, I shall now select an emoji I find fitting for this situation:😩
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People see as Americans stupid but you never know when you will see an American who actually isn’t stupid in geography, and your watching the man right now, *DREW DURNIL*
If that's the case, then...
What is 9+10 fingers across the face?
@@victoralexandervinkenes919320, obviously
like me i am a american and i am really good at geography
Born in Alabama, raised in California baby.
@@victoralexandervinkenes9193A weird wombo-combo slap that didn't go too well the first time?
We’re fighting the good fight, helping our countrymen better understand the world
Hello
This man got me in to geography ,history and geopolitics
Same but school got me into history
Can we just all appreciate how Drew never fails to absolutely destroy our cheeks?
Our cheeks*
Our?
@@lightningfletch5598 wait I’m not English what is the correct grammar
@@Chicken19929Uhwn It’s not a grammar issue. I was making a reference to Avengers: Infinity War. Look up the scene where Thanos says “our?”
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Love Drew reacting to essay videos!
There is more connection in the younger generations to the rest of the world.
Older ones were raised more in isolation and larger conservative ideals of self reliance. We are being raised in the age of connection across the world and it's making us better people.
As a european i dont think Americans are stupid at all, they are actually really smart. There is a reason almost all millionares are in america and most big companies, i would call it more ignoracy, they dont know stuff outside their borders
*ignorance.
Singaporeans are smarter than Europeans
Because the absurd dominance of the dollar, sanctions and militaristic threats around the world give them countless advantages? Just rambling.
Petition for drew to hang up the flag of Iowa on his wall (revenge for him calling Iowa Arkansas) Day 200
200 days… and yet Drew HASNT put up the flag??? Outrageous!
Great heavens! That's BONKERS!!!
Get this man more Recognition!
i am signing this,
**flag of iowa**
Yese
I have never left the US, but if I ever can find time outside of work and college life, I want to see beautiful countries like Spain, Finland, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany.
I had to look things up out of my history and georgraphy classes. I enjoyed reading about Finland's civil war and the eventual Winter War. Accidentally came across a Finland history book that talked about both events in my high school library. We need to better our education and encourage our children to look outside of the US.
Scotland is a state in the Uk i'd recomend you edit it out before people start making fun about this comment
@@twilkdamilk4659 no he's right. Scotland is a country, not a state of the UK.
@@MrMah-zf6jkit’s not a country neither is England wales or Northern Ireland. Saying they r is like saying Texas is a country
@@HTS123RK except they literally are countries. England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are all their own separate countries that are completely internally autonomous. The UK is a union of the 4 that shares a foreign policy between them all.
@@twilkdamilk4659Scotland is indeed a country, not a state. The UK is merely a political union between four separate countries.
i love ur amazing vids ! keep it up!
fun fact : _austrians had a war with ottomans ( battle of karansebes ) that they lost and there was 0 ottoman troops vs 80k-100k austrians._
Actually it was 100k
Yes
@@arsiflordelistampipig-ny1zh i sometimes forget numbers lol
WHAT?!
greetings from Austria 🇦🇹💀🥲
@@trphoenix_. It's ok
Drew, Drew, Drew... If you think you won't get culture shock just traveling state to state, then you are not traveling currently 😅
I do think he meant like the differance between 2 very distinct culture
You go to Hungary the culture will be completely differant than say Greece, eventhough the distance between the two is so small im pretty sure most US states would be bigger.
Obviously there are variation of culture in the US, but thats also the case for everywhere else
Brittany in France has its own local culture the locals fiercely defand out of spite despite the constant decline due to XIXth and XXth century France destroying it, however its pretty clear that ultimately they are still french, and there would be more similarities culturally between them and Alsace than them and Wales eventhough Wales is culturally closest to Breton by origins
As a cellist, him saying 'sellist' killed me
You guys should really make Geography a mandatory subject for a few years. It'll do you all a world of good. It's really broad, covers multiple other subjects partially, has things no other subject has, and it was surprisingly popular when I was at school. Probably because you could pick it no matter which route you took. The most scientific bundles and the most cultural bundles could both do Geography. It's also just really fun.
And I preferred Biology and History, so I'm not nearly as biassed as possible. So I'm not just spreading propaganda for my favourite subject. It's my second favourite.
I was going to suggest Geography as a mandatory subject and Social Studies, which incorporates Geography in its curriculum.
traveling within America is pretty fantastic though. No jetlag, currency exchange, prepaid phones, or language barrier but you still get world-beating natural beauty and monuments to man.
All this and people say Americans have no culture. I'm from the Caribbean and I can tell you that American culture floods this whole region and beyond.
I blame the parents for not teaching their children and solely relying on the education system to do 100% of the work. And i blame corporations for making said parents believe that working til 65 or retirement & owning a home was the American dream.
Very true but that has more to do with elitest propaganda
I mean, relying slowly on the education system wouldnt be bad, if the system actually worked
Parents should be able to rely on the school system to teach their kids basic geography. They can't but that's more a failing of the education system than the parents.
@ChloeWitcherI can assure you most Americans have not thought for even five seconds about where the ham burger was invented, so I think this point is null.
Its not like the corporations make people "believe" in working many hours. Its more like people HAVE to work those hours cos of low pay and high rent cost. So no wonder lot of kids parents have literally not enough time for them.
The reason why you run into fans younger than 20 is because fans older than 20 don't have time to go to places where they can meet you.
Love how Drew keeps getting more wholesome. Trying to make the world a better place :')
Trust me, ive seen stupid everywhere. I had a European friend who thought Mali was in Europe.
To be fair, at least they knew that Mali was a place that existed
Maybe they got confused with Malta?
FYI for people the USA has a “enhanced license” that shows proof of citizenship and identity and can be used to cross the Canada and Mexican border. The purpose to get this unique item is to travel by land or sea to: Mexico, Canada, or some part of the Caribbean. So it’s a passport but not a passport. not many people know of this
I mean, it's still a ridiculous thing, except that IDs aren't really mainstream in the US, South America just have a bunch of countries with the agreement that we can use our national IDs instead of passports to cross the borders.
@@0Clewi0 we do the same in Europe. You dont really notice that you are in another country, they signs just kinda suddenly switch language. Sometimes you need an ID for border checks, depends totally on where you are, but mostly you dont really need it. Passport is good if you wanna fly, but ID´s are totally fine if you are driving or taking a train.
@@johncenashi5117 it's totally different, we do have firm borders, if you're a foreigner from the region you still need full checks, EU just don't have border checks in many cases so doesn't matter if you're french or american.
If it's all airports in latam it's like having normal immigration process, just using your daily id instead of a passport, inside the EU you don't need immigration checks no matter your nationality, they work like national flights would do in most countries.
FYI in in Europe there are 27 [not 2: Canada, Mexico] countries where people can travel with their national ID cards. No pass needed.
i live in arkansas and we had to do geography in 7th grade... unfortunately, nobody in our class really took the class seriously and i dont think that anybody in our class learned that much
I grew up in the ozarks and we definitely had geography. I have lived outside of the USA for 15 years now and I’m perplexed about how little people know now because it used to be taught but I’m old now . I think what we are seeing is the defunding of education.
Geez. I have learned so much geography from this channel it is acually crazy. If I never watched any of these but still watched and played every other geography/ themed video or game I have watched. I would still only know about half of what I know.
As you said in the end, your'e absolutely doing your part in informing the people of a vast, diverse and history-rich world. Thanks Drew, I love you. Your'e changing the world.
Geography was part of Social Studies and History all through public school in Arizona in the 90's....We learned about soooo many counties...chose countries to do reports on...had full units focusing on different cultures. Like...
WTF happened?
I'm not 100% on this but I heard that the reason is that some higher ups found that America was low on a list about best performing in maths or something like that and decided to make schools put more focus into things like maths to get higher on the list while putting far less focus into subjects like history and geography, leading to neglect in those topics.
My child is homeschooled, and knows all the countries, capitals of each country, the flags (which he wanted to know of his own accord), de facto countries, many of the leaders, the history of which European colonization to each country, and on and on. He can tell you about types of government and more. He's 12.
So, it's possible.
Of course, he loves learning...I let him mostly follow what he loves, and supplement only the tiniest bit. He is into philology, has read every extra book on JRR Tolkien's background of the LOTR books (never watched the movies, has no interest), including JRR Tolkien's letters.
That's the tip of the iceberg.
I have an adult child, and while they are also quite smart...public school was probably more harmful than helpful. Not that that would be the case for everyone, but certainly was for her.
I really wish someone would use lord of the rings maps and ask Americans where countries are.
It'd be so funny
Not just geography but language as well
Americans who can speak a few words in another language think of it like a neat party trick and not a vital life skill
Petition for Drew to go out in street and ask geography quiz to random people.
reply fast af boooyyyyyyy
And not cherry pick the people who got the wrong answers so we can see what really happens in those street interviews.
Fun Fact: Canada technically never got it's full independence until 1982.
Canadian after 1982: I like hockey eh
75% of Canadians are around the Great Lakes. The equivalent of a cold small northeastern state. Most Canadians would find traveling pleasurable. Many Americans don't have the money, and convenience to travel abroad, especially with kids in tow. It might be easier to drive from England to Italy than across Texas. While Europeans speak English there is still a language barrier.
Drew is doing his very best to unite us all, though :)
A problem I notice is also everyone just blames the schools as a scape goat or excuse to not learn anything
As an American
Respectfully, you’ve made me want to not travel at all
would never think drew durnil would react to britmonkey
Another day of asking Drew to put up the Guernsey flag
Also Britmonkey is British
the Jersey flag is better than the Guernsey flag
@@kellancarney810I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that
i would like to see the Guernsey flag on his wall
@@kellancarney810 see? At least @polandball981 gets it!
Going to assume, "explained by an American" he means himself not BritMonkey as he being a Brit is in the name, lol.
As he's playing the video he explains a lot of things himself as well giving his own opinion on the matters tackled in the video.
Good thing Americans and non-Americans (like me) have Drew to teach about geography and history
I learned to name countries on a blank map in high school, then more detail in college. It amazes me how people are so clueless.
Drew you inspired me. I Love geography because of you. Thank you
Most American people know nothing about other countries but unfortunately their politicians and military involve in other countries internal matters. Very bad.
just want to point out that brat pitt played an austrian in "seven years in tibet"
also "the last samurai" is not really that historically inaccurate (look up Saigo Takamori)
love how they needed a American to explain a British video about Americans too Americans. keep up the good work
I'd really like to see people from other countries when I am old enough to travel on my own! The internet is great but its only a small part of the interconnected world.
Can we just appreciate Luxembourglover being a member for like 3 years
An interesting stat to look at would be world knowledge and families with military backgrounds. I grew up with a world map on the living room wall showing the places my mother and father had been and been deployed. I learned about the new countries in the easter block when my older cousin joins the marines in the 1990's and was possibly goin to be deployed there. Might just be my family though.
When I watch other channels react they rarely talk. They basically just reupload the video as their own and break fair use. Drew is different and is always adding something of his own constantly. Making it very enjoyable and not just watching a video with someone else sitting in front of the screen breathing and saying "Did that happen chat???" or just walking away Hasan style.
Drew you did get me interested in other countries ries ntries ries ies and traveling. In fact I can name almost all of the countries in the world because of you, legit learned geography from your vids.
In Illinois in Elementary through High school, geography is required.
Illinois is better though
Me as a Canadian never learned this in school for some reason but all i took for me to get into geography and history was a short animation from a channel called PWA🌎
Geography is A LOT more than just countries and their location and flags…
17:02 "Paradoxical" is probably the most apt description of my country that I've ever heard.
“What about ‘Godzilla!?”😂
Drew same age as you from Canada and you’re awesome man. Keep up the good work as always
and I thought that Mel Gibson was Australian ... :-) Must have been a dream
Drew helped me learn geography and history, I started watching since like 2021
Since 2009 Americans have had to have a passport for going to Mexico and Canada. That was an act of Congress bizarrely called the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. It is odd that those countries let you in by land but the US requires you to have a passport to get back. If you travel by air, a passport is required by those countries.
Defunding public schools must be a big part of the problem because when I was young decades ago, I learned geography in grade school. Also luckily my parents had an encyclopedia which I consulted regularly and went to the library. I found out a couple of years ago that my junior high school had been changed into a charter school. Awful.
I always tell people to try and travel outside the USA. Some of them say they just don’t care, which is so weird to me.
And now you know why they want to ban tiktok
Younger than twenty,? Why thank you, kind sir! I shall take that assumption straight to the bank.
You mention Oppenheimer once and I'm stuck thinking about how he doesn't speak Dutch in his own movie. He speaks German and calls it Dutch. How am I going to sleep.
Hey Drew, a an auditory sensitive person I really want to thank you, that you postponed the mayham of read patrions at the end of your video. I actually was kinda surprised not to get super uncomfortable as soon as the outro started. That way I at least have a chance to click away before twenty voices start to attack me all at once.
Besides that, thanks for your videos. I really enjoy 'em, that why I keep coming back, eventhough always beeing afraid of the end of each video.
Greatings from Europe
4:19 yoooo Denmark was mentioned
Side note about 7 years in Tibet: It's an American movie and American actor, but the character and real person it's based on was Austrian.
I don’t need no geography lesson, because I have
DREW DURNIL
8:19 Meanwhile japan creating Godzilla movies: yes very poor
You're doing great work here Drew. I look forward to the time when knowing the countries of the world is no longer impressive in the US
Love you, man, always enjoy your contact.😂😂😂😂
Drew i know ur not gonna read this but you actually did completely get me into history and geography
3:24 Amsterdam seems to be a very popular spot. I wonder why
BRING BACK THE HAYS CODE!
I love travelling America as a Canadian for a few reasons:
1. Lots of beautifil places like the Pacific coast, Utah and the beatuful red rock landscape features like natural arches and "bridges". These are just a few of litterally hundreds of beautiful spots in the US!
2. I don't want the culture shock, I like that its somewhere new without a language barrier
3. S Tier Highways system makes getting around super easy if you have a car like basically all Canadians( and Americans) families have.
4. Fairly affordable and gives you an opportunity to buy stuff to bring home that is cheaper and products you don't normally have access to.
I love the USA!!!
The third point is harming muricaland, the country is more for cars than people nowadays.
Hi. Globetrotter Pole here. 10 years outside of stronk poland. Currently living in Cambodia for over 5 years.
Oh and yes I got your polandball plushie.
Petition for drew to get a malta flag (Day 2)
As a Pakistani I am really grateful I found channel like that of drew cuz I learned so much about geography and history other than that of my own lol
Drew has inspired me to love geography and now i am considerably good
Italy has literally more to offer in one aisle than the US in a whole state
"italy has literally more to offer in one aisle" so what does Italy have?
So why do i have relatives living in America and not italy
i would like to thank my school for for making us do tests on geography where we had to memorize the shape and location of every single country
Another amazing video and play countryball at wars
As an American if drew pins this comment in the next video I will name 100 countries and the continent they're in without researching Google
3:54 Rio 2 is about Brazil, at least we have that
As drew says the problem is you have to go against the flow and try to find foreign culture
Knowledge of the world is encouraged normally
Where do you travel when you only have five days of paid vacation? The law in Europe dictates at least 25 days! I took 32 days this year and seven days of fully paid child leave!
Sorry but LOL!
55% of all Canadian broadcasts be it radio or broadcast has to be of Canadian Origin while 50 % is to be from 6PM (1800) to 12AM (0000/2400)
In my school we only learned state capitals.
10:28 Film Ikuru is widely considered the best japanese film ever made, if you ignore people who have never felt the touch of women.
Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with.
Did you mean Ikiru?
@@Highly-grounded Probably, this comment was year ago
@@jackshadowdragon i am sorry for bothering your sleep master. Please accept my humble apologies.
1:42 in my school we don't get history or geography. I'm not sure if it is just an Ontario thing though.
as a person born in the state of Illinois and raised by parents that are Mexican, my geography is good just like I am good at knowing my password for my computer (a bit.) thanks to TH-camrs making geography videos, they made me improve. school? they didn't teach me nothing about geography. thank you for taking your time for reading this comment and I'm sorry that my grammar is really really bad. bye!
I also have a passport
1:39 I constantly play hearts of iron, so I’m not a part of the problem
Chad big brain gamer
Show me a map tell me The name of a country and I will show you where I had my aneurysm
Thank you drew for the past 2 years I have watched your videos and I learned so much I am Indian by the way
17:25 maybe it wasn't easy to spot while editing, but i feel that the mix-up of Spain and Greece in the Acronyms thumbnail shouldn't go unmentioned. 🧐
It makes sense now because when I got my passport a bunch of people congratulated me like it was a hard thing to do.
Drew never fails to fill me up with his information
day 49 of asking drew to review french snaps
I never watched this particular video. But watching this now, after President Biden recently signed a bill targeting TikTok over matters of national security struck a few cords for me before I got towards the end, where that app was mentioned specifically. The practice of US censorship with ideological cause is still alive and well.
Since ByteDance belongs to a Chinese owner, an app of its kind along with it’s current geopolitical situation, it managed by someone immune to being told how to manage sensitive data by the United States government according to US law, yet virtually provides a window of foreign leverage to defy the United States’ current governmental efforts for information control and cybersecurity cannot exist. Which is why ByteDance has an official ban, more-so pertaining government-issued devices for the immediate moment, but it solidifies nationally in months unless they divest and surrender their management in favor of US governmental control over data.
Again, the practice of US censorship with ideological cause is still very alive and well. Despite playing off the somewhat laissez-faire facade in terms of information spread coupled with freedom of expression, we should know it’s not true. What had developed reinforces exactly who exerts the most influence and enforces the world order at every opportunity.
I don't know who or why they thought jumbling a bunch of voice lines together at the end of videos was a good idea, but... it's horrible, I jump every time I leave a video in the background while doing stuff