Non-Americans, how do you feel about America and Americans these days?

Question

Since 2016 I've observed quite a change in the online spaces I am roaming when it comes to interactions between Americans and people from other countries, and I was curious if anyone made some interesting observations or gained specific impressions on the topic.

Personally, I feel like they tend to make everything political, even if the initial take doesn't imply a political relation in the first place. And it is hard for Americans to drop their American Goggles and see something from a different perspective. "American" seems to be the default setting on the internet and hence, they also seem prone to make everything about themselves and their exclusive experiences while simultaneously ignoring the other large proportion of the world.

So, even if you talk about something that, let's say, is a unqiuely European issue or POV, a lot of Americans I've encountered would go out of their way to "americanize" the subject and dismiss it. For an example, the whole "White Privilege" topic has a lot more nuance here because, even if you're a white Eastern-European, people can still discriminate you because of exsisting stigmata. That doesn't take away that other groups face discrimination as well, it isn't a competition. But this is a thing here. But I've seen Americans dismissing this issue with words like "it doesn't matter, if you'd come to America you'd still have White Privilege DUH" - when we're not talking about America in the first place.

I do believe this has been the most distinctive observation I've made so far and it gives me the impression that America is quite isolated from other parts of the world, so the breeding ground for this attitude is given.

Please be civil and polite if you have something to contribute to the discussion.

Siri137 · Accepted Answer

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh boy, where do I even  begin ? In my experience they tend to be rather parochial, thinking that the USA somehow  is  the world, and that every other country on the globe is some sort of primitive backwater that needs their idea of "democracy". They don't understand the metric system, probably because they just don't want to understand it, and their use of Fahrenheit is always a source of irritation (the conversion formula is C = 5 x F - 32/9, for those who need to know). They overrate their own nation's technical achievements as well. For example, did you know that the very first mobile phones appeared in the USSR back in the 1950's? True. They were also the first in space, and had their own version of GPS (Glonass) before the Yanks, but most wouldn't know these facts due to their abysmal education (more like indoctrination) system. They also drive on the wrong side of the road. Their gun fetish is truly disturbing, and I am  sick and tired  of their BULLSHIT about how "we surrendered our freedom when we gave up our guns"! No, we did NOT! The food they eat is literally junk. Sugary rubbish that will in the end give them all diabetes. And why are they all so LOUD? They shout all the time! Have you ever seen the sitcom 'Seinfeld'? They're  always  shouting! Their politicians are freaky and weird, and many of them are knuckle-dragging young Earth creationists. Many Americans now believe the Earth is flat, and that virtually everything is a conspiracy. Most of them don't understand sarcasm or British comedy, and have no sense of humour (I once made a  joke  on GAG about the 'Chinese spy balloons', that I would just use a sling-shot to shoot them down, and most of the Yanks here thought I was  serious . Then when I told them I was clearly joking, they doubled down on their stubborn insistence that I wasn't - ugh!). They can't spell (there is no such thing as 'American English' - it's just English!), and most of them are semi-literate and can't find most nations on a map of the world. Hell, they often can't even find their  own country  on a map of the world! Most have never been overseas, and so have no first-hand knowledge of other nations and the customs there. Speaking of customs, they feel the need to tip everyone because their hospitality workers are underpaid. They don't have 'Medicare', or any equivalent to the NHS, and so if you get sick over there you also become impoverished at the same time (unless you're filthy rich). Anyway, I could go on. And on. And on, and on, and on...

catarecute · Accepted Answer

from what i have seen its not somewhere i want to immigrate to.

i see on tv people running from armed people. police killing everyone and arresting children. poverty. conmen , cults, racism, people getting plastic surgery to feel attractive as they are so put down by media. forget this

VikingWarLord · Accepted Answer

It's because most Americans are uneducated, but think they are highly intelligent.

We don't even know more than one language English. Americans live in a bubble and mainstream media / hollywood has basically filled their brain like a CPU computer chip. They're brainwashed to the MAX.

As to your question, the Leftists especially in America believe that White Privilege is a "THING" worldwide. They mistakenly say "minorities" when referring to those who are non-white, not realizing that on a worldwide scale, whites are the minority.

Only about 8% to 10% of the world population classifies as "white" (see below)

https://www.whitedate.net/how-many-white-people-are-there-in-the-world/

White features are going extinct, for example,

1. Red hair only makes up 1% of the world population.

2. Around 2% of the world has naturally blonde hair.

3. Only around 8% of the world has blue eyes.

4. Green Eyes are only found in 2% of the world pop.

5. Dark features like brown hair and brown eyes make up 75-80% of the world population

jshm2 · Accepted Answer

I pity the sods, to be fair.  They are in the position the Roman empire was when it ended- but have lasted a fraction of the time.

Anonymous · Answer

Some Americans are so damn stupid. There was one girl on gag who must have thought America was the only country in the world because she proceeded to try and educate me on the laws in my own country when I said you must keep left when driving unless overtaking and she responds by telling no you have to keep right.

Another person on gag but this time a guy tried to say to me that I was lying about how Australian drivers licences looked. Unlike American drivers licences Australians do not put peoples height or weight on the licence and we also don't have hair colour or eye colour either.

Americans also seem to want to correct people from other countries spelling like for example other countries will spell colour with a u and Americans will come along and say its spelt color and its like no it's spelt with a u in other countries. They will even want to correct people. A while ago there was a post asking people how they like their chips and the amount of Americans on gag commenting those are fries and the asker was there saying in England they are called chips

Anonymous · Answer

Idc what's going onn I still dream about coming to US and joining the military!

es20490446e · Answer

Consumerism, politics and guns 😁🔫

Anonymous · Answer

They’re ok

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