American Reacts to 25 Ways the UK Triumphs Over the USA

As an Englishman I'm offended there's only 25 on the list. 🤣

It's always made me chuckle that Americans are so set on their (ludicrous) date format yet say 'the 4th of July'! 😂

British public toilet doors are floor length too ! We also have a lever inside that we use to lock the door which shows "engaged" on the outside. Simple !

To be honest, in the UK we use both imperial and metric measuring systems. It depends on what you are doing.

If the football World Cup was interrupted for adverts, there would be a riot 😂

Yeah France is our historic rival, but these days it’s all in humour, we tease each other like siblings. But if any country were to attack France you can be sure we’d be amongst the first to defend them. They’re our enemy, not anyone else’s.

By far as a English woman I am most proud of the NHS. Even RUSSIA!!!!!! Has free healthcare. C'mon Americans look after your people.

The USA was nearly stopped on having the soccer world cup in 1994, because they wanted to make the game have 4 breaks instead of 1, because they wanted to get more advertising revenue. True fact!

When I was in America I barely noticed the tv programmes in between the ads.

If you think not having ads in the middle of sporting events is amazing, finding out that tv channels are only allowed 12min of adds per hour is going to blow your mind.

To me living in Germany the idea of someone coming across a roundabout and having no clue what to do is just hilarious. I can‘t even picture the situation in my head. This is just mind blowing to me. In Germany roundabouts are basically everywhere and sometimes even in places where you think „Seriously? Here? Why?“ 😂

Yes, thats correct for sport broadcasts in the UK. The private company channels will fit in adverts during natural periods (e.g. half-time in a football match), but there is no break during actual play. Its infamous how when the US hosted the 1994 FIFA world cup, they wanted the game changed from two 45 min halfs to four quarter periods so that they could put more adverts in (FIFA of course told them where to go).

I don't think anyone in the world compares to David Attenborough in terms of documentaries.

For the "Why British Electric Plugs are better vs American Electric Plugs" I would highly suggest reacting to one of the numerous YouTube vids that elaborate on this in much greater detail. There are a huge variety of reasons, including the longer Earth pin, the fact that British plugs are internally fused individually, the switch on the outlet, the voltage, the safety hatches on the socket.... The one major downfall for the British plug is accidentally standing on them. Boy if you think Lego hurts....

UK (and most other countries) live sports don't have "TV timeouts". If the broadcaster wants to show ads, they have to do it while the event is running, or during "natural breaks" in the event. The sport isn't paused for the TV. Most commercial broadcasters will show live sports uninterrupted, but put more frequent commercials during the pre and poste event segments they control.

Tea: Often, it’s sort of a ceremony. It’s polite, calming, and sociable.

Sir David Attenborough (96) and still active in the field, is a British legend and national treasure. He is a relentless advocate for saving our planet, the animal kingdom, frozen planet, etc through his many stunning documentary’s. He is hands on and in the field up close and personal. Pure magic.

If you stopped an important football match in the UK for an advert there would be a riot!

The taxes thing is 100% made more complicated on purpose. Same with education, it costs so much because they don't want a smart population. Also, the bathroom door gap thing really scared me when I was in the US. Landed in DFW and the bottom of the door was at the same height as the toilet seat so I felt very exposed. Bathrooms elsewhere generally are about 7 foor tall and only have a small gap so you'd only be able to see feet. Also they generally have a little sign with the lock that says occupied/engaged or something like that.

Yes, we do save time with 220v. I was astonished how long kettles took to boil in the USA.