This reaction piece cleverly uses the World Cup as a catalyst to expose the gap between media-driven stereotypes and the visceral reality of American life. It highlights how physical environment and infrastructure shape culture far more than abstract ideology ever could.
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New Zealand Family React to World Cup fans discover they've been lied to about The USA!
Added:America is not a place. It's a feeling.
It's a feeling.
>> It's a feeling.
>> And now they're all starting to experience that feeling.
>> And and isn't that the best thing? It's like we've been doing this for three years, discovering America. The amount of conversations we have with other Kiwis, we're like, "No, really, it is.
It is amazing. It >> is that good.
>> The people are amazing. The culture is amazing.
>> The food is amazing.
>> Yeah. What's up, NZAs, and welcome back to another reaction video. Today, we have got something insane. Something that is taking over the whole world cuz it's all about the World Cup in America right now. And one of the biggest trends on the internet right now is a whole bunch of foreigners all pouring into America and discovering all of American culture for the first time. Shout out to Sports Salt Mine. This guy has created an awesome compilation. Go over to his channel. Make sure you subscribe to it.
I've put the original video in the description box. Shout out to him. Go and give him the credit he deserves.
Apparently got some crazy like reactions to watch.
>> Okay.
>> If you're a European coming in the United States for the first time for the FIFA World Cup, >> FIFA.
>> Hello.
>> It's FIFA. But hello.
>> Oh, a 1.26 kg pizza.
>> I've never seen that.
>> I don't think we've seen it. That must be a thick dough.
>> That is crazy.
>> Also, another buzzy thing is I think that pizza looked like it was made by Coca-Cola. That was weird.
>> Yeah, that was weird.
>> Oh, we got Mexico.
>> Wow.
>> A severe weather shelter area. Europeans were complaining that they're going to have water breaks. Anything for ads.
They're literally having heat strokes.
>> Oh yeah. American heat. Eh.
>> Oh yeah.
>> That is no joke.
>> But that severe weather shelter area in stadium.
>> If you're like me, you've been obsessed with watching these videos of people from all around the world discovering just the basic parts of our country. I decided to put them together. A nice little compilation for you. So enjoy.
>> Awesome shirt. By the way, 1994 throwback everywhere. There are women walking alone with fancy handbags, jewelry on, glasses on. They're not being harassed, nothing.
>> Right here, you've got a park clean and tidy. You got squirrels that haven't been eaten.
>> There's squirrel eating sex pests everywhere in your country.
>> I can refer this a thousand times.
Drink a thousand cups.
And it's free.
>> You paid for free. You beat it >> bro. Slow down.
So good.
>> Wait, why is that so funny? Are there not obese people where you live?
>> He's ground beef.
>> Oh, is that for that?
>> I mean, look at the size of it.
>> Oh, yeah. Big hands there.
>> Walmart.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Walmart. That's nuts, man.
>> There's no real bread.
>> How many ingredients?
>> Oh my god. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on you, but I think most of these things would be so illegal in Europe.
>> Yeah, same in New Zealand, too.
>> We have Trader Joe's and Whole Foods for people that don't want the >> We love Trader Joe's.
>> Just containers.
>> Just containers. What to contain stuff?
>> Yeah.
>> But what if you want >> or a medium mattress on there?
>> I'm not sure.
>> You hear it? It's the chicadas.
The chicadas when they make that noise like >> chicadas. I thought it was cicas.
>> Cicadas.
>> And it's so relaxing and so peaceful.
>> I'm going to start calling them chicadas.
>> Chicada.
>> Another beach.
>> And it's not vandalized and broken and destroyed. If there were South Africa.
Gosh. First of all, I wouldn't be able to walk through this bloom park by myself.
>> Oh, South Africa. That's what's going on in South Africa. holding a pair of glasses and a cell phone. We all know that. But then you get here.
>> Wow.
>> And you're completely safe. Completely completely safe. I mean, there's, like I said, there's women everywhere walking completely alone.
>> The US is back, man.
>> And all it took was some Europeans to come visit us and just do like stream of consciousness blogs of visiting like the South.
>> I had this as well. Yes.
>> And and it makes even people that live in America be like, "Yeah, you know what? Our country's not so bad."
Totally.
>> Last three years we've been doing that.
>> Realizing that all the propaganda was fake.
>> We're heading down to Miami. We started the day with a walk to Walmart. We literally only went in for something for breakfast and ended up spending $80 on saw this weird animal. I've got absolutely no idea what it is.
>> She's in Florida. I'm pretty sure that's a musky dog.
>> Yeah, we've got them in New Zealand.
>> Yeah.
>> And of course everywhere American.
>> I know.
>> I wish we would have the same in Switzerland.
>> Same in New Zealand.
>> Never see that in New Zealand. No, >> that's a good thing.
>> Yep, >> it is.
>> United States flags. I like this.
>> Yeah, I like this.
>> My Swiss friends, you can't have flags.
Is nationalism outlawed in Switzerland?
Maybe that's why you guys like the World Cup so much, cuz it's the one time you get to leave your country.
>> I just took a walk >> all the way down there.
>> Midnight. It's freaking midnight.
If a truck drives that slow in South Africa, they literally will break open the back and loot it. There's honestly no way that this is normal. Look at this.
>> High school football.
>> This is a high school stadium.
>> Oh man, that was so good. Check out our vlog. Look at >> the amount of sink.
>> High school football.
>> Euros. I hope you're starting to realize how good we would be at soccer if we weren't putting all our talent towards this. It would be centuries in a row.
True.
>> The US winning the World Cup.
>> True.
>> Big stage, big and GB5 35.
>> Oh, the big flags. Dallas stadium.
>> Look at it.
>> Really wish we were there.
>> Oh, man.
>> The Japanese are discovering Texas. What a beautiful clash of cultures.
>> True.
>> We went to a Rangers game.
>> Yeah.
>> The beers are huge.
>> Yeah. Oh, yeah. And the baseball bat.
>> Yeah.
I miss it.
>> Oh man, >> I've actually been learning recently how warm and welcoming people in Dallas are.
>> We're really excited to be here and explore all the places. So, if you have any good recommendations, please let me know.
>> She's just lucky Japan wasn't playing in Philly.
Oh, trying Mexican text.
>> Oh yes. Barbecue.
>> Oh man. Guys, if you haven't seen it, we have we tried cherry blacks for the first time in Texas and that video got over 2 million views. So >> really? Yeah.
>> Make sure you go and check it out cuz it was awesome.
>> We're learning Japanese today. Brisket is brisket beef rib beef onion onion.
You come to the channel, you learn something. It's not just for mindless entertainment.
>> Is that good?
>> That's good.
>> She liked it. It's almost like a toddler didn't like the food.
>> Like you being yourself, but like when you from the city, you get a whole different one.
>> Why does it look terrifying?
I don't understand him.
>> He's like, he's like, >> "Tonight I'm going to a country concert.
I'm pretty excited about it." So, I'm going to show you my fit. Let me know if I'm doing it justice.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Cowboy fit.
>> The boots.
>> You put a black t-shirt on and cowboy boots.
>> Great fit.
>> No, it's literally like exciting.
>> Getting my hair done. I'm wearing Now, now back now it's German.
>> What is going on?
>> American. Thank you.
>> She did not speak German. All she said was, "Yeah, join." Yeah. Yeah.
>> Worst traffic is here in Atlanta. Like, it is mental. It doesn't matter what time you go out here, there's always traffic. Like, would I be wrong in saying this, but >> it rivals New York? No.
>> Banana pudding in a cup.
>> A banana pudding.
>> A giant bies. And >> we've done a BE vlog. Does >> look a bit like you.
>> This is like a gas station that let the intrusive thoughts win every brand. Spicy pickled eggs.
>> What?
>> I'm genuinely overwhelmed. Do you want a sampler? That's a lot of f Jolly.
>> In the UK, McDonald's is quite high up on the totem pole of fast food chains. I came to America and I assume the same.
Turns out I think it's a little bit lower on the totem pole and the quality and taste is completely different. Like McDonald's honestly like fries taste nothing like fries bucket of fries McDonald's.
>> McDonald's you're from here. Give us the good McDonald's. I vote for any president that brings us UK McDonald's.
>> Jalapino Ranch Club.
>> These are chips. They're like >> Chick-fil-A.
>> Yeah, I remember seeing those.
>> Lots of dip going on.
>> The sauces. today.
>> So good.
>> Pour out the whole bag of sauce.
>> So good.
>> Does it live up two weeks now?
>> Oh man.
>> It's good.
>> It's really good.
>> Oh man.
>> Liquid crack.
>> Yeah.
>> Chick-fil-A good.
>> Yeah.
>> A little too good actually.
>> Looks >> Look how fresh that is. Absolutely insane. Not a burgerity. That's what we call it.
>> Oh yeah. The whole Yeah.
>> It's a sandwich.
>> Yeah.
I'm tell that chicken is delicious.
>> Now, do you see?
>> Wow, we're so fat.
>> Burger burgers. A strawberry shaped bonnet.
>> Norwegian kid.
>> Wow. And animal French fries.
>> Thank you.
>> Wow. It's so crazy having foreigners there.
>> Norwegians.
>> Yeah. Only the only the bread and meat.
Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. So, all the things on the side, please.
>> He's done well.
>> Good English.
>> No, no cheese, please.
>> And you said one regular fry and one fry.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> And then one strawberry shake.
>> Yeah. One strawberry here.
>> And we we're go here. We'll be here.
>> Well done.
How is the steak?
>> Delicious.
>> And the burger.
>> It's just got meat.
>> Yeah, >> just meat and bread.
>> And it's still good.
>> We never said it had nutritional value or anything. You can't eat that burger every day. Okay. But I'll be damned if that food is not good.
>> All right.
>> Yeah.
>> Look how big that is. That is literally my head plus more.
>> That's a burrito or something. Subway sandwich. Okay, >> YOU'RE DROPPING IT ALREADY.
>> OVERFILLED.
>> Oh wow.
>> The sloppiest sandwich you've seen in your life. Turn it upside down. Visa revoked.
>> Do not turn it upside down.
>> Korea. They were down in Guadalajara turning up with Mexico. Like I think that's really the best videos.
>> South Korea fan embraced by Mexican crowd.
>> Oh, that's so cool. That is really cool.
Oh, that's so cool.
>> America's going off at the moment.
>> Oh, man.
>> We want to be there.
>> That's cool.
>> That's cool. That's real cool.
>> Oh, that's so cool.
>> They're saying beso like kiss and he thought that they were asking for money.
We were rooting for you. The whole crowd is rooting for you.
>> The African dude has been taken in by the Mexican.
>> That's cool, man.
>> The Mexican.
>> Oh, what a party, man.
>> So cool. The vibes are on.
>> So good.
>> The Mexicans have taken me now.
>> That's so cool.
I love it.
>> Wow. That's epic.
>> Is this for real?
>> Yeah. What?
>> I know.
>> What kind of storm should I be expecting here?
>> I don't know if the army are ready for this tornado and all the rest of it.
>> He's like a sign that said, "Watch for severe weather." And there's like a picture of a tornado on it.
>> Yeah.
>> And he's like, "Is this real? Excuse me, sir. The movie Twisters wasn't fiction.
That [ __ ] was a documentary.
95% of tornadoes in the world touch down in the United States.
>> Yep.
>> If you start hearing a siren going off, just look around and see who's running where. Why is everyone have to evacuate?
>> Because we have lightning within 5 miles.
>> Really?
>> And it is a cool rule that we have to get everybody out the area as long as lightning's back.
>> Does it really get that crazy? The lightning. Wow. That's crazy. Very dangerous.
>> Wow. That's mad, isn't it? It was only sunny like 2 minutes ago.
That's how crazy it get.
>> Will you be wearing that the whole time you're here?
>> In bed, in the pool.
>> Scottish fans touching down ahead of the World Cup and wasting no time making themselves known.
>> They run out of beer.
>> That's my only complaint cuz you'll note my t-shirt.
>> Yeah.
>> So, running out of beer on the plane's not great.
>> Beer on the plane. Had to switch to wine. Almost drank all of that. The Scots respect >> dressed to the nines in traditional Scottish kilts, but we're not prepared for this heat.
>> Hey, it's great. I don't deal well in the heat.
>> Oh, bloody hell.
>> Yeah, American.
>> Oh my god.
>> Oh, sorry. Is that cuz it's too cold in here? Let me go turn off the AC and I'll just open a window for a breeze.
>> No, please just leave it on. It's too hot.
>> Really? How hot is it?
>> It's 30°. These summers are mental. Oh, so like 86 degrees F. Yeah. And it's nothing summer yet. This is >> spring patriotic than watching these European World Cup teams try to adapt.
>> Oh man.
>> Oh yeah.
>> Not just any European team. You know what the climate like is in Scotland?
>> Yeah.
>> True.
>> Yeah.
>> That's just not that's got to be hard.
See, your professional elite athletes are struggling. I'm telling you right now, >> we just live differently. We're not bragging.
>> It's just that you guys made this weird competition when you said that 80° was hot where you're from.
>> The Indian World Cup team have just arrived in America and they can't handle the heat. Neither can the fans. So, am I going to tell them this is preheat in America. This isn't even the hottest.
>> It's true. I'm outside right now. It's like 98°. I'm American. I'm used to it.
>> Remember like a month or two ago when all the Europeans were complaining that during the World Cup that they're going to have water breaks and all the Europeans were like anything but a commercial break, anything for ads.
>> What are they? They're ruining it. And what do you know? All the European teams are in the United States and they can't handle the heat. They're literally having heat strokes.
>> American people tried to warn us. They tried to say the heat is different here.
You're going to want air conditioning.
you're going to want ice in your drinks.
And what >> true ice, >> he said they were being dramatic. He said, "Why does every building need to feel like a fridge?" And now >> true.
>> European football teams, you know, our elite level athletes are having to stop training sessions in the US because it's too hot.
>> I look back at my 40.
>> But you know what else we found was that when we went over to America in the winter, >> it's also I was about to say >> freezing outside like beyond freezing.
>> So the the athletes in America are just different. They play in the extreme heat. They also play in like a blizzard.
>> Yeah. Oh, yeah.
>> Do you remember that time you and Denzy like you had two pairs of gloves on and it wasn't enough?
>> Yeah. American athletes. Yeah. Build an NFL game.
>> So, yeah. That's crazy.
>> It is crazy.
>> Yeah. And then um Yeah. And but then you go into all the stores and it's like an oven in all the stores cuz they've cranked the AC right up.
>> And then in the in the summer it's like really hot outside and then like really cold inside.
>> Yeah. It's it's mad.
>> Yeah. American people did try to tell us not in America yet for the World Cup. Let me tell you, it is absolutely >> scorching. Look at the size of this cement.
>> Oh, I remember Vegas.
>> That was different.
>> Honka truck in Edinburgh that mixes your cement >> in some states in my life, but not the United States. So, it felt like a movie.
We collected our bags and I picked up my we haggies that I sneaked on and we got to New York and the first thing I seen was this >> way the way street.
>> It smells like piss.
>> Oh, so it does.
>> Where is that?
>> New York.
>> New York City might smell like piss in some spots. You're a guest here. All right, so I expect you not to mention it.
>> I'm like, what the hell does that smell?
Mind you, I'm in Philipp then it just going on the Europeans are here. It smells of body odor in this whole entire home. It smells like [ __ ] And if y'all walking around like that, y'all really, really, really, really need to get it together.
>> I'm experiencing some culture shland.
>> Everybody knows it's happening. Every pub has their flags up. Every conversation is about football. Here in the US, it has been different. I met some people that didn't even realize that the World Cup started today and he worked with someone had no idea that the US, Mexico, and Canada were hosting the whole tournament and all the games were being played here. He was like, "What games are being played in England then?"
>> I mean, I I believe it. It is funny that we're just hosting your like best sport and we're just not even aware of it.
>> There are so many people from out of town here in Boston because of FIFA. I was on a walk and this is what I just came across.
>> Love it.
>> Scottish.
>> Yeah.
Yeah.
>> Having a good time, eh?
>> So good.
>> I love this. Energy is insane.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. So, if you could list me the ingredients, then this hagus is all yours.
>> I'm going to say, >> what is this? The worst game show ever.
>> Maybe some potato, ground turkey, probably. Maybe some beans. I don't know.
>> One absolute.
>> I don't even know what you and you're in the United States of America when you see >> one of these. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> That thing is a weapon.
>> Yeah.
>> Scarlet, you haven't gotten the Cyber Truck yet. Is it outrod in the UK?
>> Guys, do you want your photo taken?
>> You want your photo taken?
>> I'm doing photos.
>> Marco Rubio, get this guy's visa revoked. He's doing upskirts in Time Square. This is like one of those cringy influencers you see in Tokyo doing a TikTok on the subway just bothering everyone. This is like the US equivalent of that. Hearing Brits saying, "Don't worry, we'll walk to the stadium." No, you won't. No, you won't, my friend.
>> America isn't built for walking. You have to drive everywhere. It's only 3 miles down the road. I can walk. Try it.
>> God bless our troops.
>> Oh, fly over time.
>> Is this Holland?
>> That is Germany.
>> Oh, Germany.
>> Oh, look at that.
Wow.
You told me the World Cup in America.
>> What's going on?
>> Exactly.
>> Yeah, that's awesome.
>> Exactly.
>> Was that awesome?
Hope you enjoyed that. If you enjoyed yourself and want to support the channel, YouTube gave me the ability to sell stuff that I'm wearing. So, I went to Dick Sporting Goods and I bought an Adidas nice soccer kit jersey. I was going to say that's the throwback from 1994. That's just that's the first World Cup I ever watched as a kid was USA 94.
>> That is cool. Oh, he got attacked BY HIS DOG. WOW.
>> THAT GOT ME excit Okay, first of all, really excited. So much FOMO.
>> I know. So much.
>> So bad. I mean, literally, I think every day for the past 3 weeks, either one person in this family has been saying, "Man, I miss America so much."
>> We're just We just miss it so much. Like it didn't take a World Cup for us to realize, you know, we've been doing it for the last three years. But I'm just so glad now that the world is really it's they're all coming at the same time too. They are.
>> It's taking a World Cup and everybody's Oh, man. It's so cool.
>> We've talked about this before as well.
Your love of football/ soccer, you know, and the culture surrounding that. We've been to, you know, an interame in Europe. We've got that on the channel.
Go and have an explore. Yeah.
>> But seeing the two types of fans, we've always wondered how they compare with each other. the NFL fans and then now America is seeing these crazy football fans from all over the world.
>> And it's interesting to see that mashup of how do these fans compare to each other and you can see already straight off the bat Europeans are messy and passionate and drunk.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> They're in the pubs, you know, whereas you go to an NFL game and you've got like the hot dogs and they don't need the the drink to be like super passionate. They'll have beers and stuff like that, but these guys are like downing like, you know, 20 beers each.
Like >> America's going to see what running out of beer looks like.
>> Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. The Europeans are like built different when it comes to like drinking cuz it's like the pub culture there is just so high. Like they, you know, it's almost like probably three or four times a week all the like Brits and stuff go to pubs and just drink a bunch of beer.
>> It's absolutely mad.
>> Yeah, madness.
>> It's madness.
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