American Reacts to Top 25 Ways UK Totally Triumphs Over America

If you're an American, prepare yourself for a lil bit o'envy and admiration for some (not all) of the things on this list. Let's celebrate our differences and try to understand where each other's coming from, yeah?

[grahamtruckel]

As others have said, we haven't gone totally metric here in the UK. But we're getting there, inch by inch.

[conallmclaughlin]

The UK has a police service. The US has a police force.

[sureshot]

Glad the UK plugs got a mention. I live in Canada so we share the same plugs as the US and I hate them, they are crap. UK plugs are an understated and underappreciated masterpiece of design.

[mandymelbourne]

My granddaughter spent most of her 1st year in hospital because of a heart defect. She had 4 operations on her heart, and spent weeks hooked up to drips and machines in NICU. I dread to think how much that would have cost my daughter if we lived in the US.
What would American parents do if they knew their child needed life saving surgery, but they couldn’t afford it, and the insurance doesn’t pay out, that’s if you can afford insurance.
God bless the NHS.

[stuartbeard]

My nephew just came back from a two weeks holiday in America and although he enjoys himself he was absolutely shocked at the poverty he witnessed. He said that "even homeless here wear decent clothes, they were wearing rags".

[jonathanemptage]

We had TV's just before the war and the first thing said by the presenter when it came back was "As i was saying before I was so rudely interrupted". absolute legend.

[alisoncauser]

My adult daughter got 2 strains of flu while 6 months pregnant and ended up with double pneumonia and an infection between the heart and pericardium. She ended up in intensive care unit for 3 weeks, saw the consultant and midwifes several times a day. Had 2 on one nursing 24/7 then moved to high dependency unit for another 2 weeks. They not only saved her life but she was very lucky her daughter survived too. We couldnt be more grateful and it didn't cost her penny.

[tgsgardenmaintenance]

Our tiny little country has punched well above it's weight for a thousand years!

[jim-wm]

I’m on 1, 130mb/sc Broadband speed. Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee an Englishman invented the World Wide Web. No guns, no deaths, simple. No chemical’s allowed in our food. Good channel. 🇺🇸🇬🇧👍

[gemmalightfoot]

In the uk i dont think we have billboards because they're seen as a distraction when driving. The only adverts we have on the motorway (highway) are for service stations and thats only to encourage drivers to rest when driving. I could be wrong, i haven't looked at crash statistics

[howardstephens]

Also, we widely use the 24-hour clock I think you call it military time.

[davidboult]

Many years ago there was a newspaper story about two women on holiday in the Middle East, when there was an earthquake. When it had finished, the two English women sat down and calmly made themselves a cup of tea. The other people just stood watching in amazement.

[amcconnell]

In Britain it’s illegal to have advertising billboards visible from the highway, as you don’t want drivers distracted.

[alanlangshaw]

Regarding this video No.1, the person who basically created the internet was, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist born in London.

[paolochaffey]

I really like this guy (only found him in this video). Both of them happily bashed on there own countries, and neither was upset at the jokes or facts pointed why can't more people just be like this interaction 🤦‍♂️

[LB-myej]

The police in the UK use negotiating skills rather than force, that's used as a last resort and I'm glad of that we feel much safer. Regarding internet speeds a lot of companies have to pay a fine if the speed drops below a certain acceptable level.

[hopebgood]

We have our differences but the one I feel most glad about is that ordinary British people don't feel the need to carry guns. I live in London and have never even held or seen a gun.

[adaobastos]

3 things I agree with 1) Taxes : UK we have to do very little here, practically takes care of itself 2) Health care :....enough said 3) Internet : I live in the middle of nowhere but still haven't encountered buffering since I was a child 🤣

[mattyball]

The “Union flag” is only called “The Union Jack” when it is flown on a flag pole bows of a Warship.

[abic]

America did not invent basketball, the inventor James Naismith was actually Canadian