WEIRD Things Only AMERICA Does! Can British understand?

Thanks for that info. I was wondering why they would be banned.

I also googled this immediately lol

So why have they banned the juice and the flavours derived from it? Are they frightened pine trees might develop a taste for Ribena? 😉

@@cogidubnus1953 probably not worth the cost of importing.

@@jessicabones In the UK it's estimated between 5 and 6 percent of the population use "Ribena" fruit squash products - and that's just one brandname...I'd have thought a potential uptake as large as that in the US would be worth catering for...

Haha nice one 🤣

😂😂😂

I do a lot of microwaving water and most of my friends did also. i think is kinda normal until you said it is uncleanness
I really don't know that microwaving water is insanitation 😅😅😅
thank you for let me know but I ll keep doing it 😂😂😂

@@vanhkhamgalaxymini754 it’s not that it’s not really unsanitary, it’s more that the water doesn’t boil evenly throughout the cup or whatever you place the water in, so if the water isn’t ‘clean’ to begin with (Korean water is safe to drink but still seen as unclean) then it could be a little unsanitary!

@@Laurenade C'MON it makes your life easier 🤣🤣🤣
sorry im just kidding.
but the thing is tap water in my dorm is quite clean and drinkable.
if tap water is clean, is it okay ? I ask you because u r a chemist and If it is not I ll stop and drinking tea and coffee☕ ☕

And yet she says she would boil water in a teapot. Also a big no-no for Brits and Irish, I think.

Bro why u guys do that too what
I’m in america and use a kettle

​@@appytight8468 So how do they boil the water? Serious question.

@@meoff7602 In a kettle.

@@appytight8468 what's the difference between a kettle and a tea pot?

door locks in public stalls in UK can be unlocked from outside.

Peeping Tom for one.

Cheap businesses paying the cheapest installer to use panels with large gaps so they still fit and screw together with sloppy measuring and drilling.

Makes it a bit easier for limbo dancers.

If somebody was standing outside the door and waiting to grab you, you could see them before you walk out.

I quite dislike the large gaps, but they do make it somewhat easier for the custodial staff to clean.

Touched me deeply 😍😉👌

It's rare to find a chemist that is open 24/7 in Australia, whether you're in a city or not. I think I've ever found one open 24/7! The ones in country towns will close at around 5:30pm (earlier on weekends) and 9pm in the suburbs of a major city.

normal and yeah american grape is forbiden for wine 👍

I actually did that many times lol

That gap is useless because we had lockable stalls here without the peek gap but with a slit that could be actioned only with a tool so if someone locked itself in or locked the door as a prank, it could be opened by school staff

The gaps are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) they allow people in wheelchairs to turn by having their feet move through the gap.

@@michealsontthat’s only in the handicap stall.

@@michealsont the UK usually has bigger stalls marked with a ♿️ especially for that purpose.

It’s the same in the US where I’m from.

@@strugglingcollegestudent not where im from cvs i never heard anyone call it a pharmacy although yes it kinda is one but never heard someone call it that

From New England, I hear both drug store and pharmacy

@@davidpeck3316 i only hear drug store as in selling makeup never anything else, maybe im just weird idk, just never hear anyone say pharmacy like cvs always hear people just say cvs instead of pharmacy

I call it a pharmacy. It's CVS Pharmacy lol

I know a lot of Americans who heat the water in the microwave but in my case I have a water dispenser at home that can pour cold and hot water and it's also faster than a kettle, I recommend it

I do a lot of microwaving water and most of my friends did also. i think is kinda normal until LAUREN said it is uncleanness
I really don't know that microwaving water is insanitation 😅😅😅
Thanks HER for let me know but I'll keep doing it 😂😂😂

I microwave water for tea!

Hello! We use this date order in my country: YYYY.MM.DD. or YY.MM.DD For example: it's 21.10.10 now. When i buy things from shops i am usually confused what date is written there. :D Because we have a lot of shop from abroad which use American or British date order...

I think the kettle topic would be a trending meme if it had a Twitter account

However that is not usual for Americans 😆

@@tihzho Completely untrue. Watch any of the other videos. The ones insisting everyone else is wrong are always the Europeans.
Americans, esp those that travel/live abroad, are among the most open-minded, along with Asians.

@@Ivan-fm4eh I lived outside of the US for 33 years, I lived in Australia, China and Indonesia and traveled extensively for work.
Asians openminded? I lived in China and then Indonesia for many years, do you want to pull that thread? 😆

@@tihzho You can find close-minded people everywhere on the planet. But this idea that Americans and/or Asians are particularly close-minded is a myth. If you've lived abroad you should know that's not true. In my experience, Europeans are the most insistent that the way they see/do things is proper and everyone else is wrong.

@@Ratatouille531 *you're

The gaps are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) they allow people in wheelchairs to turn by having their feet move through the gap.

@@michealsont The gap long predates the ADA. When there's a question about "why..." in the US it usually boils down to money. It was probably cheaper to make and maintain 3/4 size doors than full doors.

​@@michealsont that makes sense

0:29 But she doesn't boil it either.

Ignorant more like!

@@debbiejohnson2789 that’s how the whole world sees seppos so what’s the prob? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

@@LEuington6 You "White Commonwealth" countries have a persistent habit of speaking on behalf of the rest of the world...and you call US arrogant? 😂

@@Ivan-fm4eh can’t see how when the USA isn’t in the common wealth 😬😬

The gaps are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) they allow people in wheelchairs to turn by having their feet move through the gap.

@@michealsont That really makes sense!! Thank you for letting me know about that!

@@michealsont I’m curious. So it’s a matter of space? Does that mean that if the toilet stalls are big enough, the gaps won’t be necessary? Or would it still be needed? How about the gaps on the side of the door? Is that for security? I assume it’s there in case they need to break the lock or something… Thank you in advance for your answers!

@@chi13ihime Yes, it's a matter of space. There are ADA compliant unisex/family bathrooms that have full closing doors and have tons of space around the toilet.
I don't know, but I suspect the side gaps around doors are just a matter of cost and durability.

@@michealsont The gaps were there long before ADA was enacted. I don’t know why they are there but I don’t think ADA is the reason.

I doubt that many people boil water in a mug.

by the way you can boil precisely a cup of water in kettle too.

Ok but a kettle does it in less than a minute, doing it in a microwave feels so wrong to me as a british person

I was thinking this. I always heard to not microwave water because it explodes.

@@RamsesTheFourth almost everyone in America does. I really don't see why anyone would care how you make hot water.

Water can boil in the microwave too

This is fkd up ngl

For ny family we always boil it in a kettle or a pot

Yes I was wondering what makes her think water can't boil in the microwave, I always made sure my tea water was boiling. The problem I have is that it is better to pour the water over the tea, so would microwave in one mug and pour it into another.

facts, drinking it out of the tap without heating it, microwave or pot or kettle, would be the least “clean” lol

I guess some people think using a microwave for water produces some radioactive material haha

I've never boiled water in the microwave, I've always used a pot or a kettle

I always just put it on the stove I’ve never microwaved water lol

I use a coffee maker or a percolator. Sometimes I boil water in a pan(don't really use the term pot), I used to use a kettle but the handle broke and we never got a new one.

Yes, the tap water in the US is generally quite good, though I usually use a filter to get rid of the slight chlorine taste. What I find odd is that anyone thinks a microwave doesn't boil the water. It will violently boil the water if you heat a cup for just a few minutes. In at least one way the microwave is superior since the water is heated while in the cup. This warms the cup significantly by the time the water is boiling. Water poured from a kettle instantly cools as the heat transfers to the material of the cup, so if you want your beverage hot, the microwave is the way to go.

I’m from the U.S. and despise coffee but love tea. Yet I still don’t own a kettle. I either microwave the water or just boil it in a pan. A kettle seems very “extra” to me.

It really just depends, tap water here is pretty clean, so you only need to boil water in a microwave if you are making a hot drink. However, if you have a nice coffee maker, they generally have a really convenient hot water dispensing button

The only cases where you would need to boil water are:
Making food such as pasta (you would just heat it in a pot) or there is a breakdown in the water supply, such as from a hurricane. However, you still wouldn’t need or be able to use an electric kettle

@@palmberry5576 ? Why wouldn't we be able to use an electric kettle?

@@rinatail7248 because if the hurricane was bad enough to mess with the water supply, you definitely dont have power

I've never heard of this. Many people just clean and use a coffee pot and college students can get a portable electric stove top for a low price and use it to cook.

Blackcurrant is band in usa

@@brittirenonen6776 why

They’re delicious

@@XxAnnaXx116 Because in 1911 they were though to produce a fungus that could damage pine trees.

@@XxAnnaXx116 Black currant often contain a fungus when shipping that are extremely dangerous to wheat and other crops in the USA

Okay, so that explains the cultural fear of sanitation with microwaving water, even though a microwave can absolutely boil water just fine. It's not a thing they think about logically, it's a kind of paranoia ingrained into the culture. No offense intended, it's not people being stupid, it's people acting as they've been raised to act and it was important and necessary at one point.

Guess you don't live in Flint Michigan!

dried currants? you're probably talking about zante currants aka corinth raisins, which is a type of grape. blackcurrant is a slightly sour/acidic berry, different species.
on topic of blackcurrant trivia, it's concentrated juice works as MAO-inhibitor (basically blocks flushing of neurotransmitters, MAOIs were common antidepressant before SSRIs were developed to target serotonin specifically), knowing this people use blackcurrant juice with psilocybin mushrooms to strengthen the trip, they call it Gummibear juice referring to the Smurf cartoons.

either way if ur making tea or coffee a kettle is the most useful

Im Japanese and I never knew

Right? There are even warnings on it that tell you that. Rolling my eyes here. LOL

This baffled me, too. It takes like maybe 3 minutes to boil a mug of water in a microwave. If I'm boiling water on the stove, it's because I'm making pasta or something.

The attitude the British girl towards something she knows nothing about baffles me.

@@martiseelye6443 wow rolling my eyes here because Americans are so extra. You all can use a tea pot. Tea pots are larger and using a tiny cup for one sip? Waste of energy. Pollution

Haven't seen it or heard it

I'm old enough to remember crawling underneath those doors to avoid paying the fee for using a public restroom yes for those that might not be aware many places used to charge you to use the bathroom. The doors were locked you put in the coin turned a knob and the door would open.

@@trailryder5813 I remember having to ask my uncle for a dime to use the restroom at a small indoor shopping mall in the north side of Pittsburgh about 1/4 mile from Three Rivers Stadium.

I'm glad that hasn't happened to me in the US. I haven't done it either.

Oh yes, in the women's, they bring their kids and wait for an open stall, meanwhile the kid is just standing there staring thru the giant crack in the door ugh hate that!

Oh, really?
Buuut, what do you drink then?
I mean, a can drink pure water, i can drink soda from time to time, but nothing can quench my thirst as a cup of hot black tea with a slice of lemon, i drink like a cup every 3-4 hours, not to mention some pure water in between.
And yes, i live in Russia, hot tea is really popular here.

@@grey2031 I drink ice water the most, milk or almond milk, sometimes a gatorade or something. Soda least of all. I have an old box of like lemon and ginseng tea in the cabinet for when I get sick and my throat it on fire but it's purely for the purpose of helping the scratchiness, it doesn't taste good to me.

@@grey2031 I do realize I'm in a minority here, I know tea and coffee are popular, I just cannot stand them. I have tried all types and flavors, none of them work. I also dislike hot beverages in general, any drink that isn't ice cold is gross to me. So my take is extremely subjective.

@@mythical_pizza well, that's interesting :)
Yep, so much depends on our personal tastes and habits.
Have a nice day 👍

I just assumed it was to see if the stall was empty or if someone had passed out in there and needed medical attention, you could get in without the jaws of life.
You can also prevent someone being dragged in there and being assaulted without anyone seeing.

If the stall is the minimum clearance, in the Ada stall the clearance required is 9”, this is so that wheelchair users can turn around in the stall and there is enough room for their feet to pass under the stall. We typically just have a 9” gap on all stalls to keep it consistent

True. Men have little issue with this, in my experience women are more worried about people peeking and hearing their turd splashes

Again - why in the world do you think water in a microwave doesn't boil?

@@brettbuck7362 in a microwave, the water dont have bubbles, so the water cant release the heat that has built up and liquid doesnt boil, so it countinue to heat up past boiling point. vs in a kettle water does creat bubbles, and once it reached the point the kettle stops boiling and doesnt go past the point. its just an item most houses have, you have a stove, an oven, or a stovetop, you have a microwave, so why wouldnt you have a kettle as well. also many people have a dishwasher this days. all those items have a purpose, microwave was made to heat food, not to boil water. so you basically drink heated water, not boiled. with a kettle you can be certain the water indeed are boiled and reached 100 degress, and that the water is indeed clean

@@rainbows5232 I get what you mean but.. when I boil water in my microwave it does create bubbles! so I think that means it's also well boiled?

Poland has blackcurrants and redcurrants too (not sure about whitecurrants, as I've never seen them in real life).
And yeah, I agree with the kettle thing.
We do, however, tend to have gaps in public toilet doors, similar to those in the US (maybe a bit smaller, but still)

I'm from Russia and I've never seen white currant too, nor in store, neither in someone's garden. Just heard that it exists. So, I think it's pretty rare here too

Also if someone has a stroke or something in the stall, they would be easily noticed.

When I was about 10, a toddler locked herself in a toilet cubicle and didnt know how to get out. We got her to crawl out under the door, then I crawled in and unlocked it. The high doors have it's benefits, but it's creepy too.

Can you describe the Japanese toilets ?

@@blackbat121 haha, such a weird question to read! Sure - they usually have ceiling to floor or near ceiling to floor walls and doors. They generally have high-tech toilets with warm seats, a button to turn on the sound of running water button so no one can hear your bathroom noises, and a button to spray your bottom with clean water after you go #2 to get fully cleaned up. (I'm generally hesitant to use that function at a public restroom because who knows how clean that nozzle is). Most also come with a sanitizing spray dispenser on the wall to wipe the seat down before you sit - no fiddling with ineffective paper seat covers.
That said, there are some older public toilets you come across now and then (those in parks are generally the bare minimum) that aren't so nice. But inside of most stores, you can expect a much nicer standard than what you'll find in the USA

@@blackbat121 Most of public toilets at Stations or convenient stores have seats that can be warm up setting for cold weather, have flush button, clean button where you can set the water strength, have call-aid button for elderly in case of emergency, noise making that can be switch off/on to dis out the noise when you do your business and sensor-activated sink, hand dryer with sanitizer. Most of the toilets also have auto-flush setting so they won't smell and get cleaned up once a day at least.

I 'superheat' water to 100 C in an electric kettle. It's more energy efficient too. I did once work somwhere that had no kettle but those very hot water taps. You just could not make a decent cup of tea. When I got a different job I left a present of a teapot and an electric kettle in the staff room. Some time later I met an ex-colleague who said it was one of the best presents ever!

It’s an Insta Hot.

@@hatjodelka I would probably be fine with green tea with that 90C, but I can't imagine living with black tea there

@@MaraMara89 I'm British (I'm guessing you are too) so I usually drink black tea. Made in the same way George Orwell specifies in his essay, but to be honest, he didn't teach me, it's the way older Brits always made tea. Many people now just stick a teabag in a cup. Sacrilege!

The gaps are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) they allow people in wheelchairs to turn by having their feet move through the gap.

@@michealsont that's good to know! even for the non-handicap stalls? or is it just the handicap stalls?

@@anxietyisms the wider stalls are the wheelchair stalls, but wheelchairs aren't the only mobility devices people use and even nondisabled people can benefit from the gaps, my feet go in there from time to time when turning around.

I completely understand why gaps under bathroom doors exist, I just don't think I'd physically be able to "go" if I knew that a stranger could peep in, or a kid could crawl under 😂

The gaps don't have to be like 2 feet high in non-school situations, though???

The gaps around doors are there to make people uncomfortable so employees etc spend less time using them.
That is the actress on why.

You say you understand the gap yet not even google knows why it exists.
In Europe there are a gap but it is only an inch or two at most (as it is for ease of cleaning) if that child was on the floor you would have seen them without that massive gap.

Imagine this scenario. You're at a Texas football game at Memorial Stadium. You go to unlock the toilet door and it's stuck--won't open. That gap at the bottom allowed my friend to wiggle out of the stall. Hooray! for the American style door.

@@joshrees3413 yeah, but i can do it IF i don't have a kettle.

@@joshrees3413 there were a few months when our kettle got broken so we boiled water in pots, it's not that long if you don't pour like 5 liters in it, just pour enough for 1 ot 2 mugs and it takes a couple of minutes to boil. The most horrible thing that can happen is you forget about your pot and get it burned lmao, we ruined some pots that way and went to a store to get a kettle after those accidents

@@loonywolf2012 How do you burn water tho..?

@@udiana2887 You could always use a saucepan.😄

@@NooraTiistola they burnt their pot, not the water

Does the water actually boil, or does it just warm up?

@@akjvoksn yes, but you have to be careful of over heating it past the boiling point. Then it explodes when you add the tea bag.

@@akjvoksn Actually boils. Vigorously. spills over usually. 1 mug - 1-2 minutes, Try it but don't burn yourself. :)

I think part of the unevenness could be water content because liquids tend to heat up faster than more dry stuff

@@acceptable_luck1263 I wonder if high altitude would cause an issue with that food. Where I am, water boils at 202F (94C).

I even use an electric kettle to boil water and then pour it into a pan to boil rice and pasta because it saves gas and electricity is cheaper 😂

I don't see the difference between boiling water in a kettle and pouring it over a tea bag and boiling a mug of water in the microwave and dropping a tea bag in it. I've done it both ways. Just make sure you have a mug that doesn't get too hot in the microwave.

@@lynnw7155 Because boiling water in a microwave is lunacy. It can also be dangerous in some circumstances (water can become superheated in a microwave and boil violently, almost explosively, when you disturb it). And I have heard that it can affect the taste. Plus in a microwave you have to know the right amount of time for how much water you're boiling, or else mess around with it.

@@Person01234 Why would you need boiling water to make tea?

Same. I actually always thought a stove top kettle was a normal thing and everyone had one. I now use an electric kettle at home because it’s crazy fast and I can turn it on and let it turn itself off when ready. Never a microwave though.

Same. Never met anyone that would boil water in a microwave.

@@GJBedrin I wonder why? Never boiled water in a microwave to make instant mash potatoes or coffee?

@@xoxxobob61 nah instant mash on stovetop. Coffee on coffee maker.. I have however used the microwave to warm up water for when I need it for yeast or something

I boil water in the Microwave for mostly drinks like Hot chocolate and that's about it. Nothing weird about it just not used to it if you never done it before.

You will hear a "pharmacy" called a "drug store" in the South.

Maybe the reason tea isn’t very popular in the us is BECAUSE they don’t have kettles, and they assume that we heat it on the stove and they are just lazy to do that 🤷‍♂️

@@Nathan-ux1bb I think maybe it depends on the region too, because in Alabama where I’m from , I have never been to a house that didn’t have a kettle.

I think it's also if someone collapsed, they would get to them easily.

@@TBH13579 I think this is the actual reason they are there. OSHA requires it in case someone is having a stroke or an attack in there and they have the latch closed.

It's because technically America can't talk when it comes to tea making. In 2016, the UK was number 6th in the world of tea consumers. The US....was 29th

@@corriehingston6744 You seem to imply that the only use for heating water is for steeping tea. Hot chocolate and coffee are also widespread through the US and using powdered (or "instant") forms of those often means microwaving water.
We're not strictly limited to microwaving water, though. Some opt to boil water on a stovetop either with pans or with a stovetop kettle, and many others get hot water through their coffee-making machines. Electric kettles are virtually nonexistent because our power runs at half the voltage of the UK--120V in the US vs 240V in the UK. It would take an electric kettle over here about 4 minutes to boil a liter of water; a stovetop would take about 8 minutes to do the same, and the microwave takes the cake with around 3 minutes to boil a liter of water. Hence why we use it.

@@james-cain Boiling water in a pan unless you're cooking something on the hob is slow if you're making tea. Kettle is a lot quicker

The US treats its water with chemicals so water is drinkable as is. No need for boiling.

im not british and i feel bad about it

It’s actually dangerous to boil just water by itself in a microwave due to superheating. Disturbing the water may cause an unsafe eruption of hot water and result in burns.

@@Hannah_MusicBird If you heat it for a very long time. Water boils in 1 min in the microwave

@@Hannah_MusicBird yeah but isn't it a non issue because the cup and water would be contained within the closed microwave? Plus, you don't put it in there for that long. You're trying to heat it up, not separate the hydrogen and oxygen.

Plus radiation

@@aliciacastillerogomez6178 Wow... mine takes at least 4 minutes. In the kettle about 8 minutes.

Water boiled in a microwave has a very different and bad taste compared with water boiled in a kettle.

My friend used to make tea in a microwave. I tasted it. It's absolutely rotten. Similar taste to some hot water machines in petrol stations that do not fully boil the water.
Taste like hot toilet water 🤣

@@TheJoshtheboss Then that's a matter of not microwaving long enough. There is molecularly nothing different between kettle-boiled or microwave-boiled water.

@@cahinton. Getting the timing might be tricky, as microwave tends to heat unevenly creating cold pockets.

@@cahinton. that sounds like a good market, add a tea or coffee option of reheat or boiling lol. So people wont taste rots on their teas

Flint water is full of containments

@@A2CVMAN boiling wouldn’t help help with that. Obviously if there are known toxins in a water supply you probably shouldn’t drink it.

Microwave only heats up certain points and that's why the bed rotates. But even with rotation, it doesn't boild as uniformly as a kettle. Also you have to be careful when opening the door. And it consumes much more power than an electric kettle.

@@saeedgnu every single thing you said it untrue. Microwaves heat pretty uniformly and when the water is at a rolling boil it wouldn't even matter. Kettles only heat from the bottom. I don't even know what you mean about being careful opening the door. Or what? And kettles use about the same power, sometimes more power. Microwaves use very little.

What? England is a huge country due to the Roman empire. The Roman's attacked and conquered the Celtics, pushed survivors into Scotland and Wales and developed into the Anglo-Saxon empire which was for a time crushed by the vikings. At one point in history vikings, irish, scottish and the Welsh all joined forces to fight and stop the Anglo-Saxon armies from taking all of Britannia. Later, the royals ruthlessly attacked Scotland, Wales and Ireland without mercy and drew power by forming marriages with other powerful nations. For most of history English people didn't like tea, but had coffee shops only men were allowed to go visit. It wasn't until Catherine of Aragon (Spanish: Catalina; 16 December 1485 - 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533. She was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales. She drank tea and so the English Court began drinking tea with the lovely new queen. Unable to deliver a son and having humiliated Henry in battle the king became jealous and resentful of his wife and began having affairs. He then split with the catholic and made his own church in order to marry Anne Bolin. Around this time war was raging in Europe as each country fought over faith. 100 years war, famine and disease that swept from Germany to Portugal. King Louie the sun king was forming his court and empires were searching for new ways to enter Asia. While wars split the powers of Europe many royal families married their daughters to the English king, growing his power. The sad truth is England had extremely high death rates and people were dying from everything from the black death, to the sweating sickness to rotten teeth.

England has never been huge. I admire the effort you put into the history lesson, but you missed the point of my post.

@@JoeKier7 England was huge, they had even America

@@withoutwords8136 The empire was huge, England is not. Great Britain is only about twice the size of the island of Ireland.

Yea I don’t understand why she said microwaving clean water taste disgusting like ummmm maybe your kettle needs a wash

Because it does taste different.

@@christineperez7562 But it doesn't.

@@Jemalacane0 it does. In fact, if you reheat anything in mircowave it tastes different, that including food. Perhaps it has something to do with how mircowave works. But tea especially tastes disgusting.

Maybe she doesn't keep her microwave clean?? I won't use a microwave if the inside is splattered with food.

It definitely tastes different. It isn’t horrible disgusting but it does taste different than a kettle boil. A lot more people seem to not even be putting microwaves into their homes anymore. Possible too many other specific use gadgets? Idk. We do use our microwave but mostly to reheat.

boiling water in a microwave is so wrong, yuck
but if you were reheating a hot drink after it got cold then put it in the microwave to reheat it

​@@DaSpecialZak Why would heating water with another substance dissolved in it be ok, while doing the same exact thing to water alone would not?
You might want to go check how a microwave works and what microwaves are.
Pan, kettle, microwave, it's all just transfer of energy via light, just different wavelengths.

@@un_lucio I said reheat meaning if it goes cold then you heat it back up in the microwave and I have amended my previous comment

​@@DaSpecialZak oh good, I understood it correctly the 1st time then :D
Further more it makes no difference when you decide to add more heat to the cup. It still is the same process.

@@un_lucio it could be dangerous to boil just water in the microwave. You have no control of the temp. and it can explode when you open the microwave door.

In Europe it can be full on rooms, or stalls with a small gap under the door (10cm).

In Europe the walls usually go all the way up to the roof and there’s only a small gap at the bottom if at all. But you also need to pay for most public restrooms here.

@@JustanotherKRplusr771 It depends on country/type of place. In Poland we do have small gaps under doors (around 10-15 cm) so you can see at least a shadow of someone who is inside, but we also have a gap under and above side wall most of the time. And some toilets do have side walls to the calling. Nowadays most door and walls do good job to make sure no one see you from the outside, but I do remember some stalls with gaps in doors and my favorite nightmare: in one mall there was huge columns in the bathroom, some of them was in place of walls between stalls - so wall of that stall would end like 3 cm before the column - leaving a gap between stalls ... It was many years ago and those toilets was re-done long time ago, but I still remember them XD

I mean hehre in Europe wen you lock yourself in te stall on te outside instead of a keyole is a plastic tiny tat canges from green (unlocked) to red (locked)...no need to actually look at someone who is peeing inside

Don‘t you guys have a green & red color to see if someones inside? Why bother knocking if you can see by the color if it’s already occupied 😭

Most of the time: no

@@hmltwin ohh you don’t?? Shit i’m actually going to the US at the end of November. I’m kinda concerned rn🤡

That could be, Heather Lane! I've always just figured it was because it uses less building material so it's cheaper to make.

@@Antonia-uc1iv No one is being weird in the public bathrooms about the gap. You have nothing to worry about. The gaps are made for a multitude of reasons.
1. Save money on making a smaller door
2. Easier to quickly see if someone is using the stall without having to knock or ask
3. Creates more circulation so the smell doesn't just sit on the stall and reek when you go in
4. Safety because if there's a fire or emergency and someone can't lift themselves over the stall can go under
5. Ease of access for emergency personnel if they need to assist someone in the stall
No American is staring through the gaps or being weird about it. If the stalls are full people who are waiting usually go off to the side and wait until a door opens. We don't wait in front of the stalls looking through the gaps.

I can't imagine not having a kettle... we use it everyday in our home!

On the other side of the lock there is two colours that spin with the lock on the outside so people can see if it's in use. Green if it's free and red if its in use.

@@user-eq1jv3oo5v In many canadian toilets (like in my University) there are no lock indicators. And then you can be color blind .....

And people get to watch you doing your business. Great, yeah?

It's actually smart to have the gap (at least at the floor). The gap is so you can see if someone is in trouble and render care. Onetime when I was a kid I was having a hard time breathing on the toliet in the grocery store. A staff member saw I walked by and saw I was in trouble and asked someone to call 911. She crawled under the door and helped me the best she could. I was stung by a wasp and apparently was allergic to wasps. I didnt know I was allergic beforehand. Now if I was in Europe with no gap. Would anyone noticed me. If not I would have died. This was before cellphones and I didn't understand why I was having a hard time breathing. I thought if I waited it out it would get better. I got so bad that I was unable to stand up and walk without a lot of help.

@@jessicaely2521 Guess America values preventable deaths more than comfort. How bizarre

@@jessicaely2521 How many million people die on the toilet per year..just an excuse for creeps and phedophiles..

The gaps are also there to allow for gases to escape more quickly 😛

I prefer YYYYMMDD for sorting. The larger the number, the greater the date. Then you won't get January 2021 and January 1995 sorted together.
But when you're on a farm (as 99% of Americans were) then Month - Day - Year is order of importance. The difference between March 1, 1803 and October 1, 1803 is huge. The difference between March 1, 1803 and March 25, 1806 is much less so.

@@nathanberrigan9839 if your doing it with a computer the computer sorts it by last date created. If you are doing it yourself you put January 2021 January 2021 and January 1995 behind January 1995 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️.

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States

its very weird, even from a guy who live in Third World Country

thats weird and a sin to british people , kettles are a thing for a reason :) im kidding dont hate me

christina siad its rare, so maybe its dependent on the state where you grew, like in NYC its rare from what i know considering it'll be a waste of space since most NYC kitchen is too small and counters as well

@@juliane5632 While that may be true in some parts of the US like the midwest, here in NYC it is actually very common to have an electric kettle especially as many of us make fancy pour over coffee and cheap ramen 😂 I love Christina but at times I feel like she’s not the most in touch with American culture or at least American culture outside of what she knows. but that’s to be expected!

Most people I know who make tea at home just boil water on the stove

Putting the tea bag in the microwave is bad, the tea should not be cooked...

Yeah, most people living in the South have kettles. You can't trust American TV you watch in Korea to give you the truth about America.

None of these are good excuses and could be worked around, sure it's not so Uncle Sam can spy on you and make sure you're not doing anything untoward?

As a disabled person who has needed this, and lots of friends with disabilities, we also need easy-access stalls.

You just twist the lock with a flat object, not smash the door into the person hahaha

@@Skatted only a few stall manufacturers offer the lock that goes through the door as you are refering to. most still have the internal surface lock that can be opened only from one side.

The gaps are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) they allow people in wheelchairs to turn by having their feet move through the gap.

@@michealsontthat’s only in the handicap stall.

Have you had a fire on a toilet before...?

@@mevans6910 not on the toilet but in a toilet yes. It’s crazy what people can do to destroy public property.

@@butterbeanqueen8148 we don’t have those gaps where I live and I’ve never heard of a problem with fires in bathrooms or any other safety issues with our public bathrooms

Just have functional locks.

Or they could just shut the door when it’s occupied. 🤗

So do you guys not have locks either?

@@duo4780 There are locks, but most you can't tell from the outside of the stall whether they're locked. It also saves the person inside the experience of having someone try to ram the door down to figure out if the stall is occupied. You really don't see much more than toes unless you're really getting down low to look, so I think the average person complaining is overreacting. The gaps on the sides of the doors is another issue, though...

@@angiebee2225 in England our locks usually have like a green and red thing that changes depending on whether it's locked or not. Additionally, our doors usually are open when nobody's in there, but some do swing to the closed position and you have to knock.
Now I see why so many Americans try to avoid public loos 😂

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In Brazil, pharmacy have candies, makeup, baby stuff, shampoo, snacks, sex items etc... Lots of people just go there to check their weights too lol

I have an electric kettle. If I don’t want to spend three to five minutes boiling a whole liter of water for a single cup of tea, I pop it in the microwave for about 2 minutes and it will come to a full boil in there. But it’s really not that much of a time saver and if I do want another cup, I’m going to have to stick the mug in there again.

@@Windyroller Just put a cupful of water in the kettle(!)

@@Windyroller You don't have to fill the kettle up completely, you can just put enough water for one cup. It'll boil quicker that way too.

@@alexgreenwood7001 That's because you don't have on off switches...it's hilarious. You have to take everything out of the sockets? Oh my word
Come to the UK. We have kettles!

@@corriehingston6744 You must have me confused with another poster - I'm a Brit, and I live in England(!) x

The bottom gap is to prevent people from dying if someone falls or pass out so they can actually be seen because we value preventable deaths over comfort

@@charby1980 oh. I didn't know that- it still has more than one purpose, even if an unintended purpose though. Although the intended purpose is definitely more reasonable.

@@ghostleaf23 the toilet paper point is very true though lol. And I shouldn't of started it with "the" but instead "it's also". I copied my comment from another chain lol.

@@charby1980 Ah lol