New Zealand Family React to Things About Homes in The USA That Puzzle Foreigners (CANNOT BE TRUE!)

I dont think this guy has ever actually been to the US. We do not have toilets completely full of water, it's more 1/3 full and we dont put fuzzy carpeting on the actual toilet seat, we do however put them on the outside of the lid for decorative purposes. As for the height, his caveman comments were actually more rude than funny. We have tall toilets in public restrooms for handicapped people but most homes have toilets slightly lower. Not as low as what the guy in the video was saying. Love your videos!

I've never seen a toilet with a full bowl of water. From what I remember as a child the water may have been up to about half of the bowl, but they've made water saving toilets that use much less water, maybe about 1/3 or even 1/4 of the bowl. I know that seat warmers are available, but I've never seen the really need for one and I don't know anyone who has one. 🙂

Hello! I am from Texas and I had to comment on the toilet seat covers! Yes, we have them and yes , I have used one .....about 30 years ago. Toilet seat covers were common back in the 1970's and maybe the 80's; however, today they are seen as unsanitary and "old". It is not easy to find one these days. You may see them in the home of the elderly but even in that age group it has become a very rare thing to see. In fact, my kids have no idea what it is and think its weird! If you google amazon fuzzy toilet seat covers you will see a variety. Speaking of toilets, our are about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way full of water, not all the way full!. Refrigerators are BIG here. My family has never been to New Zealand but we have been to Europe, and we are always amazed at how small the fridge's are there. We had six children so a big fridge was a MUST. Americans typically go to the grocery store once a week or so, especially in rural areas so we buy a LOT of food. We also like cold drinks so we will often have a couple gallons of milk, a couple quarts of different types of juice, bottles of water, soda, beer, wine, everything but the kitchen sink in there, so we need big refrigerators! AC is a MUST in Texas. Our summers are very hot and humid in East Texas many days we reach 37*C in June - August. The hottest I have seen is 48*C and it was brutal. We have central air and it is pretty much unheard of for anyone in the southern US to not have some sort of air conditioner today. One weird fact for you all.... Americans love washcloths when we bathe. When we travel to Europe I have learned to pack some washcloths because hotels never have them when we travel. Do ya'll have them there in New Zealand? If you do not, I can tell you it is a small cloth about 22cm x 22cm, give or take, and you cake the soap on it to scrub yourself when you shower or take a bath. Many people here opt for loofah's but I prefer a washcloth because you can toss them in the washing machine them after each use and reuse them. Anyway, thanks for all the videos, we love watching your family!

Everyone has already set the record straight, but I just have to weigh in on this fuzzy toilet seat issue😅 too. Nooooo, we don’t have fuzzy toilet seats, nor is the toilet chock full of water. There’s certainly enough needed to flush away the waste, thank you very much. We are a funny country, but much of what was said in the video displayed is “off” . LOVE your family videos, keep up the wonderful work! Thank you 😊

As an American, I would never think or state that single-story houses are "the norm." Single-story houses (often the "ranch style") are common, but not the default/normal.

I am 68 years old and I have never in my life seen a toilet bowl in America filled to ithe top as pictured, they are usually about 35% full. And the toilet seat covers are very rare novelties although I have only lived in Florida and California so maybe they are more popular in the very cold parts of the country. I really enjoy your videos especially Atlanta's cooking ones.

Im used to the heat growing up in CA where it was a fairly dry heat, but when I was stationed in FL, the humidity was insane. You could be perfectly dry then walk outside and suddenly drenched in the matter of 5-10 minutes, not only from sweat but from the condensation in the air.

A note on why the US refrigerates it's eggs.. "In the United States, after the eggs are laid by the chickens, they go through a cleaning process. The eggs are washed in warm water and a detergent. After washing, they are rinsed and cleaned with a sanitizer to remove any remaining bacteria. The eggs are then dried to remove moisture from the surface. The result are eggs that are clean on the outside, and look spotless. However, washing and sanitizing the outside of the egg removes the egg’s cuticle. The cuticle is a natural layer that protects the egg from harmful bacteria getting inside. If the egg had been fertilized, this is how the egg naturally protects the embryo while it is developing. Cleaning the eggs removes the cuticle, so the eggs must be kept at refrigeration temperature. Otherwise, the bacteria could easily enter the egg and multiply to dangerous levels. By keeping it out of the danger zone, salmonella can’t multiply rapidly."

Most of this stuff was wrong, or, at best, used outliers as the norm. I’ve never seen a toilet full to the brim unless it was clogged. Our toilets are generally a quarter to a third full, and there is rarely any splashing. Most toilets are at a comfortable height, and fuzzy covers are not common. They were sort of a fad years ago, mostly for older people. It’s been years since I’ve seen one. At least half the houses are more than one story. AC is necessary as temperatures tend to be very high in summer. Most houses don’t use window units, but have central heat and air.

In the desert we have "evaporative coolers" AKA swamp coolers. They are more efficient than A/C when the humidity is so low. Some also have A/C for when the humidity does get up.

I remember early in the 1970's my aunt had a carpeted toilet seat cover, toilet tank cover, and a matching rug on the floor! She was just as proud as she could be of her toilet ensemble. By the way, it was avocado green! 😂

In a large part of the U.S.A., you can't open a window without a wire mesh screen in place to keep bees, wasps, hornets, mosquitoes etc., out of the house. It isn't just the heat that is a problem in the summer, it's the humidity!!! The air conditioning takes a lot of the humidity out of the air, to make it more comfortable. As for the toilet seat covers, that is more a thing of the past. People realized how unhygienic they really are.

There were a lot of things that were not accurate. You can buy toilets in different heights depending on your need. Toilets are not any where near being filled. Fuzzy seat….just nasty! We have houses in all sizes. Tiny homes are becoming a big thing here. We can have temps in the 100s here with humidity that AC is a must. I enjoy you all!

I think the big frig thing is because of the suburbs. Most households here don't have stores within walking distance, so you usually go shopping 1 time a week for everything. I lived overseas in a city, and there were little stores everywhere, so it was easy to just go buy stuff everyday.

The fuzzy toilet seat thing was back in the 60's. :) And the toilet bowl is about 1/3 full of water. Our home is so long that even though we live on an acre of land, our house only has about 10 feet on each side between us and the fence! :)

As an American, I've never seen a fuzzy toilet seat warmer. Also, the toilet bowl only is filled about 1/4 full of water. This serves a practical function. This water acts as a plug (or water trap) to stop sewer gases from entering the bathroom through the toilet bowl. This is the same with practically all sinks with running water. Below the sink drain the piping has a U-shape which continuously traps some water so that gases cannot come up through the sink drain and into the room. Also, there are plenty of homes in the US with more than one floor. This partly depends on where one lives in the US. In some areas, basements are also common. I grew in a house on a farm in rural Washington state. With Mom and Dad and seven kids, we had a basement and two floors above ground.

Been around since the 60's. Toilet seat covers used to be all the rage back in the 70's and early 80's, but they covered the toilet lid, not the seats, it was more a decorative thing than any kind of functional item to be used in the process of relieving yourself. I never saw any kind of cover for the seat itself, though I have seen quiet a few cushioned seats, but those too went out of fashion in the late 80's early 90's.

Y'all popped up in my feed for the first time this morning . Hello from Fort Smith, Arkansas USA !!! Just wanted to ❤show love. Your family is beautiful and your reactions are priceless. Thank you for sharing

In-sink-erator is a brand name that disappeared shortly after 2000, it was a corporate consolidation thing. I grew up in what was a tiny house, that had a 3 room addition. My/our first home was around 900sf, 3bd 1bath, LR, kit, full basement, which I finished;). Our/my second house was a story and 1/2, two bedrooms upstairs. 6rms, kit/breakfast rm on the main floor. Total 2700sf Full basement, which of course I finished;) combined it was 5000sf of living space, kinda. Basement had about 600sf of junk room space in three rooms. There were a total of 4 bathrooms. Now I alone am in 1406sf, 3bd, LR/Dr kit, laundry rm. I have decided the two biggest wastes of income is cars less than 10yrs old, and square foot of living space.

The whole bit about the A/C was really stupid to be honest. Yeah, because it helps so much to open a window when it's 105F (40.5C) outside 🙄Opening the windows in that heat turns your house into a freaking oven. It's a good way to get heat stroke. Hundreds of people in the US DIE every summer from heat stroke, and the elderly are at particular risk. It's not about luxury or whatever dumb thing he said, it's about not literally cooking to death during the blasting heat of summer. Sheesh.