Dateline 12-3-2016

Yesterday ended up being an interesting day, probably not all that interesting to anyone else but at least a little interesting to me. I was pretty busy the first half of the week working on my assignment and taking classes. I finished all that up by Wednesday and now it's time to start my next assignment.

I took Thursday off as I traditionally take a day between finishing my lessons putting what I learned to work. It's just a way for me to let everything sink in as my creative juices brew. Yesterday, I sat down to work but was feeling exhausted due to the fact that I haven't been sleeping all that much lately.

I was able to justify putting off my current assignment because today is my nephew's birthday party, meaning that I'll be spending this weekend with the family and I didn't see the point of starting something only to take a break for two days. It's just not that way I like to work. So, I gave myself yet another day to do nothing.

And nothing is exactly what I did.

Well, nothing being, watching YouTube videos to kill the time. Somehow, I stumbled upon a video of Irish people trying different types of food. I don't know what but this was fascinating to me. First, they all seemed to be blown away by the most basic American foods.

I understood the videos where they were excited to try things that are traditionally American, like Thanksgiving foods and hot dogs but they would get just as excited by things like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They'd admit that they have peanut butter and that their jelly is called jam but no one in that country seemed to have ever thought to mix the two and put it on bread.

Not only do they test strange foods from around the world but they react to content as well. One of my favorite episodes was Irish People Explain American History. I loved this segment because America, as a country, feels very narcissistic to where it feels like everyone in the world should know our backstory.

It was fun to see not only how far off they were from knowing our history, but their lack of knowledge didn't seem to bother them one bit. Why should they know the details of our past when our citizens barely know our own highlights and could care less about the history of other countries?

I have Irish heritage and I know absolutely nothing about the country and though I would be interested in learning about Ireland it's not a top priority so I fully see why we only know blurbs about the world.

Oh and don't get me wrong, this YouTube channel isn't one that makes people look stupid for not knowing facts like an America late night show goofing on citizens about fact that they should know. This feels more like a social experiment that's kind of a friendly reminder that this world is made of different people with different outlooks due to being raised with different borders and different needs. 

Now the search begins to find similar YouTube channels where more people from other countries share their reactions and thoughts of other countries around the world. Though I mainly reference the American themed content the reactions are pretty global.

Maybe this hunt will be how I spend the rest of the evening after my nephews birthday party winds down. I'll be sure to let you know if I find anything.

Talk to you tomorrow,

The Wicker Breaker