10 Reverse Culture Shocks Europeans Faced After Leaving America

[00:00:00]And so the rumors are true. Europeans only hate America because they >> things for me to get used to when I moved to France from the US. Wasn't the lack of space >> Not sure if other Americans have experienced this or if this is the hard way I find out.

[00:00:13]>> I go back to work in America after working in the UK? There's no >> I know I'm going to regret making this video. Um these are things I didn't learn from a standard American education until >> You guys have air conditioning everywhere.

[00:00:26]>> Yep, this is America.

[00:00:27]>> I love it.

[00:00:29]>> Three things that will shock Americans about Europe. Stick around for the last one.

[00:00:33]>> This is one of the biggest culture shocks that I had when moving from the US to Austria. So, in the US everything is very competitive.

[00:00:38]>> You just watched the first reaction, but what happened next shocked even the travelers themselves. Europe prepared them for history, beauty, and tradition.

[00:00:47]America hit them with something completely different. By the end of this video, you'll understand why some Europeans returned home feeling strangely dissatisfied with things they once considered normal.

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[00:01:24]>> There is things for me to get used to when I moved to France from the US.

[00:01:27]Wasn't the lack of space here or the lack of comfort, but rather this shared mentality that's pretty common among French people that there's only one right way to do things. And this mindset applies to a lot of aspects of their life. It applies to their style, how they dress, it applies to lifestyle, it applies to education. And a really prime example of this that I experienced is that one time I went to a boulangerie and they had a whole shelf of sandwiches, paninis, baguettes. The lady behind the counter had a toaster oven behind her. And so I ordered a ham and cheese baguette, and I asked her if she would mind toasting it for me. And she said no without any explanation. And I said, "Oh, so the paninis, where how do you cook them?" She said, "I toast them in the toaster oven." And I said, "Oh, well then, do you mind just toasting my ham and cheese baguette cuz I prefer it toasted?" And she said, "No, this is meant to be eaten cold."

[00:02:21]And I said, "Okay, well, I understand that, but do you mind because I have a preference for it hot?" And she said, "No, that's just not how you do it." Her refusing to toast my ham and cheese sandwich on the principle alone that it's not a sandwich that's intended to be eaten hot perfectly captures what is so distinct about French mentality versus American.

[00:02:43]There's a correct way to do things.

[00:02:45]Everything has to conform to that way.

[00:02:46]And that very rigid mentality has to be the hardest thing to have adjusted to as an American moving here. Not sure if other Americans have experienced this or if this is the hard way I find out I was raised like a feral rat. But apparently we eat like barnyard animals. Just to give you context, this is how I eat normally. Notice we only use the utensils when they're actually needed.

[00:03:07]If not, we put them down. I am right-handed, so the fork goes in the right hand, but I'm also right-handed, so I cut with my right hand. You put the knife down. That's why you have the napkin. But apparently this is the wrong way. I've been raised my entire life eating this way. Everyone that I've ever known has eaten this way. I learned eating this way from my mother. Come out to Spain and you realize they become ambidextrous for a meal. They don't put down the knife. Love you, Mom, but you didn't prep me for this. And at first I just thought this is my Spanish friend being quirky. No, no, no. My Russian boyfriend, a Lithuanian friend, a German and Dutch friends, they do it, too. Took my friend 3 years to say, "Danny, I'm going to teach you how to eat because apparently no one did."

[00:03:43]23 years old, you learn something new every day.

[00:03:46]I'm not sure if other Americans have experienced this or if this is the hard way I find out I was raised like a feral I know I'm going to regret making this video. These are things I didn't learn from a standard American education until I moved to Europe. France specifically because I already know you guys are going to be in the comments being like Europe isn't a country. Croatia and Serbia and the whole Balkan region used to be a country called Yugoslavia until like really recently. This one is so embarrassing. I didn't know what D-Day was. I'm being for real with you.

[00:04:17]I didn't know about D-Day and the beaches of Normandy until I actually went to Normandy where which is where my fiance is from.

[00:04:26]I didn't even know that France was occupied by the Nazis until I lived here. Strawberries are not grown year-round and frankly a lot of vegetables and fruits are not grown year.

[00:04:38]>> [laughter] >> Did you know that Luxembourg is a country and not just a garden in Paris?

[00:04:43]Basically all of the royal families in Europe are like related to each other and they all came from this one guy Charlemagne.

[00:04:50]And I think he just like gifted the countries to his grandsons and that's how we got European countries. The months of the year come from the Romans.

[00:04:58]There used to only be 10 months so that's why the end of the the last four months are like September so seven, October eight, November nine, and December 10. 10 months.

[00:05:11]And then randomly they threw in July and August for Julius Caesar and Augustus. Americans are smart I swear. I can place France on a map at least. And despite all of this I freaking loved my public education.

[00:05:27]I know >> So like I cannot go back to work in America after working in the UK. There's no way. I don't care how much you would pay me. The work culture here is just totally different and I love it. And I love it. The very first reason, my first boss here, he said there's always time for a cuppa, there's always time for a cuppa. Back in America, when we had coffee or something, it was straight you got coffee and then you straight to work. There was no banter, there was there's nothing. I was bored. I And here in England it's magnificent. I mean, if you were to tell 5-year-old me back in America that we would be having adult tea parties when we are older, I'd be like, "Hell no." But, it's happening. That's what I love about working here. There's always a bit of banter in the mornings, a little bit of chitchat. Uh it's not always straight to work. We got to have the banter, we got to have a little laugh just to get started, else it's just the day just drags. And there's always time for a cuppa has been my motto ever since. Do you guys think there's such thing as too many tea breaks during the work day? What time is it? Oh, I don't think there is.

[00:06:18]>> Now, the biggest reverse culture shock that I experienced after coming back to Germany from Texas is that I realized how rude Germans are. Let me explain.

[00:06:30]In 2021, I spent 5 months in Texas because I did my exchange semester there, and I was truly shocked by how friendly and polite Texans are.

[00:06:44]I heard about Southern hospitality before, but I did not know the extent of it or what it really meant. Because before I went to Texas, I went on holiday in the United States for a couple weeks, and I spent some time on the East Coast. And while I realized that Americans are friendlier than Germans, it was not that much of a contrast. It was not that extreme. Like, the difference was not as extreme.

[00:07:13]It got to the point where it bothered me in Germany, which is weird because I am German. I've been living here for 25 years almost. I'm used to it. But, coming back from Texas was rough. Let me explain what I mean by Germans are not friendly. For example, in Texas, they hold the door for you.

[00:07:32]It doesn't matter if I'm two steps away from them or if I'm 10 steps away, as soon as they realized I want to walk through the same door that they're about to open, they hold it open for me.

[00:07:43]That is not a given in Germany.

[00:07:45]Um sometimes people even slam the door in your face when you're directly behind them. And I'm not over exaggerating here.

[00:07:52]Um grocery store experience. Um for example, I'm in a grocery store aisle and somebody is walking past me or reaching for something, instead of saying excuse me because I'm kind of in the way, they're just reaching for it. They're just brushing past me. In Texas I realized people are even saying excuse me when they're not even touching me.

[00:08:15]They're saying it because they're kind of close to me and that's crazy to me or that was crazy to me when I first went over there. But also checking out at the store, the store employees ask you how your day is going, they're asking if you found everything okay, they're asking if they can help you with something, they're saying hi and bye. That's not even hi or bye is a given um in Germany.

[00:08:42]Which is kind of crazy thinking about it. But you're just so used to it. When people bump into you on the street in Germany, a lot of them don't say I'm sorry or anything. They're just they just keep walking.

[00:08:52]And in Texas, everybody apologizes of course because that's the normal thing to do if you accidentally bump into someone. In Germany, not everybody just keeps on walking.

[00:09:03]But some people do.

[00:09:05]Most people do I would say.

[00:09:07]And I keep going back to Texas. I keep visiting because my now fiance lives over there that I met during my exchange semester and and we're currently also in the immigration process of me moving over there, but that's a different story. However, me and my future sister-in-law were strolling downtown in in a medium-sized city in Texas and we're just walking into a store downtown and it was incredibly hot that day and we walked into the store and as soon as we walked in, the employees offered us some water because it because it was really hot outside like bottled water. And I was too stunned to speak because I was like that is crazy. That would never happen in Germany. And they did not even know what our intentions were of walking into the store. Like they did not know for sure that we're going to buy something. They did not know if we were just there to look. They immediately offered us some water.

[00:10:03]And yes, of course they would like us to buy something, but they didn't know that we were going to do that for sure and I don't think they did it to make us purchase something there. They were genuinely just being nice.

[00:10:17]Like extremely friendly. And my future sister-in-law was not even too surprised about it and I was like too stunned to speak. I was blown away by the friendliness and Germans >> [sighs] >> they're just not that friendly. And Germans in the comments are probably going to say that that's fake friendliness, that they just want something in return. No, strangers on the street complimenting me or holding the door for me or saying excuse me in the store when I'm in their way before they reach for something or something like that. They are not expecting anything in return.

[00:10:54]And yeah.

[00:10:57]It's just crazy.

[00:10:59]>> Three things that will shock Americans about Europe. Stick around for the last one cuz it's an unexpectedly scary situation you might find yourself in.

[00:11:06]First up, the toilets. Let me introduce you to what I like to call the poop shelf where you can observe things.

[00:11:13]Like this duck. And let's just say things smell a lot better when they land in water. And they don't land in water [music] in this toilet. Everything is closed on Sundays.

[00:11:24]You're hungry on a Sunday? Need to get some groceries?

[00:11:27]Think again. You got to prepare for that. You need some meds from the pharmacy? You're going to have [music] to track down the one pharmacy that is open. And last, scariest of all, but first comment if you want a part two cuz I've got plenty of this, is checking out at the grocery store or the ultimate race. There is no messing around. There is no dilly-dallying. You are getting [music] your stuff in the cart immediately when it is scanned. You do not bag it when you are checking out.

[00:11:54]You take it elsewhere and you get out of [music] the way.

[00:11:58]>> You guys have air conditioning everywhere.

[00:12:00]>> Yep, this is America.

[00:12:02]>> I love it.

[00:12:05]This is normal here.

[00:12:07]>> That's completely normal, man.

[00:12:09]>> Okay, [music] now with brunch.

[00:12:11]Mhm?

[00:12:13]Oh.

[00:12:14]>> I told you.

[00:12:16]>> Bro, you sold that in the UK, [music] you'd become a millionaire overnight.

[00:12:19]>> Then why don't you do it?

[00:12:21]>> Too much work. You have to build a website, everything like that. Just use Emerging.

[00:12:24]>> You give it a prompt and it creates a fully functioning [music] website or app within minutes.

[00:12:28]>> Seriously?

[00:12:29]>> Yeah, hit it.

[00:12:30]>> Bro, look.

[00:12:32]We're officially selling brunch in the UK.

[00:12:34]>> No way.

[00:12:35]>> Six different flavors.

[00:12:37]It's my store and I just created it in less than 10 minutes.

[00:12:40]>> What?

[00:12:42]You guys have public restrooms here?

[00:12:43]>> Yeah, you don't?

[00:12:45]>> No. And they're free?

[00:12:46]>> Yeah, that's the bare minimum.

[00:12:48]>> Incredible. I know it's the third time, but can I get another?

[00:12:51]>> Of course.

[00:12:52]>> Yes.

[00:12:53]How many refills do I get?

[00:12:54]>> It's unlimited.

[00:12:56]>> I love this place.

[00:12:57]>> Okay, so I'm in America, yeah?

[00:13:01]>> [music] >> Guys, the yellow school buses are real.

[00:13:05]Me all life, I thought it was just cartoons or the telly that would show these yellow school buses and I was like, [music] "It's not real. It's just It's just for the telly."

[00:13:20]Blimey, it's real. [music] My family don't believe me. I'm going to catch me a picture tomorrow so I can show them.

[00:13:26]>> I'm sorry, I have to say it, but living in America is such an empty experience.

[00:13:31]I am in Croatia right now, and I've been to Europe several times, and every time I come to Europe, I am reminded how empty America is. The way people conduct themselves in Europe, rather than the way it is in America, is night and day, okay? The way women dress here is more modest. The way men are here is more modest in some ways. The lifestyle is more calmer. Things are not as expensive. Things are healthier. The food is healthy. The water is better.

[00:13:57]The air is better. It smells better.

[00:13:59]Everything about this place is just so beautiful, and the as I'm getting older, I'm realizing in America, all you do is work like a dog. You work from 9:00 to 5:00. You don't even have enough time to spend your money because you're paying it on bills.

[00:14:10]The food on the shelves are just literally killing everybody. Why do you think everybody in America has autoimmune diseases, and that doesn't take place in any other country? It's insane. So, the more time I'm spending outside of America, the more I'm realizing just how empty it is. America to me is a pretty thing, but when you explore it further, it's just [ __ ] empty on the inside. And tell me I'm wrong.

[00:14:30]>> This is one of the biggest culture shocks that I had when moving from the US to Austria. So, in the US, everything is very competitive, whether it's sports, music, school, work, like everything is done so that you can be better than other people, and then get to the next stage. For example, I danced when I was younger, and as a dancer, my goal was to one, be better than my friends, two, to become a professional dancer, and three, in order to like be on dance team in university and in high school. And that competitiveness is like really, really, really, really ingrained in Americans. And even at work, for example, you try to be better than your co-workers in order to get the promotion, in order to get the bonuses, in order to become like team member of the month, etc. But in Austria, this competitiveness, not that it doesn't exist, but it's just not at that extreme level where it's like everywhere, and you can actually do things for fun. Like you can dance for for You can play football for fun. Like you can learn piano for fun. It doesn't And you can be mediocre at these things and it's okay and like, you know, like the whole Dance Moms thing doesn't ex- >> I'm convinced Europeans experience distance differently than Americans because I'm in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend right now. Every time I bring it up to someone who lives in Europe, they're like, "Oh, like I did long distance before. Like I only saw my boyfriend every like 3 months. It was so hard." I was like, "Oh my god, 3 months? Like how far do you guys live from each other?" Thinking it was at least like a continent away. And they're they're always like, "Oh, like it was a 3-hour drive. Like I just couldn't couldn't justify making that every month." And I was like, my boyfriend and I lived an 8-hour drive and we still saw each other like once a month when I was in college in the States. And these people are like fiancés or like married. You only live 3 hours away from your significant other and you're not willing to make that drive. But I also guess that makes sense cuz you can drive 3 hours and be like in a completely different country here, but if you drive 3 hours from San Diego or OC, you're still like in Southern California.

[00:16:11]>> Why do Europeans love Walmart so much?

[00:16:14]I'll tell you. As a European, you have heard about this place your whole life.

[00:16:18]It's one of those places that you know it's real, but it feels like mythical.

[00:16:22]It's like Route 66 or Times Square or even like a yellow school bus. You know they exist, but they're only part of a version of the US that you've seen on TV and grown up with. And then one day, you walk through the doors to Walmart and that's how you know you're in the US.

[00:16:40]And it Yeah, it makes you feel like weirdly emotional in this oddly familiar environment you've somehow never been.

[00:16:46]And I remember thinking, this is what American people must feel when they see the Colosseum. Not because Walmart is ancient or beautiful or historically significant, but because it's something you've seen and heard about your whole life and now it's real. And for a moment, you stop being a tourist and step into a culture that you've only ever observed from the outside. I just wish the Colosseum did coconut Dr. Pepper.

[00:17:07]>> I'm an American who moved to Belgium and the doors here are not only dangerous, but they also make zero sense. I'm going to show you. So, this is the door closing, okay? Into the apartment.

[00:17:18]There's no twist lock. So, every time you have to come and put the key, twist, twist to lock, right? Okay. In the US, normally you just have a double bolt, so you don't need your key at all, and you just twist. Okay, here's why it's dangerous. Let's say that I leave, okay?

[00:17:38]I leave and go to work, bye, okay? I shut the door and I lock it.

[00:17:43]And my girlfriend or someone else is still in the apartment. They are now locked in.

[00:17:49]>> [laughter] >> They're locked in. Because if it's locked on this side, if it's locked on the outside, then they're literally stuck. If there's a fire, if there's an emergency, if you don't have a key, then you're [ __ ] It just doesn't make any sense to me.

[00:18:03]There's no logic, and I don't know how that's not like a safety hazard. Because us, when you leave for the day, let's say I go to lock the door from the outside, I can always just unlock it from the inside and get out.

[00:18:16]But here, if you live with more than one person, everyone needs to have their keys on them pretty much at all times in case anything goes awry.

[00:18:25]Um So, that's my beef with uh Belgian doors. So, hope you guys enjoyed, and uh bye.

[00:18:33]>> My fellow American, what has been the biggest culture shock leaving the US and kind of exploring the world?

[00:18:37]>> to Japan recently. It challenged the way that I see how things should be. And I'm from Philly, so I take the subway. I never really questioned it. I was just like, okay, subways are just bad. But when I went to Japan, it was like, okay, yeah, this is cleaner, but no. You could go anywhere you wanted. It was cheap as hell. Didn't have to worry about, am I going to be able to get here? Am I going to have to walk? Am I going to take a bus? No, you're just going to get there.

[00:18:56]>> It's very meticulous in a lot of cities, and I feel like a lot of cities outside the US walkable and have great public transport, which a lot of America lacks.

[00:19:02]>> I don't think that European people are more healthy because they eat better and the food is better. It is that, but they also have junk food. They also have sugar. They also have all these things.

[00:19:14]>> a >> They're also smoking cigarettes and drinking wine.

[00:19:16]>> Exactly. I think it's because they walk.

[00:19:19]>> Yeah, they walk everywhere and they're less stressed, straight up.

[00:19:22]>> Yes, like I think it genuinely is the walking, the stress, and the community.

[00:19:26]>> Yeah.

[00:19:26]>> Am I the only European that's like shocked by how much Americans give their kids for Christmas?

[00:19:34]I get one gift.

[00:19:37]And I'm I love my one gift. It's Actually, this year I got >> They have the craziest thing here in America. So, it's blazing hot outside, but look at this. I'm going to step into this establishment and it's chilly.

[00:19:53]It's hot outside, and but when you step in, it's like a winter's day.

[00:19:58]>> I never want to hear another European complain about American tourists ever. And I say this as somebody who was born and raised in New York City because y'all love to treat New York City like your [ __ ] zoo, and it's exhausting.

[00:20:09]European tourists in New York City are ditzy, slow, loud.

[00:20:16]They act like toddlers. And when I went to Paris, I was, you know, I don't speak any French. I wasn't even trying to speak any French. And France is a kind of country where even if you speak French or not, they're still going to judge you. And I think it's time for New Yorkers to start picking up something from our French comrades and start judging the [ __ ] out of these European tourists. I just shoved past so many of y'all in the Met today like like there was no tomorrow because Why are you literally standing in a designated motion pedestrian area? Are you dumb?

[00:20:45]And all of you dress the same, too. Like I can immediately tell when a European is European. You guys act like you've never seen a public transportation system ever before, but y'all love to clown on how dirty the New York City subway You don't know how to act.

[00:20:59]Get your act together.

[00:21:01]>> You know what I realized about being an American who moved to Europe, part two.

[00:21:04]So, why does the rest of the world use a 24-hour clock, but America uses the 12-hour clock? And then on top of that, they want to call the normal 24-hour clock which everyone else uses military time. The way that they tell time out here should be the only way that anyone does it. We shouldn't call it a different name.

[00:21:22]They're not the weird ones here, bro.

[00:21:23]We're the weird ones calling it military time and makes no sense. And military time or the 24-hour clock makes so much more sense than the way we do it back there in America. Like you got to think about AM and PM and all that kind of stuff. Out here, when a new day starts, it's zero. And then one, two, three, four, and so on. America's always trying to be so different. Like it it really makes no sense.

[00:21:41]>> Where you from?

[00:21:42]>> I'm from Houston, Texas.

[00:21:43]>> How long you been in the UK for?

[00:21:45]>> 3 weeks.

[00:21:46]>> And what's been the biggest culture shock so far?

[00:21:47]>> People don't have a side that they walk on here. In America, obviously we drive on the right-hand side, so you walk on the right-hand side. You would think here you would walk on the left. No, everybody chooses chaos. Honestly, people walk down the middle.

[00:21:58]>> Yeah, literally.

[00:21:59]>> don't move out of the way. They choose which is most inconvenient.

[00:22:02]>> about personal space though?

[00:22:03]>> Not a thing.

[00:22:04]>> We're waiting in line and I'll feel someone's breath on my neck. And they're like this. And I'm literally like, bro, can you make a tiny bit of space?

[00:22:11]>> My husband and I finally made the difficult decision to leave the United States.

[00:22:15]It was not an easy decision, and it came from a lot, lot, lot of conversations.

[00:22:20]But we finally realized we're fighting to stay somewhere that not only is he unwanted, but we're fighting to stay at a place that's just falling apart more and more each day and becoming an unrecognizable place. My husband came here to study English and to be part of, you [clears throat] know, everything the United States had to offer, which was a better life. The irony. Let me tell you a few things that I'm also forfeiting as a US citizen that our country fights so hard to protect their interest.

[00:22:49]I am now forced to go live in another country just to preserve my marriage.

[00:22:54]This comes with leaving my family behind, leaving my law license behind that took me years and years to get. I'm not licensed, obviously, in another country, so I have to find an entirely new profession and start over entirely.

[00:23:11]Being a disabled veteran, someone who broke their back and both of their hips in the military, I am now forced to forfeit my personalized care plan that I have worked the last decade to develop with my physicians.

[00:23:24]I have medications that I take on a daily basis, and the VA does not ship them out of the country. This also just means that our kids will not really have a relationship with my family. How did we get to a place where like the destruction, the waterfall of destruction, is just so normalized? I can't stress enough how much I'm not trying to make this about me as much as I'm trying to shed light for those who truly don't get it yet. Who should care that your fellow citizens are now being forced to leave the country to stay married?

[00:23:56]That's where we've gotten, and if that's okay with you, what the hell? To stand 10 toes down behind this administration and to support them at the expense of your fellow citizens should cause alarm bells. You should not be able to rationalize that. This is not as simple as some people are making it out to be.

[00:24:14]You know, this will easily become a channel of watching us start over from scratch. I've got a find a new job in a country where I need to learn how to speak the fluent language and uproot everything I know um just because I fell in love with an immigrant.

[00:24:35]Stay tuned for our journey and watch me pack up my entire house alone because I'm also robbed of any help in this process because my husband will be in ICE detention until the time that they drive him from the facility to the airport.

[00:24:52]Is America great?

[00:24:55]I have yet to see it.

[00:24:56]If you are an American visiting London, specifically from Boston, just know the word that you use to call a liquor store is not an accepted word here. Like it is a very bad word and you will be canceled if you say it. Just a warning. Don't say that word here. There's absolutely no tie to what they associate the word with here versus what it's used as in Boston. No ties.

[00:25:18]It's just a horrible coincidence.

[00:25:20]If you >> I have an American friend and bro turned 21 and he had his first [music] drink ever last week. And he was like, "Oh my god, how could you do this? Oh my god, I'm so glad I did this at 21. This is so dangerous." Um people in Europe drink at the age of 13. [music] You can go around in Europe and ask when they had their first hangover. Nobody's going to tell you 21. [music] The average answer is going to be like 15. And it's just so dumb. I mean, is it good and healthy? No, of course not. But imagine you had your first drink at 21.

[00:25:53][music] Bro, come on. I'm I'm 23. That means I had my first drink, first sip of alcohol 2 years ago. Wrap it up, okay? I love European culture, man.

[00:26:01]>> You know you're not in the US anymore.

[00:26:03]I'm back in Canada.

[00:26:05]This is a large wing.

[00:26:07]>> This is the ice cream.

[00:26:08]>> [laughter] >> This is the ice cream here, bro.

[00:26:12]>> I ordered sliders. Like what is this little one-bite face-ass slider? And look at the wings. Look how tiny. Here's the palm of my hand.

[00:26:20]What is this?

[00:26:21]>> [laughter] >> Who is this supposed to feed?

[00:26:25]>> I always lose weight when I come back home from Europe.

[00:26:34]>> And the dog is like a that's a baby's burger.

[00:26:37]>> And this is the flavors?

[00:26:39]Salt, pepper, and onion powder. I'm not going to eat it. There's no flavor in this house.

[00:26:45]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I moved to Australia about a year and a half ago and I've just been back in the States visiting for about a month now and these are some of the things that I didn't realize about the States until coming back. First of all, every single person I mean yes, every single person drives on their phone here. In Australia, people do not go on their phone and drive. I guess I think it's the the laws over there are a lot more strict but like at it is so common to see people on their phone when they're driving. You can get in an Uber and go the entire way without buckling. In Australia, every single Uber will not start driving until everybody in the car is buckled. Before I left the United States, I wasn't really afraid of guns that much but um after coming back, yeah, I am now. I remember my parents growing up would always say like don't get into road rage because you never know like they could literally pull a gun on you and like I catch myself like being afraid of that now here. When you order a glass of wine in the United States, it's one size fits all like you can't you don't get small or large. Like that was one of my favorite things about Australia is like they'd be like what size glass you large obviously. When I first landed in the US, I walked out of the terminal, everybody is on their computers like I'm like God, settle down. Settle down.

[00:28:25]In Australia, I was like wait, yes, this is how we Americans are. It's just like always go go go go go. When I go to the store and buy something now, I forget that it's like going to be like a dollar or two dollars more [clears throat] expensive cuz tax isn't included on the shelf price. I feel so bloated, my skin's breaking out more than ever. Something I do love though is that I'm not constantly checking for spiders. Anytime I I down in Australia, I'd like lift up stuff be just make sure here I'm like I catch myself doing that and I'm like, wait, I don't need to worry about that.

[00:28:51]I could make like a thousand bajillion of these, so comment if you want more.

[00:28:54]>> And so the rumors are true. Europeans only hate America because they've never actually been there. For years you couldn't scroll through social media without seeing a European telling you how bad America is. The food is trash, the people are fake, the culture is shallow, no health care, no vacation days. And honestly, I used to just let that slide. And as a European myself, I was in their shoes. And let me tell you the World Cup comes in the US and all of a sudden millions of Europeans who've been talking down on this country their entire lives show up. And you know what happens? Well, they lost their minds, but in a good way. The stadiums, the energy, the fans, the food, the hospitality of Americans. Video after video of Europeans saying, I had no idea it was like this. Americans are actually so nice.

[00:29:50]Uh and they're saying that they've been in the wrong place all their lives. Mhm, funny. And again, I'm not saying America's perfect, it's not, but the World Cup just proved something really simple. You cannot have a strong opinion about a place you've never been to.

[00:30:06]Leave your hometown, explore because I genuinely think the World Cup taught us all something. The only way to find out how good something actually is is to go experience it yourself. And for a lot of Europeans, America just changed their entire world view in 90 minutes. So, Europeans, tell me I'm wrong.