10 Differences with America and UK
Introduction
My sister from America, Arizona suggested that I should write about some differences about America and the UK. More specifically Arizona, so I will be looking into some areas that you would be interested in looking into it.
(1) Netflix
Well, Netflix in Untied States is completely different to the UK version. In the states, you can get blu rays, DVDs delivered to you, there is a bigger collection to choose from. Plus, TV Shows go from Family Guy, Futurama to American Dad, Cleveland Show, Star Trek, Breaking Bad. Yes, we have Breaking Bad but we have no where near as much great TV Shows then the American site does. Plus, the American Netflix in general has probably more than double the amount of films then the UK version. Plus, the American Netflix has the latest films that have literally come out. But, the UK Netflix we get the newest films in about a month or two. Yes, we have a few of the American shows like Dead Like Me (which is hilarious!) But, in general Netflix in America is just superior then the UK Netflix.
(2) Weather
Okay, I was staying in Arizona, Phoenix and if you know anything about Arizona that's where Breaking Bad was literally one state over. It's HOT! Imagine what the brits complain about "Aww, it's too hot" Well, go to Arizona it's like triple the heat, it's like the moment you come out of the airport you're in the middle of the sun. It's HOT! You have to always have water on you, water is free in places because of the heat. But, Arizona doesn't have snow....Whilst, in the UK we know full well what snow is. There winters is our hottest summers......Yeah, it's so hot in winter in Arizona you can have Christmas dinner outside. You can't do that in the UK, you be classed as insane and thrown into an asylum.
(3) Food
You're probably thinking the picture above isn't real....it's very very real! I went American last year for a good 3 months. And, I can clearly say portions is something they don't do less off. You get more than you want. I prefer the American food because am going to be honest it tastes better. Everything tastes better. But, when I went there I had a large Mc Donalds McChicken Sandwitch. The Sandwitch was the size of both my fists, the fries were the size of both my feet together and my drink was over the size of my head.....IT WAS HUGE! I couldn't finish it. It was just mega huge. But, that's not all. Watch Man Vs. Food, if you have you know where am coming from. The UK do Man vs Food challenges....BUT, America wins hands down. It's just huge challenges and they are just hard to keep down. However, I notice they don't know what a chippy is. I didn't see any chippies in America because that's what we the UK have. We have the fish and chips, sausage, chips and curry sauce....mhmm food. Anyway, America is great for food and wins hands down in taste.
(4) Laws
On my discovery, there's loads of different laws. There's the death punishment, in Arizona they still have the Gas Chamber punishment but the UK doesn't have any form of death punishments now. But, that's not it.....They drive on the wrong side of the road....Am kidding, there traffic laws are SCARY! You can turn on a red light.....What's up with that! BUT! They don't understand pot holes. We have them EVERYWHERE, there's literally one outside my house. But, Arizona roads are sooooo smooth you can boil an egg on the road and it will cook from the heat of the sun. Here's something I found out, Tameside is the only place in Britain that you still have to pay tax on your house if you're even thinking of selling it....Think that's right. But, let's actually look at the state of Arizona laws shall we....You can't own more than two dildos in a house......wait......WHAT? So, what happens if you're house has like 10 people in and half of them are girls? Am not being funny, am being serious....Wait, am not. But, what will the dildo police come over to check you only have two dildos in the house? I mean.....Why? Am not saying I have two dildos or more, but come on what's the offence of having more than two? Another one.....Donkeys can't sleep in the bathtub....WAIT A MINUTE....Why would I want my Donkey in my bathtub.....But, more importantly where would I get a Donkey and WHY! This just sounds like a Family Guy episode.
(5) Language
My sister is a very proud home schooling mother, which am proud of. From a person in the school education I found online "After reviewing the school options here I am going with home school because then at least I know my kids will be educated at a higher standard that a rat in pigs much". And, I don't blame her some of the things I saw from programmes from education, the teachers generally do care but it's impossible to care for each kid in detail. With home education, you can concentrate on that one kid! Which is always want we want. And, all honesty, if you have intelligence or even common knowledge home education can be brilliant because you know some stuff that kids from schools won't know. But, all together it's completely different. They have Kindergarten, 1st to 12th Grade and our university is college. It's confusing.
You know what....I am actually jealous of America because they use the coupoun system and we don't. No, the McDonalds coupons don't count or the rewards cards count. The coupon system is amazing. My sister does it, and she saves hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars just on the coupon system. Because, at the end of the day the companies are happy because they are paying the coupon company, place to do these offers....Think that's how it works.
Black Friday...no it's not a racist term....well not in the UK anyway. I actually know about this from a South Park episode called 'Black Friday' let's do an example....XBOX ONE is 100 bucks....SAY WHAT? I WANT IT. But, you need to go to Black Friday. And, I asked my sister about this and people would literally pepper spray you in the eye just to get an offer......JERRY JERRY JERRY....sounds it doesn't it! It's absolutely insane. But, I think a really great example of this is if you seen "Jingle All The Way" The closest we will ever experience Black Friday in the UK is Christmas Shopping, the day before Christmas, Boxing Day, or even last minute shopping we know it's HELL but times that by 10 that's Black Friday. I am glad we don't have it.
(9) Soaps
We have our Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street....But, United States don't have a full on soap that long. They either get cancelled or it's either a reality show. I think, personally my opinion that the whole 'soap' they think a soap is, is just pure drama competitions like Hell's Kitchen. But, there is drama TV Shows but I don't know if they are on every day so often like Eastenders. I think if the viewings went down, they get cancelled but soaps in Britain have been going for years and years.
(10) Adverts
YOU THINK HE IS ANNOYING.....Oh, no.....American Adverts is the most annoying thing ever. Literally, five minutes into the programme and it's an advert, then another 10 minues advert it just sooooo annoying. You can't enjoy the programme. We think oh two adverts is bad and you're patience is low. But, imagine like 5 ro 10 minutes of adverts it just takes the cake!. I remember like 45 minutes of Family Guy, it threw me because it's a 25 minutes all together. THAT'S 20 MINUTES OF SILLY ADVERTS THAT WANT YOU TO BUY STUFF! IT'S INSANE WAAAAA! Thank You when I was there for 3 months, you can fast forward adverts (happy face).
What's The Bottom Line?
America in generally is a GREAT place to live in, I do question some of the things. But, overall I think more than livable. There's always the question who's better? But, at the end of the day it depends on your experiences with both nations. I think both are equally great but UK have problems as we all have problems. The USA with the death penalty, the UK not using a great coupon system. There's flaws with both but huge advantages with both USA have the best Netflix service whist we have Fish and Chips and that's the bottom line.
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