Why do British people think Americans are stupid?

[99ChickenNuggets]

My sister and I were thinking about all the jokes and hate British people give us. Like dudes what the fuck? And when you think of the average American, you think of a middle aged, fat, white man. (No offense to middle aged, fat, white men). But their are other varties of people, like Black, Hispanic, Asian, White, etc. And not everyone is as stupid as you think! Most of us even welcome you into our country.

[Blonde401]

Most first world countries think America is a bit of a joke I'm sorry to say. Obesity aside, America is extremely religious despite being a modern first world country, things like Donald Trump possibly being president makes you a laughing stock - that's insane to the rest of the world, the racism, the intolerance, the fact that most people have a gun, the fact that gun crime is insanely high and you guys don't think having guns accessible has anything to do with that. For me the biggest thing is the whole 'were American, we love our country, if you're not proud to be an American you're a bad person' blah blah blah. Lots of Americans are brainwashed and don't see that. So there are some reasons. No hate, I like America and I have American friends, I'm just giving you some reasons why the rest of the world recoils in horror or jokes about you guys all the time.

[99ChickenNuggets]

I honestly don't care what the 'rest of the world' thinks. I asked why British people don't like us, not other countries. ._.

[Blonde401]

Why do you care specificity about Britain then? I'm British and we have a lot of immigrants in the country and they feel the same, that's all I was saying.

[nalaa]

You do realize Donald Trump is a serious contender for president, right? In general your politics are giving you bad reputation. It's all a little ridicoulous, politics in Europe are a lot more sober, with less personal attacks, less spectacle , generally less crazy. I mean conservatives in the UK wanted to take money spend on the EU and spend it on the NHS, which is universal health care. Conservatives in the US don't want health care, which is a little... weird

https://youtu.be/GmYfjFSdFcQ

Though I suppose after the whole Brexit thing British people shouldn't be pointing fingers

[fauchelevent]

Meh, not sure, it's just the stereotype that I've heard most commonly here about Americans. Generally, I've found we don't tend to like Americans because our culture is similar but Americans tend to do what we do louder and bigger and it's just... Too much. Again though, it's stereotypes that people don't really believe in, the same way Americans stereotype us as all being ridiculously polite and charming but with bad teeth, it just isn't like that.

[Xfitchick]

Other nations have stereotypic images of alike nations too. We made jokes about the dutch and they about us and the same between us and the french. Its mainly based on big differences in culture although you speak the same language. Things found normal in one country are considered strange or silly in the other. As long as it is based on humor and not hate, its innocent.

[zoooot]

How do you drive a belgian mad?
Tell them there's a cone of chips with mayo in the corner of a circular room

:D

[Xfitchick]

@zoooot LOL

[Anonymous]

I'm British and I don't think Americans are stupid. I think the American government is pretty stupid as successive governments have made big foreign policy errors in conjunction with our government's but I actually find American people to be extremely intelligent and I love meeting American people when they visit London.

American people also tend be friendly and hospitable, I mean when an American tourist you meet in the pub buys you a pint of beer then how can you not have a glowing sense of warmth to our friends from across the pond?

[AceOtana1]

It's not just the British. More like every other democratic country out there.
Americans are among the most religious, the US is the equivalent to the middle east when it comes to religious fundamentalists. US has the highest prison population, very high gun crime, intolerance, etc etc. Also many Americans think the US is the only free country in the word. It's not...

[99ChickenNuggets]

And who told you that? :)

[zoooot]

It's the truth.

[AceOtana1]

It's in the statistics. Research has been done on how religious Americans are, and how ignorant and how many there are in prison. Also gun crimes are registered so we know how many there are in year. More then 14,000 in the US in 2011.

[zoooot]

fun fact: more americans die to toddlers playing with guns than they do to terrorist attacks

[AceOtana1]

@zoooot Also more American civilians died in one year from gun crime than American soldiers did from fighting in the middle east since the start of the war...

[zoooot]

Sounds like a problem that will solve itself eventually :D

[99ChickenNuggets]

And think of how many don't die to toddlers with guns. Think of how many don't die to gun crimes.

[zoooot]

sick logic bro

[AceOtana1]

@zoooot And they think the rest of the world should have the same gun policy as they do...
Very religious population, many areas lacking education, high crime rate... it's understandable that when you include guns you're going to get a a lot of gun crime.

[zoooot]

You'd think it's common sense, but then, are you surprised? :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0

[AceOtana1]

@zoooot I love that vid.

[zoooot]

He really nails it doensn't he :D

He's got one about trump as well, it's so good.

[99ChickenNuggets]

I'm American. But shocked. I'm not religious, I don't care what you do with your gun policies. How many religious people are in your country? You are acting like we are the only religious country out there.

[AceOtana1]

Well I'm in England, we don't have a bible belt. Over here you can come out as an atheist and no one could care, mainly because a lot of people are. Also if you come out as gay, you're far more likely to be accepted. Religious hate in the US is really bad. Science is often attacked and creationists keep pushing for teaching their religious nonsense in science class. We don't get any of that over here.

[zoooot]

It's a bit of a read, so if you really can't be bothered, just skim through it and look at the images. Especially the very last paragraph is interesting.

www.independent.co.uk/.../...e-world-10170978.html

[99ChickenNuggets]

@zoooot I don't know what's more terrifying... that fact that I actually looked at that or the fact that I don't care anymore.

[99ChickenNuggets]

@zoooot I didn't watch the video, either. And I'm not going to. Yep, I'm the skinniest lazy person out there.

[zoooot]

Typical American, refusing to be educated with facts :D

I have nothing more to add here, you have made my point for me, lol

[99ChickenNuggets]

@zoooot just because I have a low patience, and it's 6:44 am doesn't mean I'm not willing to be educated at all! That's why I don't go to a public school anymore!

[JellyBean333]

It's quite difficult not to, when a vast number of you are rooting for Donald Trump to be the next president

[JellyBean333]

BUT, I wouldn't read too much into it.. I'm sure loads of Americans hate Brits

[99ChickenNuggets]

Hey, because of people hating on petty issues, like how we pronounce things like, herb.

[JellyBean333]

Yeahhhh pretty much.. Americans say we have wonky teeth so we're probably even.

[Levin]

I'm sorry. That's just what British people do. We take the piss out of everyone, including ourselves. It's a cultural thing. Yanks are like, 'woo, we're the best, fuck yeah! USA USA USA'. Brits are like, 'pleased to meet you, we're okay, I guess'.

[zoooot]

This amused me, because apologising when there is no need to apologise is also so typically British :D

[99ChickenNuggets]

@zoooot You really think so? Maybe you need mental help.

[zoooot]

For recognising a typically British trait? I'm sure it's harmless.

[99ChickenNuggets]

@zoooot You sure as hell aren't proving that 'trait', now are you?

[zoooot]

Am I not? Huh?

[fuqthegovt]

Because Americans are generally fat and stupid just from looking at the real statistics and even without looking at the average Walmart shopper. And this is coming from an American. The British will never run out of material for their jokes. Not this century anyway.

[BaileyisDarcy]

The hell are you singling out the British for? The whole world knows America (not neccesarily its people) but America as a whole is just fucking stupid.

[wv_vw]

This is why the whole word envies them a lot, and most people in the world do everything to move to there (be it low-IQ like Africans and Mexicans or high-IQ like the Chinese.)

I presume that's what explains it.

[BaileyisDarcy]

@wv_vw

Wait who envies who and why are they moving there? (And where is there and what do IQs have to do with anything?)

[TakeMaker]

We think you're ALL stupid, regardless of colour. Equal generalisation for all!

[Djaaaaaay]

Take maker... I'm from Hawaii , I'm with you on this one...

[progboy]

There's a lot of jealousy. We used to be top dog but now the US is. That seems to come out as condescension and feelings of superiority as it's all we've got left. It's ironic as there are a hell of a lot of fat, white middle-aged men in the UK!

[progboy]

I should point out that I don't think it's right that Americans are stupid. You've got Jerry Springer, we've got Jeremy Kyle. You've got Donald Trump and we've got Brexit

[99ChickenNuggets]

Jerry Springer was fake... all shows like that are/were just actors.

[Tarvold]

The fact that you even need to ask this question when Donald Trump is a serious contender for your presidency (from a political party that bought us George W Bush, no less), only goes to prove that foreign opinion of Americans aren't unfounded.

[99ChickenNuggets]

Says the person who's not even allow to vote who they want as a ruler. And most of us don't even want Donald Trump. If you do your research he is not the leading candidate.

[Tarvold]

Well, the fact that you decided to use democracy to support the argument that Americans aren't dumb, when Donald Trump is the presidential nominee for one of your two major political parties and the other has just been revealed to have rigged their nomination process... only goes to prove that my opinions on this matter aren't unfounded.

[99ChickenNuggets]

You are acting like I have any say who becomes president. Yes, we have a democracy, but there's an age limit.

[Tarvold]

Don't take it so personally. You asked why Brits think Americans are stupid, not whether they think that you specifically are stupid.

The truth is, the whole world lost a ton of respect for Americans because of George W Bush. Ever since then we've just paid more attention to the dumb shit your country does to itself.

[99ChickenNuggets]

Well, maybe instead of focusing on our problems, you should focuse on your own. A little goes a long way.

[Tarvold]

Fuck off. You asked the question!

[99ChickenNuggets]

Well, you're rude. :)

[fuqthegovt]

He is now nypost.com/.../ But don't put too much weight on polls 6 months from the general election. Even if he does have the popular vote (debatable, these polls have a too-small of a sample size to be accurate) that doesn't mean much when it comes to electoral votes. Should be obvious to anyone American democracy is an illusion.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

We are fairly stupid collectively. But in fairness, pretty much everyone from anywhere I found are equally stupid in 1 way or another. The only difference is that we are more vocal while other countries try to make their bullshit sound smart

[BernieforLife16]

Because we have a genius candidate that told them Brexit was a the most splendid idea since crumpets and noon tea?

[TakeMaker]

Elevenses my friend, crumpets, cake and tea are for elevenses :)

[BernieforLife16]

@TakeMaker Alright my bad. How horrid of me, I'm a quarter British and I should have known that.

[TakeMaker]

You should have, now you have to sing the national anthem backwards while holding a hot buttered crumpet... somewhere.

[BernieforLife16]

@TakeMaker God Save The Queen? I was thinking O Canada, oops wrong country haha.

[TakeMaker]

Pfft... I dunno, I'm Welsh. My national anthem starts with "Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi"

[BernieforLife16]

@TakeMaker Oh that's interesting, I'm also Scottish, my last name is Scottish so I'm part of a clan. I used to know conversational Scottish Gaelic.

[TakeMaker]

Despite speaking Welsh and being of Celtic decent as Scots and Irish are, I can't understand a word of Gaelic! It is so different to Welsh and old Cornish.

My boyfriend's family are Scottish somewhere down the lines of family history.

[BernieforLife16]

@TakeMaker Oh that's cool, I'm half Scottish and half French.

[Prochto]

all the people of a country are not the same but in the us more people are stupid i think than many other countries

[99ChickenNuggets]

Your country isn't much smarter, but I guess that doesn't matter right?

[Prochto]

Think whatever you wanna think , everyone knows the facts ohh gosh lets eat some burger lol anyway bye

[99ChickenNuggets]

You obviously aren't very smart yourself. Haha.

[wv_vw]

Why, because he didn't please you?

I think he replied to your first insults coming out of frustration moderately and wisely.
That's what someone with a fully developed frontal cortex and parietal lobes is likely to do.

What about you? Predictably, you replied with other bad words.
Not that there's much wrong to that, we all use the resources we have, and that concerns mental resources as well as any other kind of.

And, sadly, vitamines don't help, nor does affirmative action.

[Anonymous]

Trump is your most popular presidential candidate right now. Just saying.

[Opinion Owner]

p. s. It is not just the British that think this. Pretty much the entire world agrees

[99ChickenNuggets]

Not that it is much better, but Hillary Clinton is, not Trump. Do your rsearch.

[99ChickenNuggets]

*research

[Opinion Owner]

Fine, maybe he is not the most popular one. He is still a presidential candidate, and, as you say, the other choice is only marginally better.

[99ChickenNuggets]

P. S. Lots think of you as shit too, so I wouldn't be busting.

[Opinion Owner]

Of me? I'm not British by the way

[99ChickenNuggets]

Probably.

[Opinion Owner]

Probably? Probably what? I am most definitely not British lol

[99ChickenNuggets]

No, use your common sense. I meant, what ever you are people 'probably' think of you as shit.

[Opinion Owner]

Oh, I don't think so, but it is certainly possible. Still, that's infinitely better than being called "american" :)

[99ChickenNuggets]

What you 'think' is irreverent and has little to do with this "popularity" situation. And I might not be proud to be American-German, but that's what I was born into and can't change that and neither can you, so why even bother it? Oh. Right... because you're in ignorant prick who think he or she matters. :)

[Opinion Owner]

That makes two of us it would seem!

[Anonymous]

Because somehow we let Trump make it this far in the presidential election.

[Rissyanne]

Who gives a fuck what they think?

[Pilulu]

Because British people are assholes. They think that they're so funny, and have weird teeth, a d we just as obese as the US. Sorry for being racist.

[jamesdegod]

u mad?

[zoooot]

I love it when americans bring up the UK teeth thing.

Yes, sure, some people in other countries do not have perfect teeth.

Do you know why that is?

They simply do not have enough inferiority complex to care about it, unlike americans, for whom everything needs to be bigger stronger and better than their neighbour.

It's such an ironic point to make.

[Anonymous]

It's not just British who thinks that. Americans are known to be stupid

[justbanANNAz]

#generalisation694 they're not all like that.

[Hidden_P]

Umm. Have you actually met a British person?

[Sheyhoney]

Amen my b 🙏😂

[TheFlak38]

The whole world thinks that.

[jamesdegod]

Coz they r

[99ChickenNuggets]

Your average IQ=100, Our average=98, Difference=2
You're not that much smarter, lol and very hypocritical.

[wv_vw]

Average IQ isn't all what's to be said about IQ (By the way, nice to see you think a lot of IQ, that may explain your frustration and aggressivity, as well as need for validation, all clues of inferiority complexes).

The distribution of intelligence counts too.
For reasons we all know, while none of us is allowed to show they know, the US have a lot of people on the far low half of the intelligence distribution (checking crime statistics by race is a good way to get a picture).
In the UK there's far less very low-IQ people, this means there's lots less social envy, social rage, social recrimination, rape, and killings.

It's much more of a difference than 2 IQ points.

[Anonymous]

Yes they do.