Americans Are Just So...Ugh!

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Last week my Irish cousin and her boyfriend came over to America.They started in Boston and made their way down to the Garden State where I live. They stayed with my grandmother and I for a few days before finishing their visit at a hotel with a view of Times Square. Some people have all the luck.

The first thing I did when I picked them up was bring them with me to get the food for dinner and when we got around to eating, the first thing they said was that the food has been so good and that it's practically what they went to America for.

"Of course, we fat Americans," my grandmother goes as we all laughed. Then they said that the portions were big. Then it was,

"Oh yea, Americans never have enough, we never stop," and they chuckled, just to kinda not leave her hanging.

Then they said Coke is much better here.

"No, that's just because you're excited to be here." They actually went back to laughing because of how ridiculous it was getting. By the way, I looked it up there are several reasons for the coke mixture of ingredients to change place to place.

This isn't a problem that just my grandmother has. This is a problem a large population of our country has. It's that we care too much about what others think of us.

The fact is, saying "Americans are so fat, so rude, so this, that" it's normal, almost expected. Why is it that if someone comes to our country and notes that the portions are larger, we have to act humiliated? They loved the larger portions, they loved the people they meet and they wouldn't shut up about how they couldn't wait to come back.

Their practically ready to renounce their Irish citizenship and we can't stop yelling to the world that we suck!

Well I'm not gonna be ashamed of things in America that I shouldn't be. So what? I'm supposed to be embarrassed that my country isn't Europe? Screw that!

I'm proud of our bad-ass flag and all the people who fly it. I'm proud of our gigantic portion sizes and our food that tastes so good. Even if it DOES cause your heart to shut down by 50 years of age. I'm proud of our history and our people, all the businesses that our country started all of the industries that rely on us. I'm proud of the men we sent to the moon and people we saved and went on to do great things. (Albert Einstein, Andy Grove, Saint Frances Cabrini, Sergey Brin just to name a few) I'm proud of Twinkies as well as all the freaks in California and wouldn't trade our scantly clad, stereo-typically lose women for anything in the world!

So stop down-talking your own country! We may not be perfect, our politics may be in a bad place too, but this is an awesome country and not that we should really care, other people think so too.

[madhatters4]

i actually prefer coke that most of the world gets that has real sugar cane as opposed to high fructose corn syrup

portions in a america are definitely big but then you go to Italy and the portions are massive

[Telekinetic-Potato]

You're right. But it's not like that all over the world. They rationalize it. CHeck out this cool article
www.wisegeek.org/...-the-same-in-all-countries.htm

[madhatters4]

yeah i know in most south American, central American, and carribbean countries they use real sugar (also mexico)... but i know most of Europe has the high fructose corn syrup recipe

[lumos]

In my experience, Americans can't stop yelling about how much they love the US. Lol.
Albert Einstein? You serious?

[drakeondegrassi]

USA! USA!
Jk, nothing wrong with national pride!

[lumos]

@drakeondegrassi eh too much of it is obnoxious.

[drakeondegrassi]

Well, then turn away from it. Unless someone is holding you down throwing up red, white and blue into your mouth, you can usually get away from it. Personally I find other people taking pride in the country pretty stinkin' awesome. It's another reason to celebrate in our short lives.

[drakeondegrassi]

I don't mean that to sound rude either! I just like it when people love to see other people happy for good reasons.

[hellionthesage]

He became a US citizen of his own volition ergo he was American. You don't control where you are born (he renounced is german citizen ship when he was 17) and so the only thing that matters is where you choose to be. I would also argue that pride has nothing to do with being American, you here that from literally every country in the world I think the label of obnoxious patriotism is unfairly placed on americans when really it belongs to every nation in existence.

[lumos]

@hellionthesage I never said only Americans are obnoxious about their circle-jerk love for the US lol.

[hellionthesage]

"Americans can't stop yelling about how much they love the US"
Their was no mention that literally every single country in the world does the exact same thing (and usually talks poorly about other countries while doing it while the US really doesn't)

[lumos]

@hellionthesage pointing out that Americans love to yell out their love for America does not exclude the existence of other patriotic countries. This take was about American patriotism, which is why I focused on just that. Like I said, I never said that no other countries do this.

[Fearless_banana]

Hold on boyo. Before I respond to this take I'm going to need to lift my ford f350 diesel truck. After that I need to clean my assault rifles for the day. Then I'll get back to you after I scarf down 4 hamburgers and give myself an insulin shot because of my diabetes.

[drakeondegrassi]

quite possibly actually a post about my current life. well i drive a hatchback but I did have a happy meal for lunch and i do likey da big guns.

[PT1911]

You fucking peasant.

RAM Cummins is the way to go

[drakeondegrassi]

I love America too. We are beautiful because we are diverse and the people who designed our country for real freedom. We're actually the 9th fattest nation anyways so much love to my other fatties out there in the world.

If someone has a problem with you taking pride in your country, screw them. Men and women have died for that flag and our freedom and I respect their ultimate sacrifice immensely. We're not perfect, but I believe our nation's founding and the last several hundred year of our history will always be a symbol of the new freedom, like Greece and Rome are too.

Not sure where we're headed though. There's always hope, however.

[drakeondegrassi]

Sorry for all my grammatical errors haha, I think all the freedom in here was clouding my vision. I swear English was my first language, even if that post suggests otherwise. :)

[Fearless_banana]

Preach

[Levin]

'and the people who designed our country for real freedom.' You mean Brits and other Europeans, right? Of course :D

[drakeondegrassi]

@Levin They were brits in 1775, they became Americans in 1776. Still a sore loser about getting whooped by a measly colony that became the greatest world power in 150 years of independence? :D

[Levin]

I'll still see you as our children. A bit reckless, over-confident and gung ho, but I still love you ;)

[Levin]

Actually the metaphor was quite good: Continually getting into scrapes and fights for no apparent reason, and not mulling over the consequences; modifying language to a horrendous extent, so as to distinguish yourself from your 'unhip' parents; loud, abrasive and generally cocky; unwilling to take advice from your parents who have a wealth of experience, only to learn they were totally right, about everything!! Yep yep. :D

[drakeondegrassi]

@Levin Yeah, sounds like the UK, you're right!

Your children that have saved your skin twice now in world wars? Didn't really think that through, did you?

[Mártainn]

It's children taking over the family business of kicking ass, right? And supporting the parents and all those things?

[Levin]

@Mártainn 'Children' don't let their parents go it alone for 5 out of total of 10 years, of two apparently just and righteous wars!

[Mártainn]

@Levin
Well, no family is perfect.

[goldfinch23]

What freedom are you talking about? Freedom where picturing breastfeeding women are banned? You can't be serious.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

The reason is basically to acknowledge how different (good and bad) we are compared to the majority of the world. We do things different, we have a reputation of being loud and obnoxious. How true that is is highly debatable. From most of my friends from around the world, I haven't had any problems with them describing me as "that American". To the lengths people will go to acknowledge or try to refute it by acting "worldly" or self deprecating is something totally different and personal, I guess

Also, fuck jersey 🖕

Ps- Einstein was German 😑

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Ps It was a list of people who came from other countries and achieved greatness here. Einstein did great things outside of this country but a lot of his success had to do with coming here. He wouldn't have been able to complete his education for example.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

Fair enough, I suppose... It's not so far fetched to believe some people actually think he was American by birth 😂

[renogaza]

funny how he's preaching about how great the US is when they're responsible for ISIS as well as all the wars since 1941.. just let me know if you wanna know exactly what i mean by the last part

[Telekinetic-Potato]

First of all, I'm not preaching that were so great. I'm saying that instead of whining that some sand people don't like us, we should be loving whats great about this place and striving to be better.

Second, your last statement is stupid and exactly the kind of statement that would only be made by someone who is specifically trying to find bad things to say about this country.

It's honestly a silly thing to say and just goes to show how little people understand things.

[renogaza]

then you don't think the US deserves to pay for all its warcrimes then? or the countless millions they've killed? or the constant threat of nuclear extinction because of them? its only because of america that we're now living in a world that is primed for mass extinction now.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

To say that is like saying China should have to pay because of all the people who died from guns. You really think no one else would have come up with that? Do you know how quickly it was figured out after originals were built? Thank God we figured it out first because if someone else did, they may not have used it the way we did.

And what warcrimes have we carried out that were any worse than anyone else? Do you realize how many rules and regulations we impose on our current military that kill them. All in the name of being fair to our enemy's.

We have saved billions for the few million that we have killed and unlike a lot of other countries, our borders have been exactly the same for a very long time.

[bobbyxx]

I know what you mean.

[renogaza]

Did you research anything you just said? Part of the agreement forged by the UN at its creation by winston churchill and theodore roosevelt is sharing military technology with its allies, that includes the blueprints to the nukes, russia was an allied power so they got the techology as well, then the arms race began because of rising tensions between the US and USSR over not sharing the minds of the german scientists as well as not allowing russia to inspect the japanese I-400 class submarine carriers, the distrust then started the cold war, all caused by america's paranoia, and despite how much america tried to demonize the russians like they do with everyone they've ever been paranoid with the russians were actually the first to opt to end the war after they were shocked by their own tsar bomba, after the USSR fell apart they entered severe bankruptcy which forced them to sell a number of military vehicles, weapons and nukes to china, its called the butterfly effect.

[renogaza]

Since you're so hopelessly patriotic, ill give you a history lesson about america, how they are the harbingers of death

In 1936 china's last emperor disappeared leaving the imperial senate unable to stabilize the country, a civil war broke out with left china without any functioning government and in anarchy, so england asked japan to help quell the chaos in china which was spreading to neighboring countries including hongkong which was a British colony back then, japan accepted because of their relationship with england prior to the treaty of versailles that japan was opposed to for being brutally unfair to the axis of ww1, japan was once part of the big five which was part of the league of nations (ancient version of the UN) japan repelled the chinese insurgents in manchuria and mainland china until they had annexed half of china by 1939, however america was paranoid and felt that japans growing industrial prowess might match america and become a threat, so -

[renogaza]

The US issued a naval commercial embargo on japan to destroy their economy hoping it would supress them enough to never be a threat, japan would then suffer from mass starvation and poverty on top of being restricted by the washington treaty of 1933, so japan decided they would not allow america to harass them anymore and laid plans for the shipbuilding corps and for the invasion of pearl harbor and midway, the rest everyone already knows.. in short america was a one who provoked japan, so why is japan the bad guy? In retrospect america started the war with them and killed millions of them and even created the accursed nuclear bombs just because of their overinflated ego and paranoia.

Later conflicts america would either participate in or start was the cold war - caused by distrust with their ally russia, the vietnam war - siding with the french against the vietnamese revolution against french oppression, the wars in the middle east - for their thirst of black gold, -

[renogaza]

America has always been warmongers, its in their nature.

[renogaza]

Too bad its people keep defending it, there are good people in the states but too many are blind to the truth about their government, military and history, its been 15 years since 9-11 but only in the last few years have americans actually been opening their eyes to the truth, that it was all a setup by their government to have a reason to go to war

On the day of the alleged bombings both towers had 3 floors cleared for renovations, these floors were rigged with shaped charges to cut the supports and filled with napalm to create the illusion of a fire, the planes never existed and all the video evidence of it was modified by the CIA, the buildings should have had much more than just 3000+ people since both of them could easily have 20,000 people each on a normal day, all those people died just for an excuse to go to war, just like nagasaki and hiroshima was bombed just because they wanted to test their new toys out.

[renogaza]

As Robert Oppenheimer once said, "i have become death, destroyer of worlds."

To this day albert einstein would be ashamed of mankind, for they were never ready for his innocent genius.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

First of all, I could tell by the first few words of your essay that talking to you is gonna be like talking to a brick wall but maybe someone else will read this and I'd hate for them to only read your stupidity.

First of all, everything I said before was researched. Yea, it only took a few years for 3 professors (who weren't even physicists) to come up with their own design for an A-bomb. Everyone knows how to make one, the hard part is refining the materials to a point that is worth all the effort. It happens to be extremely expensive. It is also difficult to deliver as enriched uranium weighs several times more than lead. (I believe it is 3 times as heavy)

We put an embargo on our sending them oil because Japan got a big army they got excited because of the land they aquired from WWI and tried taking over Manchuria which was gonna make problems for us (and the rest of the world) because we were selling weapons to them.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Japan left the league of nations by the way so they could keep trying to cripple china and take control of. . . the ocean I guess. (they got a bunch of German islands from WWI)

The real last straw was the invasion of French Indochina which was a huge move to try and cripple China. We had to protect our interests and considering that Japan didn't show any signs of wanting to be a part of the (for lack of a better word) "good guys"

Can you really blame the Japs? Not really, they had a very difficult political climate that wasn't kind to anyone who spoke against it. And our Embargo didn't make them poor. They were already poor and starving for so many reasons, I could write a whole other article. (everything from natural disasters to wars)

It's so ridiculous how you try to act like our country bullies other countries when the fact is, all the countries do this to each other. It is always a constant battle for survival and once your in a position to thrive,

[Telekinetic-Potato]

everything may be taken from you if you dont try to take advantage of it. Japan should have stayed in the LON and really, them going against it was what started the chain of events that got 2 gigantic bombs dropped on them.

We went back to that country, installed the government the people there have been trying to get for many decades and they made so much money, and sent so much to this country. Do you know why there aren't any American TV manufacturers? it wasn't always like that! Japan killed it. They did awesome and it was all because we dropped a bomb the world wasn't ready for and the truth that no one want's to admit is that it scared the shit out of everyone and no one wanted to fuck with us for years because of it.

[NatashaJ]

I don't see the problem with the large world proportions I do see the problems. Obesity in children is becoming an issue and that cuts their life by 10 years. You really need to think of the consequences of having large food portions just saying. Obesity is becoming an issue and its time for Americans to deal with it.

[NatashaJ]

food proportions* oops

[Sexualchrist]

Those portion sizes are pretty exaggerated though. When I went there the first time and ordered food in a restaurant I learned that from that point on I was ordering one dish for 2 people.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Lol, that's what I hear

[19MK34]

My experience of Americans is the complete opposite, they are way too patriotic for my tastes. For example I can joke around with Australians about them being convicts or Canadians about how nobody cares about their country, and they'll just laugh and mock the UK and British people back, but if you make jokes about America or American stereotypes to Americans they will get defensive, will be unable to take it and then never let it go.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It's because people's feelings get hurt here very easily. Would most Americans act the way my grandma did around foreigners? No

But I can tell you that is how a lot of Americans are when with a lot of other Americans. For instance, I saw an episode of Top Gear once where Jeremy Clarkson said something like "Everyone's very fat. . . everyone's very rude" Now I laughed so hard, I think I spit out something I was drinking. He said it very dry though. Like if it had been your first time seeing him, you could be forgiven for being really offended. In fact, a lot of Americans may have seen that and been hurt and then gone off to a group of other Americans and say "Everyone hates us, they all think we're fat and we are. Everyone here is so rude, it makes people not want to come here"

[Afro-dite9]

Yea, every country has it's pro's and con's and it's nice being from elsewhere, but guess what? When shit goes down (bad shit) I wanna be from this motherfu*ker! So I don't even complain anymore as much. I'm not patriotic, but I'm not, not patriotic either. it is what it is.

[Phoenix98]

Good for you, be proud of our nation but don't be arrogant about it.

[Nothanks700]

It's common place in every country to be self deprecating, it is somewhat healthy to keep things in perspective and not become xenophobic by being over patriotic. That said, America has been the leader of the developed world for over a century, and should be proud of our place. Much of Europe is further in some pursuits, and we are much further in others.

[akadatank44]

In just a short time period too we have accomplished so much more than other countries tries. Our country is not that old. If our country is so bad why are so many foreigners trying to get in and come to college her and get jobs. Please explain that one to me.

[foil7]

USA pride. I want to add something about Colin Kapernick. The US prides itself on being a free country. Why shouldn't one be able to disrepect the national anthem. I'm as patriotic as the next guy but shaming someone for practicing their freedom is hypocrisy.

[takumii]

Yea man , we are a great country. Your speech inspired me *sniff*

Been just over two centuries of Freedom and already engaged in 12 major wars.

This country was founded by a group of slave owners who wanted to be free.

You think we change? Just look at our presidential candidates.
Vote for either of them and I expect in a few years the IQ and the life expectancy of the average American will pass each other in opposite directions.

[Luci92]

You guys are so damn patriotic though! (Not necessarily a bad thing).
P. S. I love America lol <3

[steveisbored]

'MURICA!

[bobbyxx]

Can't stand the Yanks. Have to be the best at everything, have to be in control of everything and have to bring their lousy culture to other countries.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It's not our fault your countries buy all our shit. Most people here have no idea how much our culture impacts the rest of the world.

[EmpatheticLady]

*Insert obligatory 'Murica meme here.*

You have some good points, for sure. It's a shame the obnoxious, loud-mouthed people ruin it for the rest of us. :P

[TheTruthHurtsImSorry]

Americans are just so what?
Say that again and I'll wipe your freedoms from the face of the earth.

America is the single greatest country of all time, you should be glad we even allow you to utter its name from your filthy gutter of a mouth.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I don't think you understand the title. You should try giving the article a read. You may change your mind

[TheTruthHurtsImSorry]

I don't think you understood what I said. You should try giving it a read. You may change your nationality.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I don't see why I'd want to be anything than an American. If you had read the article, you would be on the same page as me and quite a few of the commentators here.

[TheTruthHurtsImSorry]

That's what I thought. America #1

Wooooooooowoooooowoooooowoo

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Hell yea!!!

[helloitsmethere]

EVERY country has it's own faults. Be happy and grateful that you were born in a first world country...

[Alex88F]

i have some American blood in my veins but i got to say all this sense of belonging to a culture is pretty much alienating me. The fuck im supposed to be happy about it? Why? How? i didn't choose anything!

[Anonymous]

americans are trash.. i live here and see it first hand.. when you talk to somebody from another part of the world, you can clearly notice a higher iq and just a smarter sounding person.. americans are easily entertained by "beer and pussy"