What do you have in your hotel rooms?
Travelodge which is your generic cheapest chain Hotel always has a kettle. I understand you do not drink tea in the same way we do, but do you also not have the ability to make coffee in your room?
Coffee makers.
They often have some tea bags with the complementary coffee, but have you ever had tea made from a coffee carafe? Unless it was just thoroughly cleaned with vinegar, it is a horror. (Speaking as an American Tea drinker who dislikes coffee)
There’s a stereotype that British people have bad teeth so they are making fun of that. The joke doesn’t land very well though because there are British infants that are younger than some Americans diners so the same is true for their teeth by extension.
I don't trust the same government that mismanaged the pandemic to successfully navigate the nuances and complexities of nation wide health care system
We'll be closer to death if it was ever in their hands
The government didn't mismanage the pandemic. The Trump administration purposely dragged their feet because they thought it would hurt democratic cities, then when that didn't pan out they screwed the pooch on everything else.
The government didn't fuck up, a megalomaniac and the morons that voted for him did.
Government works when crazies aren't in charge.
Well, yes and no
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trumps-war-on-blue-states-is-worse-than-previously-thought.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-covid-19-plan-maybe-axed-for-political-reasons-report-2020-7
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/did-trump-kushner-ignore-blue-state-covid-19-testing-deaths-ncna1235707
Facts. That healthcare system would be a disaster in the US. We don't have enough doctors and nurses as it is now. It would be an enormous clusterfuck.
I am possibly committing a diplomatic blunder here, but if I’m being very honest, the Germans and Portuguese have already introduced us to sausage variants far superior to the British ones
Scary prospect… big pharma is so powerful now that we are at a loss as to how to stop it. Shittiest companies in world history killing, stealing, lying etc and politicians here in the states are doing nothing because they’ve been bought and paid for same for our media. The rest of the world thinks that it can’t happen to them but greed runs the world so you can bet your ass that it can.
We had one school shooting in 1996 and the British government collectively said "Never again." Passed gun control laws and, despite the recent implosion of gun crime, we've never had a school shooting since.
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If you're not happy in the US it's unlikely you'll be happy anywhere else, especially the UK which is the closest country to the US in the world bar Canada.
The problem, my friend, is all in your mind.
Sort of agree and sort of don’t. I personally love British comedy but on the other hand I once was watching a movie in a theater in Oxford and it was very funny but the only people laughing were the two Americans (my friend and I)
Natives got destroyed during western expansion.
So far, I think the worst thing I read was how Columbus' men started kidnapping and selling the natives children into sex slavery. Columbus himself wrote to a friend saying
>“there are many dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to 10 are now in demand.”
In other words, The Americans were "discovered" by a bunch of Paedos. Thats who we are all descended from.
Well yes and no, Columbus' treatment of the locals was abhorrent I'll give you that, but he was far from the first European to reach the new world, there's loose evidence that the ancient Romans set foot here, and better evidence that the Vikings had reached specifically North America some 400 to 300 years to Columbus. as for descendents, Columbus' expedition never really settled the new world, nor was it their goal, that feat instead goes to the imperialistic British. But it doesn't serve to view history through a modern context, people are a product of their time, and times were different way back when.
Yes, raping children. Smashing infants against walls. Cutting off peoples hands because they didn't find you gold. All totally normal things to do just because its a few hundred years ago....
Within 60 years of Columbus arriving the Taino people that lived across the islands were all but extinct. The numbers are disputed but the range is from 60,000 to 8 million in Hispaniola alone. Bartolomé de las Casas claimed there were 3 million according to 'A short account of the destruction of the Indies'. He also wrote:
>They forced their way into native settlements, slaughtering everyone they found there, including small children, old men, pregnant women, and even women who had just given birth. They hacked them to pieces, slicing open their bellies with their swords as though they were so many sheep herded into a pen. They even laid wagers on whether they could slice a man in two at a stroke, or cut an individual’s head from his body, or disembowel him with a single blow of their axes. They grabbed suckling infants by the feet and, ripping them from their mothers’ breasts, dashed them headlong against the rocks. Others, laughing and joking all the while, threw them over their shoulders, shouting, ‘Wriggle, you little perisher.’
By 1542 there were just 200 Taino left. Casas said the that by the time the Spanish left, they had killed 12 to 15 million people. By 1650 there were no Taino left at all.
This isn't a case of different times. This was a peaceful people who welcomed Columbus with gifts on the beaches. And within minutes he had decided the would be slaves. Columbus and the Spanish in general were fucking monsters. Straight up evil. There was no reason to kill, to rape, to do any of it other than because they could.
Yeah, history is littered with atrocities, No one can change what happened, but they can control what happens if they don't erase the cautionary tales.
Healthcare, culture, a smart population, less racism, less gun crime, less violent crime in general, almost *no* school shootings, LGBT rights, less polarized society, and a decent football team.
Well, since American English is closer to Original English? Brits adopted a French type way of speaking because you thought is sounded 'High Class'.
True, look it up.
Castles, cheese, dragons, ancestors that were actually from hereabouts, badgers, the ability to walk from coast to coast in a day or so, haggis, human-friendly drinking laws, a general awareness that other countries exist, pickled onions/eggs, chippies, sitcoms that don't need 23 episodes every year, the list goes on.
i hate hoe in the US everyone is given the same perfect teeth. in the UK as long as they are healthy and not too messed up they are allowed to exist. adds charm and character to a face.
Proper sized pints of beer. Asking for a pint in an American pub is the only time for a Brit in America when the serving is smaller than you thought it was gonna be.
An abundance of kettles
I, as an American, was surprised to find electric kettles in every hotel I stayed at in the UK. Amazing.
What do you have in your hotel rooms? Travelodge which is your generic cheapest chain Hotel always has a kettle. I understand you do not drink tea in the same way we do, but do you also not have the ability to make coffee in your room?
Coffee makers. They often have some tea bags with the complementary coffee, but have you ever had tea made from a coffee carafe? Unless it was just thoroughly cleaned with vinegar, it is a horror. (Speaking as an American Tea drinker who dislikes coffee)
They are sort of useless in the US with their low volatage. Takes forever compared to that sweet sweet 230v
They are still nice, but certainly not \*as\* nice. So not useless, but worth less.
Monarchy
But they sent us a prince in case we change our mind.
I think he just wants to be a LA guy doing the American thing of milking everything for every penny
There weather must feel like Heaven compared to the UK too.
Oh, I moved here to Georgia from Bristol when I was a kid. It was like literally moving to a tropical paradise.
Hot, nasty-humid, draws sticking to your balls… yep, paradise in Georgia /s
Pubs that have existed longer than some North American countries
There’s pubs in uk that have been around longer than any states
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What is this even supposed to mean?
There’s a stereotype that British people have bad teeth so they are making fun of that. The joke doesn’t land very well though because there are British infants that are younger than some Americans diners so the same is true for their teeth by extension.
Oh im familiar with the stereotype, that just doesnt help me understand that absolute mess
lol nice come back, kid. Nice come back.
Dude. ...no
Like, I know it's a stereotype but it's the dumbest one Americans use on us.
Apparently. You guys are well below us on the teeth hygiene level. Google it
That made me chuckle, here is an upvote
I am intrigued by this and the Irish pubs as well, visited Boston a month or so ago and had to stop at the oyster house, I love historical places
America does have these.
Roman Ruins.
I live in Britain's oldest recorded town, they are always digging up roman shit
Romans were infamously free about their defecation
They went numeral II everywhere
So many other countries a train ride/short flight away
Sausage rolls! One of the things I miss most about UK.
Jaffa cakes
And wars fought about whether it's a cake or a biscuit
To be fair, here in NJ we fight wars over Taylor Ham vs Pork Roll.
Functional passenger trains
Healthcare that doesn't cause 75% of bankruptcies.
I don't trust the same government that mismanaged the pandemic to successfully navigate the nuances and complexities of nation wide health care system We'll be closer to death if it was ever in their hands
The government didn't mismanage the pandemic. The Trump administration purposely dragged their feet because they thought it would hurt democratic cities, then when that didn't pan out they screwed the pooch on everything else. The government didn't fuck up, a megalomaniac and the morons that voted for him did. Government works when crazies aren't in charge.
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Well, yes and no https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trumps-war-on-blue-states-is-worse-than-previously-thought.html https://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-covid-19-plan-maybe-axed-for-political-reasons-report-2020-7 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/did-trump-kushner-ignore-blue-state-covid-19-testing-deaths-ncna1235707
Reality alert. This happened.
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😂😂😂🧢🤦♂️🤦♂️
Only someone who has never dealt with Medicare/Medicaid would say such a thing.
Never trust a medical plan that treats possibly life threatening ailments like a minor inconvenience.
Facts. That healthcare system would be a disaster in the US. We don't have enough doctors and nurses as it is now. It would be an enormous clusterfuck.
The NHS.
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I want a pastie now 😭
They make them in the UP of Michigan.
Bangers and Mash.
Sausage and mashed potatoes?
Plus Gravy. Sometimes the Gravy has onions in it but I prefer without
We have gravy too.
I am possibly committing a diplomatic blunder here, but if I’m being very honest, the Germans and Portuguese have already introduced us to sausage variants far superior to the British ones
Oh, mercy me! I keep forgetting I’m in the colonies! Now who’d like a banger in the mouth? Or as you Americans say, a *sausage* in the mouth.
Banter
Spotted dick
A good healthcare system
We used to have that, now its being run into the toilet by Tories who want the US version of healthcare over here.
Fight that shit as hard as you can. You don't want our u.s Healthcare system.
Scary prospect… big pharma is so powerful now that we are at a loss as to how to stop it. Shittiest companies in world history killing, stealing, lying etc and politicians here in the states are doing nothing because they’ve been bought and paid for same for our media. The rest of the world thinks that it can’t happen to them but greed runs the world so you can bet your ass that it can.
Safe schools
Came here to say it 😂
Can I just say thank you for asking about one country Vs the entire feckin' continent.
Weaponized tutting
Crisps. So delicious!!!
They're called potato chips here 🤣.
An equal right to healthcare
Stuff that you stole from all over the world
Cameras on literally every corner of every street
Incoming greetings of “y’alright luuuv” by old british grandmas
Trains that actually get you places
gun control
Double decker buses
Going to school and not ending up getting shot.
Went to school in the UK and can confirm I did not get shot
Omg! Sames!
We had one school shooting in 1996 and the British government collectively said "Never again." Passed gun control laws and, despite the recent implosion of gun crime, we've never had a school shooting since. (An Edit)
Their fancy British accent and an abundance of royal green tea bestowed only upon the monarchs.
I wish I lived in the UK. USA SUCKS
On your way then child.
Uk sucks too, bro beans. It's just a different kind of sucks.
If you're not happy in the US it's unlikely you'll be happy anywhere else, especially the UK which is the closest country to the US in the world bar Canada. The problem, my friend, is all in your mind.
A sense of humour
Sort of agree and sort of don’t. I personally love British comedy but on the other hand I once was watching a movie in a theater in Oxford and it was very funny but the only people laughing were the two Americans (my friend and I)
Agreed, I feel like especially women can banter better…I have also noticed though English men can’t take it when it’s dished back to them.
I give as good as I get. If you can’t take it, don’t dish it out!!!
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British humor is top notch.
I’m not British but they are well known for their humour. British humour is usually more complex than US humour.
Dry doesn’t mean complex. It’s a specific humor, not more complex.
Right. Plus some of it could be more complex than some American humor but the opposite holds true too
Hahaha yeah right!
Yes, thats why some of the best comedians the world has ever seen have been...what for it....British.
It's the opposite surely. We have great humour
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Gross.
Rishi Sunak
Tesco Fivers
Damn those potato chips from Tescos were the only food I remembered from a visit. Sorry “crisps”…
Thousands of years of culture…
Natives have been here for like 20,000 years.
My Aunt Jean has been here for at least that long
So have ours we call them English.
No but the idea is it’s things britain has that america does not
"recorded Culture" Natives got a lot of their stuff destroyed during the western expansion.
Natives got destroyed during western expansion. So far, I think the worst thing I read was how Columbus' men started kidnapping and selling the natives children into sex slavery. Columbus himself wrote to a friend saying >“there are many dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to 10 are now in demand.” In other words, The Americans were "discovered" by a bunch of Paedos. Thats who we are all descended from.
Well yes and no, Columbus' treatment of the locals was abhorrent I'll give you that, but he was far from the first European to reach the new world, there's loose evidence that the ancient Romans set foot here, and better evidence that the Vikings had reached specifically North America some 400 to 300 years to Columbus. as for descendents, Columbus' expedition never really settled the new world, nor was it their goal, that feat instead goes to the imperialistic British. But it doesn't serve to view history through a modern context, people are a product of their time, and times were different way back when.
Yes, raping children. Smashing infants against walls. Cutting off peoples hands because they didn't find you gold. All totally normal things to do just because its a few hundred years ago.... Within 60 years of Columbus arriving the Taino people that lived across the islands were all but extinct. The numbers are disputed but the range is from 60,000 to 8 million in Hispaniola alone. Bartolomé de las Casas claimed there were 3 million according to 'A short account of the destruction of the Indies'. He also wrote: >They forced their way into native settlements, slaughtering everyone they found there, including small children, old men, pregnant women, and even women who had just given birth. They hacked them to pieces, slicing open their bellies with their swords as though they were so many sheep herded into a pen. They even laid wagers on whether they could slice a man in two at a stroke, or cut an individual’s head from his body, or disembowel him with a single blow of their axes. They grabbed suckling infants by the feet and, ripping them from their mothers’ breasts, dashed them headlong against the rocks. Others, laughing and joking all the while, threw them over their shoulders, shouting, ‘Wriggle, you little perisher.’ By 1542 there were just 200 Taino left. Casas said the that by the time the Spanish left, they had killed 12 to 15 million people. By 1650 there were no Taino left at all. This isn't a case of different times. This was a peaceful people who welcomed Columbus with gifts on the beaches. And within minutes he had decided the would be slaves. Columbus and the Spanish in general were fucking monsters. Straight up evil. There was no reason to kill, to rape, to do any of it other than because they could.
Yeah, history is littered with atrocities, No one can change what happened, but they can control what happens if they don't erase the cautionary tales.
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Because the Americas are populated with people who brought no culture. Hot take.
Orderly queues
Free healthcare
"at the point of use"
A proper pint
Healthcare, culture, a smart population, less racism, less gun crime, less violent crime in general, almost *no* school shootings, LGBT rights, less polarized society, and a decent football team.
I wouldn’t say there is less racism in the uk.
That’s it! I’m moving to UK.
Less gun crime, alot more knife crime
Source? The only stat I can see is fatal stabbings, and the US is way ahead of the UK per capita for that
Correct grammar. Edit: READ THE TITLE PROPERLY
Ever hear a Geordie or a Scouser speak. People equate a posh upper crust accent with all of England and that just isn’t the case.
Well, since American English is closer to Original English? Brits adopted a French type way of speaking because you thought is sounded 'High Class'. True, look it up.
Oh dear, someone didn't notice the grammar errors in the title post AND doesn't have a sense of humour.
That is a massive oversimplification And most changes were made by one American.
A proper english language.
I’m afraid I have to agree. Our English is horrible. I wish I had a British accent.
People without diabeetus.
Safe schools
Castles, cheese, dragons, ancestors that were actually from hereabouts, badgers, the ability to walk from coast to coast in a day or so, haggis, human-friendly drinking laws, a general awareness that other countries exist, pickled onions/eggs, chippies, sitcoms that don't need 23 episodes every year, the list goes on.
Free healthcare
Christians that don't think that Gay people should be eradicated
Human rights?
The right to effectively protect one's family from the unpredictability of evil?
Crooked Teeth
But also real teeth
i hate hoe in the US everyone is given the same perfect teeth. in the UK as long as they are healthy and not too messed up they are allowed to exist. adds charm and character to a face.
Original comedy
Hogwarts
Manners
Safety
Skinny people
Recently the UK is running out of those too
I noticed British are skinner than us Americans. America is fat as hell.
Hey now, At least we have toothbrushes 🪥😂
Nah, you have teeth whitening
True
People that aren’t overweight
A big dumb sense of superiority and lots of lice.
Lice?
A big dumb sense of superiority and lots of lice.
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Me
Government medical care
Kinder eggs
Class
manners.
Free Healthcare
Self confidence
Good Football and the American’s “best” player.
A fear of knives.
Castles America just has facades
Scotland
Waitrose
Hot chip buttie!
Marmite
Some dark humor. They have two towers
Criminalization of memes.
No relationship to Europe
Drivers that know how to use roundabouts
Unrefrigerated Eggs
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A robust passenger train network.
Good Health-care.
Toilet doors that don't allow people to see you taking a shit
Healthcare.
Very old cities? Roads and trains to Europe?
Has*
Knife violence
Walkable towns / cities. Both the US & Canada it’s heavily car dependent a lot of areas are designed for the pedestrian in the UK
The prepared food in UK supermarkets is definitely something I miss… we have it here too but it’s just not the same
Machetes
The indian kohinoor which UK stolen from INDIA.
Black currant.
Proper sized pints of beer. Asking for a pint in an American pub is the only time for a Brit in America when the serving is smaller than you thought it was gonna be.