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  • - Hi, we're Joel and Lia.

  • - And today's video is things Americans do

  • that drive Brits crazy.

  • Dee da dee da dee dee da

  • - Okay so this video is based on true stories,

  • our own experiences,

  • and also from an article that we found on the insider.com.

  • So we're just gonna just discuss, go through it,

  • add our own two cents.

  • Is that what-- (laughing)

  • what is that?

  • - Two cents. Three cents. - Add our three cents.

  • - Two cents. - Add our two cents.

  • - Two cents.

  • - So we're really smart.

  • So there you go. (clapping)

  • - Yeah, well done. - Well done us.

  • - Also, I don't know why we say cents in the U.K.,

  • 'cause obviously we have pence.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Not cents.

  • - Add your two pence.

  • - Add your two, oh, maybe we do say that.

  • - Do we say that?

  • - I don't know.

  • - Add your two pence.

  • No, no one says-- - Two pence.

  • - Two pence.

  • (laughing)

  • Add your two pence.

  • - No.

  • Anyway. - No one has ever said that.

  • Anyway. Should we just get straight on with it.

  • - Let's just jump straight in.

  • So the first one that drives Brits crazy is that,

  • apparently Americans tend to buy drinks

  • when you're with a group of friends,

  • you buy drinks one by one instead of buying in rounds.

  • Which, I didn't really know that they did this.

  • - Yeah, so, according to Insider, it's not unusual for

  • American to just go to a bar and buy their own drink.

  • Whereas, if we were in a group of four

  • say-- - Yeah.

  • - Or even just us two-- - Yeah.

  • - It would be you'd get the first round of drinks

  • for both of us, and then I'd get the next round,

  • and so on, and the same with a big group.

  • Like, it could be even up to groups of like

  • nine or 10 where someone's getting the round

  • and then the next person's getting the

  • whole round of drinks, it's like.

  • - And it's costing them

  • so much money. - So much money.

  • - But the rule is that every who's in on that gets a round.

  • So if there's 10 people,

  • there's gonna be 10 rounds of drinks.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And, and so you know that you're gonna end up

  • getting your money back in a way.

  • - In a way. - In the form of a drink.

  • - Yeah.

  • If not more.

  • No, the same.

  • - The same.

  • - Yeah.

  • - I'm like, I'm like, how can you win?

  • How can you win?

  • - Maths.

  • (laughing)

  • - Um, I think that there's pros and cons to both.

  • Because sometimes I wish that we could do it

  • the American way.

  • - Yeah, oh me too.

  • - Where you just buy your own drink

  • and it's not expected of you to get the round.

  • - Oh definitely.

  • I do that all the time anyway.

  • Like, if I'm like, oh, I'm not being involved.

  • - You're not part of it.

  • - Because I don't want six rounds of drinks.

  • I just want

  • one drink. - One drink.

  • Yeah, exactly.

  • Or, I want a diet Coke--

  • - That's quite American of you.

  • - Which is cheaper than a pint of beer.

  • So then I'm like, well I'm not gonna pay for everyone's

  • round of beer when my diet Coke is like a lot cheaper.

  • - Yeah, I know, that's the thing, like, to,

  • but in the U.K., like, to get out of the round,

  • you have to literally be that one person who's like,

  • I'm not doing rounds.

  • And then everyone's like.

  • So for British people, like, someone scooting off

  • and like buying their own drink is considered like rude,

  • and that you're stingy, and like, you know, a bit cheap.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Um, so.

  • That's what is so annoying.

  • - I know.

  • - How we kind of wish that we were the other way.

  • - I know.

  • I think we're more American in that sense--

  • - Yeah.

  • - It wouldn't drive us crazy.

  • But it tends to drive Brits crazy apparently.

  • - Yeah.

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  • - Okay, the next one is to do with the royal family.

  • So, it's anyone who like criticizes the royal family.

  • It can just be a little touchy subject I think.

  • - Yeah.

  • - It varies, doesn't it?

  • 'Cause we're like British and we really really

  • love the royal family.

  • Then you've got British people that are a bit like,

  • meh, not bothered.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And then you've got people that

  • don't like the royal family.

  • - Oh I know plenty of Brits that hate the royal family.

  • - Oh, they just hate it.

  • - But it's like that rule of like,

  • I can criticize Lia, but no one else can.

  • Like, you know, with someone your close to--

  • - Yeah.

  • - It's like, we Brits can criticize our royal family,

  • but Americans can't.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Or like, not just Americans but anyone else can't.

  • - Yeah, it's definitely that.

  • - Yeah.

  • - I know exactly, I know exactly.

  • It's like someone insulting like a family member of yours

  • and you're like,

  • stop. - Excuse me?

  • - I'm sorry but-- - I know.

  • - When was it okay for you to say that?

  • - Also, especially when those people get it wrong like,

  • because it works out something like 63p per year per person

  • we pay to the royal family.

  • - I know.

  • - So when people comment like,

  • oh you're paying so much taxes for these people to live

  • in a gold palace.

  • You're like, yeah, I pay 63p per year

  • for a royal family.

  • I'm fine with that.

  • - I'm happy.

  • It brings so much to us and to the U.K.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So many like, good weddings on the telly.

  • - Yeah.

  • (laughing)

  • (sighing)

  • But I think it, it goes the other way around like,

  • with Donald Trump obviously lots of people in the U.K.

  • have their own opinions,

  • and I imagine Americans would be a bit like,

  • well, not all Americans, some would be like,

  • don't criticize my president, because--

  • - Yeah, it goes both ways doesn't it?

  • - And we, and so, we probably get on your nerves

  • by doing that with your politicians or celebrities.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But, hey, that's life isn't it?

  • - That's life.

  • It's always gonna be someone triggered somewhere.

  • - Yeah.

  • So the next thing that Brits get driven a bit crazy about

  • is the perception that Americans are a bit more bragging.

  • Well, this article says bragging.

  • I don't know why I'm saying it like it's my opinion.

  • This article has said, you're bragging.

  • - Yeah.

  • I think what it is is what we were told at drama school,

  • that we can all afford to be a bit more American.

  • That we were actually told that

  • by one of our acting teachers who was just like,

  • be a bit bolder.

  • Like, be a bit more proud of yourself.

  • Sell yourself a bit better.

  • We just don't.

  • Like-- - No.

  • - If anything, over Christmas,

  • we'll just downplay everything.

  • You know, seeing friends and family.

  • And how's it all going.

  • And just constantly just underplaying everything.

  • Because it's just not really in our DNA to be like,

  • I'm amazing.

  • La la la la.

  • It just makes them, it makes them cringe.

  • It makes British people, it makes you cringe a bit.

  • It's just so out of our comfort zone.

  • - I know. But it's not even just saying I'm amazing.

  • It's just stating the facts of what you've done.

  • - Yeah, not, yeah, exactly.

  • - Like just, if an American was just to be like,

  • hey, I run my own business, I'm a CEO of this.

  • And I've, I've turned over this many million this year.

  • A British person might be like, okay, bragging.

  • - Okay, didn't ask you how much you earned or something.

  • - No.

  • But like, they're essentially just stating the truth.

  • They're not like bragging.

  • - Exactly.

  • - But Brits perceive it as bragging.

  • - That's what's amazing though.

  • It's like, they just say it.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And to them it's normal.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But the problem is actually with British people

  • because we go, that was so, that was so braggy.

  • - Yeah, yeah. - Do you know what I mean?

  • We're like, the majority of British people

  • can't handle that.

  • - No, they can't.

  • So, I think you're right.

  • I think we can, all of these things I think

  • have positive spins.

  • It's just completely different cultures.

  • Britain and the U.S.A. are so similar,

  • but also so different in the way that we interact.

  • - Yeah, like, someone say,

  • "Oh, how's your YouTube channel getting on?"

  • You're like,

  • "Yeah, yeah, we're doing really well."

  • "Oh really, how many, how many subscribers have you got?"

  • "Um, what was it?" Well, we know how many we've got.

  • Saying it, I could say it in a second.

  • - I know exactly.

  • - I know exactly the number but you're like, um,

  • probably, nearly 200,000 I think.

  • - Yeah.

  • - What?

  • And then you wait for them to, do you know what I mean, like

  • you don't want any kind of, I don't know,

  • attention around it. - I know it's so weird.

  • - It's really weird.

  • - And I know American YouTubers are also like,

  • when someone asks what they do they're like,

  • "Hey, I'm a YouTuber, yeah."

  • Like, they just say it.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Whereas like, I can't say it.

  • When someone is like, what do you? I'm like, I um--

  • - Make videos for online and--

  • - Yeah, or even before I say it I come with a qualifying

  • thing of being like,

  • oh, it's really weird but like, I make YouTube videos,

  • and like, eh.

  • Like, I can't just go, I make YouTube videos.

  • I'm a YouTuber.

  • Like, I can't just say it.

  • I have to go, oh, it's like, I um--

  • - Yeah.

  • (laughing)

  • People are like, so what is it you do?

  • And I'm like, so, it's kind of like online stuff.

  • Okay, so the next one that Brits get really triggered by is

  • that some Americans don't know the difference

  • between England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.

  • And to be fair, I bet there's some British people

  • out there that don't actually know the difference anyway.

  • - Yeah, I was just thinking like, it took me until

  • about last year to know the difference between the three.

  • 'Cause we're not even taught that in schools

  • I don't think here.

  • - No, we just, I think we might be.

  • - Are we?

  • I just don't listen.

  • (laughing)

  • - So, yeah.

  • England is like that much of the United Kingdom.

  • I'm like that much.

  • It's maybe like a quart--

  • - Actually you know what I still can't remember I think.

  • - What would England be?

  • Maybe like?

  • - England--

  • - Would be.

  • - England is a country.

  • - Yeah, but--

  • - As well as Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

  • - I was just thinking percentage wise,

  • we're probably like two quarters, half, two quarters.

  • We're probably like half of the United Kingdom.

  • - Yeah, we probably make up about half it.

  • - Half.

  • - Tech--

  • In terms of land mass, but not in terms of like, importance.

  • - Oh no.

  • 'Cause Scotland's loads.

  • - Yeah, Scotland--

  • No, but as in, we're just the United Kingdom is like--

  • - Yeah I know.

  • - The me--

  • - But see, it's confusing isn't it?

  • - It's so confusing.

  • So if you say the U.K. that means something different

  • to if you say England.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Because the U.K. includes other countries.

  • Because Wales is a country.

  • Scotland is a country.

  • Northern Ireland is a country.

  • And the Republic of Ireland is a country.

  • - Yeah, so that's where I actually got it wrong

  • in a video once when I was talking about Ireland--

  • - That's where the mistakes are, isn't it?

  • 'Cause it's so confusing 'cause Ireland as a island

  • as an island, as in a separate--

  • - Separate from this place. - A separate entity.

  • Is like one landmass.

  • So you tend to think, oh that's Ireland.

  • But it's Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

  • And they're two separate countries which is--

  • - Yeah.

  • - Baffling to me.

  • - I know.

  • It's, guys, Brits get so triggered by it.

  • Like when um--

  • - Posh Brits.

  • - Donald Trump got it wrong in a,

  • in an interview or something.

  • - What did he say?

  • Did he call the U.K. England?

  • - I think he did.

  • Or he, something happened

  • and everyone went crazy on Twitter.

  • But it is actually kind of an innocent mistake to make.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But a president should probably know, shouldn't they?

  • - That's true.

  • A pres--

  • - President should probably know.

  • - Yeah, it's not an innocent mistake for him

  • because he's a president.

  • - He's a president.

  • I was just thinking, oh it's an innocent mistake

  • for like a 12 year old to make.

  • (laughing)

  • - Yeah.

  • No, or like an ever day American

  • that isn't involved in politics.

  • But I think people who are involved in politics--

  • - They should probably know their sort of territories.

  • - Probably should know, yeah.

  • (laughing)

  • - So the next one is that Americans are really direct.

  • And British people are so sort of like beat around the bush

  • with whatever they need to say.

  • So like, for instance, if you said to someone

  • "I'll consider it."

  • That might mean, I'm never gonna think about that ever,

  • like, forget, forget that idea.

  • It's the crapest idea you've ever come up with.

  • See you never.

  • Whereas like, I think in America we'd be like,

  • "I don't like that idea.

  • "Give me another one."

  • - Yeah.

  • - And it's just so like this directness that I think Brits

  • find hard to deal with 'cause it's so much the truth.

  • It's just hard to like, hear it sometimes.

  • - But I grew up with a different perception of this I think.

  • I always grew up thinking Brits were direct and

  • Americans were indirect.

  • - Oh really?

  • - Because of, I think the Simon Cowell effect.

  • Where Simon Cowell first took talent shows to America,

  • we'd been doing them here in the U.K.

  • And he took American Idol and then the American X Factor.

  • - Loads of formats, yeah.

  • - Everyone hated Simon Cowell in America 'cause

  • he was so direct and he just said what he was thinking.

  • And all the other judges were like,

  • yeah, I mean, you're kinda good, but like, blah blah blah.

  • And he, Simon Cowell was like,

  • "You're rubbish.

  • "You're the worst person I've ever seen."

  • - Oh, that's interesting.

  • - And they all hated his direct nature and assumed

  • Brits were like that.

  • So, this is what I'm really confused about.

  • - No, Simon Cowell said what Brits think.

  • But Brits don't say what they're thinking.

  • That's my point.

  • So, you might be thinking, Lia, get your words out.

  • But you know, you don't, you might say it to me

  • 'cause we're friends.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But like, imagine in a meeting someone was giving

  • you this just crap, and you would never ever do a

  • Simon Cowell on them 'cause you're so British.

  • - Maybe that's why Brits loved Simon Cowell

  • because he said what he--

  • - We loved it 'cause he said what we were thinking.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And we were like, that's hilarious.

  • - But then why did Americans get so triggered

  • by Simon Cowell initially?

  • Now I tend to think Americans really like him.

  • But, at first it was really jarring.

  • And there was loads of articles in the U.K. like

  • America hates Simon Cowell

  • America can't deal with him and his honest opinions.

  • - Don't know why first--

  • 'Cause why would any American warm to someone

  • that's not giving anything.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Like, what Simon Cowell probably needed to do

  • would be like cry on telly, get really like

  • watch someone perform that blows him away.

  • Maybe get emotional.

  • Maybe stand up or like have less words to say

  • and then they'd be like, Simon, Simon liked it.

  • Simon guys, guys.

  • (laughing)

  • I don't know.

  • They're like basically I think what Americans look for

  • is truth and realness

  • and there's not that much of that when you're

  • just being like Gordon Ramsey like,

  • "Get the beep out of my beeping kitchen."

  • - Well yeah, that's the other thing like, Gordon Ramsey,

  • he's like hated because he's so direct and so honest.

  • - Yeah.

  • - I don't know.

  • - He's not like, awkward Brit. - No.

  • - Like he's not, there's nothing sweet about Gordon Ramsey.

  • There's something sweet and endearing about Simon Cowell.

  • They're just British beeps.

  • (laughing)

  • - Like us.

  • - Yeah.

  • (laughing)

  • - Not like us.

  • - No, we're so much more awkward, like,

  • someone could be telling you loads about your job.

  • You're like king of, you know loads of stuff about YouTube.

  • You know stuff about analytics and sort of stuff like that.

  • Someone could be giving you chat that you already know

  • but you'd just go,

  • "Mm, oh really?"

  • - Oh really, yeah, that's really interesting.

  • - Yeah, oh, but you already know all of that.

  • - That's, yeah--

  • - You'd never ever shut someone out.

  • - I hate when someone, when I say something to someone

  • and they go,

  • "Yeah, I know." I'm like, I would never do that.

  • Even if I know, I'd just go, "That's really interesting."

  • And in my head I'd be like, I already know that.

  • But I would never say it.

  • - Yeah, you never go, like, I know that.

  • Tell me something I don't know.

  • - No.

  • Yeah.

  • - Because you're nice.

  • - But I wish I could 'cause it would save a lot of time.

  • - The other day at the gym

  • I pressed minus one to go down the lift,

  • and something went wrong with the lift, right?

  • And I got in the lift and it started going up

  • to like the third floor.

  • And I got out and I was like, oh, so annoying.

  • And I was in there with another guy.

  • And this woman who works in the building was like,

  • you have to press the floor that you want to go to

  • before you get in to the lift.

  • And then the screen tells you which lift you have to go in.

  • And I'm like seething.

  • I'm literally like, I know how to use these lifts.

  • I was literally like,

  • "Oh really, oh okay."

  • - Why do we do that?

  • - I know.

  • And I got back in the lift and I pretended I had no idea

  • how to use this lift.

  • And the other guy was a bit more bold.

  • He was like,

  • "Yeah, I know, like, I've used these lifts quite a few times

  • "but I'm just not quite sure what went wrong."

  • Something went wrong for us then didn't it,

  • like, me and him.

  • And I was thinking like, oh yeah.

  • And then we literally get down to zero

  • and she shows us how to do it.

  • - Oh my gosh.

  • - I've been using this gym for like five months.

  • - Oh.

  • - Oh, it drove me up the wall.

  • - Brits. - Brits.

  • - What are we like?

  • (panting)

  • - I'm just thinking about that woman and the fact

  • that she had to demo it and like she spoke to me like

  • I was so stupid.

  • (laughing)

  • I can't, of course I didn't go like, I know, shut up.

  • I just went, mm, really?

  • I didn't know that.

  • - Really, mm, thanks.

  • We should be more American.

  • Like yeah I know.

  • - Yeah I know.

  • I use this lift every day for the gym.

  • (laughing)

  • okay.

  • So that's all of the sort of pointers we

  • wanna talk about today guys.

  • - Yeah.

  • - We know that you that's been helpful.

  • - Yeah.

  • We know you guys love our American versus British content

  • so we're trying to do a bit more of those 'cause,

  • I feel like we haven't done any of those for a while.

  • - Yeah, we got quite caught up with vlog mess.

  • - Vlogs, and vlog mess.

  • Yeah, being out and about.

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  • - Thrice.

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  • - No, it's real.

  • But I was surprised at the amount of people that are like,

  • oh, we don't say thrice, what's thrice?

  • I was like--

  • - It's like twice, but three times.

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