British Couple Reacts to 10 Lies Europeans Believe About American People

[00:00:00]What's up guys? Welcome back to the channel. Today's reaction video is 11 lies Europeans believe about American people. This is a new channel who haven't reacted to before. So we don't really know what to expect. We're guessing a lot of them are kind of style.

[00:00:14]>> Yeah.

[00:00:14]>> Would be our guess. We're not 100% sure so hopefully it is okay. Smash the like button if you enjoy this kind of content guys. Smash the subscribe button as well. We're going to give you our opinions on whether we've heard of this quote unquote lie.

[00:00:24]>> Mhm.

[00:00:25]>> And whether we believe it.

[00:00:26]>> Yeah.

[00:00:27]>> That's pretty much it.

[00:00:28]>> Interesting.

[00:00:28]>> Yeah, that's pretty much self-explanatory one. Smash the like button guys. Smash the subscribe button and let's get straight into it for the first time ever we're going to be quite quickly into it. 10 lies Europeans believe about American people. What we got?

[00:00:39]>> The next lie. Okay, and this might just be a me thing but the next lie that I believed about America before I went to America and I actually think you're going to probably slag me off for this in comments. So today I'm going to be talking about 10 weird lies Europeans are told about America. Things that I growing up and that then once I visited America I kind of had to unlearn. In case you're interested I also have a list doing this the other way around so let me know below in comments if you want to see lies Americans are told about Europe. And today's video >> Let's go to the >> Okay, the first lie that I was told was that Hollywood is full of shiny things and celebrities are just everywhere.

[00:01:16]>> Would you believe that?

[00:01:17]>> When I was younger yeah.

[00:01:19]>> Yeah, not so much anymore.

[00:01:21]>> No. Now that I have the ability to look up California on my own.

[00:01:25]>> Yeah, you can actually see it.

[00:01:26]>> But then when you're a kid you can't really do that and you're going off movies.

[00:01:30]>> Movies, TV shows, web, it's a small street isn't it?

[00:01:33]>> I used to think like you'd walk down the street and there'd be celebrities everywhere.

[00:01:36]>> [laughter] >> And that it was like like just famous.

[00:01:39]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:01:40]>> Yeah.

[00:01:41]>> But it's just quite a normal place at times.

[00:01:42]>> I think it's actually not Some people have said it's not a very like people that have lived there in California have said that Hollywood's not actually like it's not clean, it's not >> Oh, okay.

[00:01:52]>> as nice but I've never been so I can't really >> Yeah, maybe one day we'll get there to verify ourselves.

[00:01:57]Potentially.

[00:01:58]>> on the on the wall of fame.

[00:01:59]>> [laughter] >> She really went there. When I was there, I may have seen some celebrities, but they were keeping really low key and [clears throat] had baseball caps on, so they were very hard to spot.

[00:02:10]As I said, it's not that shiny and wonderful. The Hollywood sign itself is, I'll be honest, it's kind of a let down.

[00:02:16]I guess I pictured Beverly Hills when I thought of Hollywood, but no.

[00:02:22]The next lie that Europeans are told about America is that it's just full of extremes. And don't get me wrong, it is, but it's not just extremes. Our perception through the media is that >> a bit of everything here.

[00:02:32]>> they're either really fat or really fit.

[00:02:34]They're either total jocks or nerds.

[00:02:37]Stereotypes from movies. And like I said, don't get me wrong, those stereotypes exist for a reason. However, the majority of people are not extremes.

[00:02:46]They're just regular in between people with thoughts and feelings that vary and are nuanced. The next lie that Europeans are told about America is >> [laughter] >> that you just quit your job whenever you want to. And that's again from TV shows and films. People just go, "I quit."

[00:03:02]when they're unhappy or having a bad day.

[00:03:04]>> You're fired.

[00:03:05]>> I QUIT.

[00:03:07]>> YOU'RE FIRED.

[00:03:09]>> I QUIT.

[00:03:10]>> YOU'RE FIRED!

[00:03:11]>> [screaming] >> YOU'RE FIRED.

[00:03:16]>> WHY? WHY? I MEAN, I ALREADY QUIT, SO.

[00:03:18]>> ADDITIONALLY, we think from the same sources that you can just go, "You're fired." out of the blue, and there's no repercussions for that. In fact, a lot of times contracts are in place and stuff, and it just doesn't work like that in the real world. On The Apprentice, >> I'll tell you what, there definitely has been times, I imagine same for you, probably everyone in the world where you just envision, I wish I could just go, stand up and do that, shout it. I quit.

[00:03:41]You know what I mean?

[00:03:41]>> Yeah, then you got to sit back down cuz you got to give 6 week notice.

[00:03:44]>> Yeah. I quit.

[00:03:46]6 weeks left. How's everyone doing?

[00:03:48]>> [laughter] >> This is awkward.

[00:03:49]>> Yes, they do do the you're fired, but that's a specific place.

[00:03:53]>> The next lie that you were told about America as a European is that everybody in America is obsessed with celebrities.

[00:03:59]>> That's just the whole load of rubbish.

[00:04:01]I mean like certain type of person.

[00:04:02]>> from that.

[00:04:03]>> Okay, so in Europe a lot of our celebrities come from America. So we naturally presume that everybody is completely obsessed with celebrities within America. In actual fact, most people just kind of see their lives and what goes on behind the scenes as a little bit of entertainment just like we do in Europe. One thing I will say is kind of odd as a European always when I go to America is seeing on your mainstream news the focus on celebrities within actual serious news programs.

[00:04:32]>> I wouldn't say that's just I wouldn't say that's just America because the Daily Mail and the Star is just constantly celebrity stuff.

[00:04:42]>> I guess the stuff on the TV maybe not as much.

[00:04:45]>> Yeah, I feel like our BBC programs are a bit more >> bit more chill.

[00:04:48]>> But I also don't agree with the fact that like most of us think that Americans care about celebrities because I I don't think that.

[00:04:56]>> Yeah, I think a lot of these instead of instead of lies I think the title is a little bit misleading. I think it's more like stereotypes.

[00:05:02]A lot of them can be laughed by common sense.

[00:05:06]>> So it's not yeah.

[00:05:07]>> I think it's more stereotypes to be honest.

[00:05:09]>> that every like around the world people more people than not are obsessed with celebrities.

[00:05:15]>> Yeah, it's just a certain type of person as well. Like I'm not bothered at all really, but you get obsessed celebrities at times.

[00:05:21]>> But I'm not bothered about like I wouldn't stalk random celebrities I don't >> Certain ones.

[00:05:25]>> Like if Harry Styles is walking down the street, yeah, I'm going to take a picture. But if like someone from a random TV show is walking down the street >> No, yeah, I get what you mean. So it's only certain ones.

[00:05:34]>> I know in the UK >> [laughter] >> they focus a lot on royalty.

[00:05:37][clears throat] >> Like wait for the loser.

[00:05:39]>> But you don't tend to see people talking about celebs on news shows as much in Europe. The next lie Okay, and this might just be a me thing, but the next lie that I believed about America before I went to America, and I actually think you're going to probably slag me off for this in comments. I thought that you guys only had roll-on deodorant.

[00:06:01]>> That is so random.

[00:06:03]What?

[00:06:03]>> What? That is so [laughter] random.

[00:06:06]>> Why would you even think that?

[00:06:07]>> I don't Maybe >> [laughter] >> so random.

[00:06:11]>> What?

[00:06:12]>> I I rate how left field it is, but it's so random. Because they You guys are >> [laughter and gasps] >> haven't discovered technology of spray.

[00:06:21]The only time I've actually seen roll-on deodorant is when my dad used to have it when I was a kid.

[00:06:25]>> Oh, it's in the shops everywhere.

[00:06:26]Roll-on is >> It is in the shops It's the only time I've seen someone use it is my dad. I don't know why.

[00:06:30]>> definitely confirm America does have sprays because I bought one.

[00:06:34]>> Let us know in the comments.

[00:06:35]>> They definitely have. Well, New York definitely has spray deodorant.

[00:06:38]>> maybe they saw a British person come in and just rolled out the spray deodorant.

[00:06:42]>> they were on a shelf. [laughter] They definitely had them.

[00:06:44]>> Rolled away when we left.

[00:06:46]Let us know in the comments.

[00:06:48]>> [laughter] >> Cuz in movies people always roll on their deodorant. You know, when they're in the changing rooms and stuff. It's like you have Old Spice and stuff like that, but I for some reason I had it in my head that in America I'm actually getting off the plane. Spray-on deodorant didn't exist. And I don't know why they didn't really get spray-on deodorant. I guess they don't use it in films because it goes and it would make a noise, whereas like it's easier to just >> That's good logic.

[00:07:14]>> But I've seen it in the films.

[00:07:15]>> Maybe.

[00:07:16]>> Yeah. You've seen it on TV. You don't have to have the But yeah, I don't know. But maybe that's just a me thing. If you're from Europe, did you know that spray-on deodorant existed in America?

[00:07:24]>> Yeah.

[00:07:25]>> The next misconception that Europeans have about America is that you're all really rich. And I get why this misconception exists. To be fair, your houses and the land that you're >> I get Yeah, I guess that is it.

[00:07:40]>> but then when you're older and you actually look at the prices of it.

[00:07:43]>> I think we're the worst people to look at this because we've done so many reactions, we know them. But I guess if you've never seen anything in America and then someone says >> was a kid, I thought California and New York were rich people.

[00:07:55]>> Yeah.

[00:07:56]>> And that's because from the movies, everybody's famous.

[00:08:01]>> I used to think California and >> know, from the movies though, you just did say the line, it's a movie.

[00:08:05]>> Yeah, [laughter] I know, but I'm admitting it.

[00:08:06]>> I know, I know.

[00:08:07]>> But everybody I used to think everybody was famous.

[00:08:10]>> I know what you mean, but like let's say someone with an average house household income say I've got an average household income and then they showed just let's say British person who didn't know much about America and all that, their house has got a walk-in wardrobe and all that.

[00:08:21]I guess you could assume everyone was rich.

[00:08:23]Cuz you're going that's average and that is 10 times bigger than my average house.

[00:08:27]>> Yeah, but then when you get into looking at prices and then you realize >> Oh, I definitely >> kind of it's it's the same level.

[00:08:34]>> Same price, just you get more stuff and you realize everything you just get more for your book in America.

[00:08:39]>> Yeah.

[00:08:39]>> Because >> Cuz bigger.

[00:08:41]>> It's a bigger bigger country so you get more room. Uh but if you don't look into that, I can see why you can kind of >> Mhm.

[00:08:46]>> I can see I can see it, but we are probably the worst people for these lies on because we've done so many reactions.

[00:08:51]>> the truth.

[00:08:51]>> We know the truth.

[00:08:53]>> [laughter] >> are on are generally a lot bigger than what we have in Europe for middle class people. Additionally, many people in America live on credit. So a lot of people are living above their means to what they should be living. And the thing about credit in America is you are encouraged to use credit. Like a lot of things you can't get until you build up credit, which is exist in Europe but isn't so much >> focused on. Like there are other ways to build up your trust with banks. And as I've mentioned before, I've never seen poverty quite like I've seen in America.

[00:09:28]>> That's true. New York had a lot.

[00:09:30]>> people but not in the same way that they are in America. It really shocked me.

[00:09:36]Cuz I went over expecting, as I said, pretty much everybody to be super rich, and then I saw people looking like Oliver Twist on the street, and that was a surprise to me. Additionally, some things in America are a lot cheaper than they are where I come from in Ireland.

[00:09:49]Ireland has just been named alongside Denmark as the most expensive country in Europe for the cost of living. The prices of goods and services in Ireland are on average 40% higher than they are anywhere else in the EU. And then, when I went to America, it was like things were more expensive in some areas, but cheaper in other areas. So, I was surprised because I thought everything would be the same if not more expensive when I went there. The next lie that we are told about America, and this should come as no surprise, and I don't want to get bogged down in the discussion too much, but it's that everybody there has pew pews.

[00:10:24]And they don't.

[00:10:25]>> I was so confused for a second.

[00:10:26]>> It's a very divided country on people's opinions about that, but people have very strong opinions about that, and I'm going to swiftly move on. I just thought that every single person would have one when I went there, and that's not the case. The next lie that Europeans are told about America is that pretty much teenagers run America. If if media was to be believed and movies and TV shows.

[00:10:45]In actual fact, I have still not seen a cheerleader when I've gone to America. I have never been invited to a prom or homecoming, and that seems like an integral part of your society >> you film and TV?

[00:10:57]>> I don't know. [laughter] But >> Why would you see a cheerleader walking around New York City? They're in schools. That's where >> [laughter] >> In the movies you see the cheerleaders in schools.

[00:11:05]>> I get what you mean about the running America though, cuz you do kind of get this like the jock thing running like the football captain football team runs the coaches and stuff like that as well.

[00:11:13]>> there is that is kind of true when you think of the football games, the college football games in that sense. They kind of that's teenagers.

[00:11:22]>> But they don't really have the power though, do they?

[00:11:23]>> No, but they're they're a big part of >> Yeah, yeah. No, I know what you mean.

[00:11:27]>> But I don't think anybody thinks that.

[00:11:30]>> Yeah. again.

[00:11:31]>> I don't When I went to New York, I didn't think I'm going to get off the plane and someone's going to invite me to prom and I'm going to have chill at his dad's house.

[00:11:36]>> you need to take this with a pinch of someone who knows nothing about America and just watched movies religiously.

[00:11:41]>> me.

[00:11:41]>> That's what you got to go with.

[00:11:44]Stereotypes pretty much again in the movie stereotype a jock runs the show.

[00:11:47]>> Which of us has been to America?

[00:11:49]>> Yeah, she Yeah, she knows that now.

[00:11:51]That's what she She's confirming it's a lie.

[00:11:53]>> [laughter] >> But going off of the other stereotypes from the movies and stuff like that. I mean, that's the way you got to look at it.

[00:11:57]>> Oh, yeah. I know movies and TV shows aren't real, but I definitely thought that teenagers would have a more central role in America as a result of watching so many of them. The next lie that we are told about America is that you guys eat fast food constantly. And that actually could not be further from the truth.

[00:12:16]Americans, more so than anywhere else in the world, love to cook. Americans love to barbecue. It's like your thing.

[00:12:24]You're like, "My grill, my barbecue."

[00:12:25]You're mad for cooking. There is fast food on every corner in America. So, that's where the perception comes from.

[00:12:32]It's a lot easier to get your hands on, but most Americans don't eat fast food every single day. You cook for the most part. I definitely thought Americans [laughter] just ate TV dinners and fast food constantly and cooking was like something you did at family events. The next lie that we are told about America is that your breakfasts are crazy. Like, you eat waffles and pancakes and cereal every single morning. You have a full feast for breakfast.

[00:12:59]>> Wow, that does sound good and again isn't really true. Can't be eaten in English breaky, can it?

[00:13:05]>> But I don't I think that is true.

[00:13:07]For the most part.

[00:13:08]>> You reckon?

[00:13:10]>> Well, how come when we go to America, when we go abroad, like we go to America, they've got all the pancakes and all that laid out for their breakfasts.

[00:13:19]>> Yeah, cuz Oh, no, they have the pancakes, but I think the stereotype is every household, everyone has pancakes, cereal, and stuff like that every single morning. That's just cuz we go to a hotel and they life is awful.

[00:13:28]>> I think a lot of people do. From the YouTubers I've watched anyway, that's not fake, that's real life.

[00:13:32]>> Yeah, yeah, no, I know what you mean.

[00:13:33]They do have a bit more money though, the YouTubers, don't they?

[00:13:35]>> Yeah, but I do think that >> Let us know in the comments.

[00:13:37]>> cereal, surely they eat cereal.

[00:13:38]>> Definitely cereal, I reckon, but I don't think every day they'll be having pancakes, waffles, and stuff like that.

[00:13:43]I reckon some some days it will just be a slice of toast on my way out the door.

[00:13:47]>> Yeah, but then you can't count for every household cuz you don't go to every single household, but I think on the majority I think >> Yeah, no, it'd be interesting. Let us know in the comments your opinion on that, from friends you know, family, and yourself. It'd be interesting to see in the comments, wouldn't it? Let us know.

[00:14:01]>> every day. So, yay! Enjoy smelling breakfast.

[00:14:04]>> That's a lot of breakfast.

[00:14:05]>> Americans probably live on just the same kinds of breakfast as most of us Europeans do. Of course, we have Irish breakfast, you have American breakfast, which consists of waffles and pancakes, they do exist. But mostly I think our general day breakfasts cross over. You might have a bowl of porridge, a bowl of cereal, slice of toast, bit of coffee. I definitely thought it was like American themed breakfast every single day, whereas that's not really sustainable and you would be carrying a lot of extra weight.

[00:14:34]>> saying English breakfast every day.

[00:14:35]>> every single day. [laughter] I would love to have American breakfast every single day, but it's not a good idea. Although the same could be said for Irish breakfast. You should not eat Irish breakfast every single day cuz I love having an Irish breakfast. It's delicious, but it slows me down. I'm like very I like to have a little nap after an Irish breakfast. The next one we're told about America, and there's truth in this one, but not as much as I had thought. It's that you all go around suing each other constantly.

[00:15:01]>> We don't.

[00:15:02]>> America is an extremely litigious >> I think a lot of suing does happen.

[00:15:05]>> But I don't think that.

[00:15:07]>> Do you not?

[00:15:08]>> No, I don't think that everybody does that.

[00:15:10]>> Oh, well, well, obviously not everyone, but I think it is.

[00:15:12]>> what she's saying I don't think happens.

[00:15:14]>> Oh, well, I yeah, I reckon Well, again, it it doesn't happen. Yeah, I know it doesn't happen, but I think we make jokes at work and stuff like that. I think like if something's happened, you could sue or throw in a milk or sue or something like that. People all the time make jokes about it at my work and stuff like that and in general J- day.

[00:15:29]>> Yeah, but I reckon the amount of people that actually sue people is as much as you think.

[00:15:33]>> as what you actually think it is. Just maybe movers and stuff like that. And maybe the word "I'm going to sue you" is thrown out more than actually sued.

[00:15:39]Again, let us know in the comments about it. It's interesting. There's been a few which we've been a little bit not 100% sure, so it'll be interesting.

[00:15:45]>> country, but I think that's also due to the proportion of people compared to everywhere else in the world.

[00:15:51]>> Like if there's more people somewhere, there's going to be more people suing people, right? But the impression that we are given of Americans is that if you bang your head on something, you're going to sue the company that built that something. Whereas the truth is most times when something happens, people just let it go unless there's like serious ramifications.

[00:16:12]I definitely did think people just went around suing each other. I don't think that this is not fueled by the urban myths that are created on the internet.

[00:16:19]For example, there's that urban myth about the woman in America who sued McDonald's cuz her coffee was too hot, whereas if you actually go and look that up, the truth is that woman was actually really badly injured and that the coffee was way hotter than it should have been.

[00:16:32]But people like these extravagant headlines and it makes Europeans think that Americans do just go around being like, "You're sued. You're sued. You're sued." And also I thought that every American just had a lawyer on standby cuz when you see things again, people go, "Call my lawyer." Most people don't just have a lawyer to call.

[00:16:49]You generally have to research that. Let me know below in comments if you want to see the other way round version of this: Lies Americans are told about Europe.

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[00:17:07]>> Yeah, it was interesting.

[00:17:08]>> It was interesting. Again, with the lies thing, I think it's more stereotypes. A few outlandish ones out there, which obviously >> I think a few of the first ones were her opinion.

[00:17:16]>> Her opinion.

[00:17:17]>> as a as a as a whole Europeans.

[00:17:20]>> and I think you've just got to take it as someone who's lived in a box and has only watched movies.

[00:17:26]>> Yeah, and she may have been just thinking about Irish people.

[00:17:29]>> Potentially as well. I never knew why Irish breakfast was a thing though.

[00:17:32]I'm quite intrigued to see what an Irish breakfast is.

[00:17:35]I guess like Scottish has a square square sausage and stuff like that, don't they?

[00:17:38]>> Yeah, I think it's just a type of >> Type of breakfast.

[00:17:40]>> English breakfast but maybe a few different things.

[00:17:41]>> Yeah, enjoy that.

[00:17:43]>> Yeah, it's good.

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