Americans Share Harsh Truths The Rest Of The World Is Probably Not Ready To Hear Yet, Here Are Their 30 Answers
It’s no secret that the most powerful country in the world often stands out from the rest. And if there’s one thing we can all agree on, people seem obsessed with sharing deeply held beliefs about the nation. Whether it's hilarious memes that poke fun at the country or things America is doing right, opinions about the US are split. But as they say, with great power comes great responsibility, so why don’t we let the citizens themselves speak their minds for a change?
Well, Redditor Tell_me_why- did precisely that when they reached out to the Ask Reddit community: "Americans, what is the rest of the world not ready to hear?" The post immediately became a hit. Thousands of users wasted no time typing out the quirky things that people from other countries are unaware of, and sharing some hard truths along the way.
To get to the bottom of this question, we’ve gone through the thread and picked out some of the most surprising and thought-provoking responses to share with you all. Continue scrolling to read through these answers, as well as our interview with travel writer and blogger from the US, Megan Starr. Then upvote the posts you agree with and be sure to share your own takes with us below in the comments!
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More Americans would travel if they could. There is criticism of Americans not being curious of other cultures. Some of that is valid, but travel isn't easily within people's means in the US. With no mandated vacation time and crippling low wages, having the time and money to travel to other countries isn't realistic for most Americans.
You don't need to travel the world to learn there is a world outside of the USA, there are other ways to learn: literature, films, heck even youtube videos!
The only reason "Florida Man" exists is because of Florida's laws about the accessibility of crime documentation, which makes it a goldmine for tabloid journalism.
On the Fourth of July, millions of Americans celebrate their nation’s birthday by having parades, setting off fireworks, and, apparently, reflecting on the values that have carried the country since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. After all, we’re used to hearing non-citizens having some strong opinions about the US, but according to this viral Reddit thread in question, Americans have plenty to say as well.
We reached out to Megan Starr who is originally from Virginia, US, to hear more about this topic. She is one of the founders of a travel blog called Megan & Aram that’s all about visiting Scandinavia, the Eastern bloc, and beyond. Before going on her adventures to explore and learn more about the world, she also traveled across the US, visiting every undeniably beautiful corner from Hawaii to the Great Lakes.
Megan told Bored Panda she has been living abroad for 12 years of her adult life but is currently visiting her family back home. "The atmosphere is sad," the blogger revealed. "The division is sad. Everything is politicized currently, and regardless of which side someone stands on, no one really seems content here at the moment."
I went to Italy and there was a restaurant selling "American pizza" which was pizza with french fries hot dogs and more ranch than pizza. He said it's authentic American pizza and it's how everyone eats pizza over there. I told him I'm from America and I've never once seen anyone eat that... He told me i was wrong and it's how all Americas eat pizza
Y'all are crazy too
This is the usual way to sell "original food from..." in another country. Creators are selling dishes they saw on TV but on steroids.
Despite there being an obesity epidemic, there are many MANY children who are hungry. Unfortunately, the foster care system is a worse outcome sometimes. We have many, many hungry children.
And America will have lots more uncared for children soon enough. Thanks so much supreme Court /s
The government is not an accurate reflection of the people. The vast majority of Americans are moderates who have views all over the spectrum depending on the topic.
When asked about her thoughts on the situation in the US right now, Megan said it seems like people are stuck in a never-ending circle, and no one sees the bigger picture. "Even the ones merrily taking rights away from others are still whining about things," she referred to the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for dozens of states to ban abortions and ending the constitutional right to safely terminate pregnancy for millions of Americans.
But according to Megan, it doesn’t stop there. "You have people complaining about losing their 401k, yet they donʻt want more government involvement to help people have a seamless and stressless retirement. You have others complaining about gas prices, yet they donʻt want to invest in electric cars or research or public transportation. You have others whining about having to get a vaccine because it is 'their body, their freedom,' yet many of these same people want to impose restrictions on female bodies."
A lot of the world may know the origin story of America. At its core, it began as an experiment in decentralization of authority with the goal that there would be no overarching ruler deciding what you can and can't do. That's why the concept of states' rights exist.
What the world may not know is how extreme that concept has become over the last 50 or so years. At this time, it's more apt to say that your employer's HR policybook has far more say over your life than any law, be it local, state, or federal. Things have become so skewed in favor of "job creators" that depending on who you work for, you could be free as in freedom, or you could be no better off than an indentured servant. Think about what other countries' governments give their citizens as a right of citizenship: health care, higher education, comped maternity leave, childcare subsidies, guaranteed minimum time off, adequate public transit, just to name a few. Think about what the US government doesn't offer: all of the above, and more. But there are some corporations who do offer equivalents to those: health insurance, tuition reimbursement, per-employer maternity leave policy (which is typically not very generous), and lately some have been extending perks like unlimited vacation (still subject to your manager's approval), transit pass reimbursement, or private shuttles.
The truth is our government really is only good at two things, and that's incarcerating people and findng money to build weapons with. Everything else, they delegate to "job creators". That's why there's such a huge obsession with job creators here - they're the only way most will experience even a fraction of the amenities that other nations' citizens take for granted.
It's a double-edged sword though. Many states are "at-will" states - meaning your employer can fire you for any reason at any time, including no reason. That, combined with everything I described above, means that most people live under the fear of losing their job. Because if you lose your job in America, you have nothing. Employers have taken this position of power and leveraged it to have near-complete control over the day-to-day operations of society, and to government, to an almost equal extent. Labor has little power over their lives and their country.
America isn't a dictatorship. It's a nation of a hundred thousand micro-dictatorships, each presiding over everyone on their payroll.
EDIT: made wording less unjivey
Most of us are just normal folks, trying to get by - it's just 10% at each end of the political spectrum that are dingbats, but they get all the media coverage and give the rest of us a bad name.
We aren't uncultured because we don't travel, it's just that our states are the size of your countries. I can drive 8 hours in my state, and still be in my state.and then you have Texas
Hmmm...dunno, 'bout the reasoning given here - Australia isn't a great deal smaller than the US and we're a long way from a lot of places, yet we're big on travelling and we definitely hold a lot more passports percentage wise than the US.
"The entire political atmosphere of the country is just sad and nearsighted. There is no separation of church and state, and there is no religious freedom here anymore," Megan told us.
However, it’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to her homeland, the blogger stressed. Citizens want to create a better country for themselves and the generations to follow, and change is slowly coming. "I want people outside the US to know that most of the younger generations get it and we are fighting. But, we are fighting a two-party political system where one part leans towards extreme right-wing and the other is called a democrat but is still right-wing."
"We are fighting a broken system that doesnʻt represent our society well at all," she added. "And instead of voting on issues, we vote for people and the entirety of what they come with."
Everyone likes to harp on our past of slavery but we didn't invent, nor were we the biggest ones to do it. If we cast a light upon other countries past they would look bad also. Humans in general are incredibly sh*tty throughout time.
We have a horrible history when it comes to the treatment of our Indiginous people in Australia. And we still have a loooong way to go.
Forget the past. How about right now? From Wiki: "The Global Slavery Index (2018) estimated that roughly 40.3 million individuals are currently caught in modern slavery, with 71% of those being female, and 1 in 4 being children. As of 2018, the countries with the most slaves were: India (8 million), China (3.86 million), Pakistan (3.19 million), North Korea (2.64 million), Nigeria (1.39 million), Indonesia (1.22 million), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 million), Russia (794,000) and the Philippines (784,000).
Pointing out other people's flaws is not the same thing as addressing our own. Systemic racism and racial bias continue to affect people in the U.S. "Forget the past"? Dude. It's not the past. It's literally still happening. FFS.
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The way you treat workers and the work force is akin to modern slavery ... The idea is to learn from the past so as not to repeat it. It's not a competition to see who can or has treat people the worst you know...
No, there’s actual modern slavery and it’s happening in all of our countries. :(
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Long before the US was even the US, the countries who colonized us wholeheartedly participated in slavery. How do you think the sugar plantations in the Caribbean became so profitable for the French and Spanish? How do you think the plantations of the American south—-and for a long time, the farms of the North was well—-became so profitable for the English and the tiny pocket of French in Louisiana? And don’t just blame the English, French, and Spanish. A whole slew of other European countries, plus Africans themselves, played major roles in the sale of humans. So, no one should play high and mighty about it. You profited by it too, and for centuries. Hell, slavery is STILL alive and well in the 21st century, only we call it human trafficking now—-and it happens everywhere around the world. No one’s hands are entirely clean. No one country’s. No one’s at all.
Oh wow. It's like we didn't even do anything wrong. /s Pointing to other people's sins does not absolve us of ours.
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I mean... it still has ramifications today, so... it's still a pretty relevant point.
American educational views on their own history of slavery is flawed. When American history books gloss over slavery and stolen land, then go into details about the Nazi regime, it becomes problematic. Not because they’re teaching about what happened to Jews, but because they’re not sharing the same details about American history. It’s like they’re saying, “Look at us! We’re the best country in the world, but those guys over there? They slaughtered millions” when in fact America did the same thing using a different format.
Yes, we should teach about how we bought salves from black slavers, and how indigenous people stole land from each other in the most barbaric ways. Let's open that huge can of worms you speak off and tell it how it is. =:D
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And the sh*ttiest humans are those who won't accept responsibility and point fingers at everybody else.
We all need to look at the slavery that’s happening in the present. An organisation I support does a lot of events centring around the number 27 because apparently someone in the world is sold into slavery every 27 seconds.
I'm so sick of this whining. Yes every country has a shitty past. And they should talk about it openly and work to ensure it isn't repeated. And that should be the ultimate in National pride. Working to make meaningful reparations, and change. Instead your nation calls it "unamerican" and has just shifted how they enslave people by withholding medical other than through underpaying employees. By taking human rights away. In a myriad of methods. Of course "all countries" have s**t pasts. Of course people are "s**t". So what? We all still need to atone for it. And the wealth you are being controlled by. The reason you are a powerhouse today. Born on the backs of the POC you OPRESS OPENLY STILL. You aren't ready to hear that you haven't changed positively in any significant way.
Wow, talk about whining. You totally have missed the point, lol =XD
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Americans seem to be the only ones afraid to examine and discuss their past misdeeds. We are vested in keeping up the Myth America legends.
So, the fact that slavery occurred in other countries means we can't talk about its powerfully corrupting influence on our modern life? Huh.
More like we need to stop using it as a political tool to distract everyone from real issues =:3
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Well it wouldn't be such a big deal if the US weren't still oppressing, imprisoning and murdering black people in such large numbers. And half the country CELEBRATES slavery (sorry, the Confederacy, which was totally not about preserving slavery).
All false, more black people die in numbers to black on black crime, the left keep using them as political tokens. And mass majority of black people are tired of it, they wanna focus on the real problem and that is their communities and culture. Stop letting yourself be brainwash by the left media and the BLM idiots, that ran off with all the money. Really wanna help black people, do some real research especially on blacks focusing on real issues that is not rasism. =:3
Load More Replies... It's not that we think the US were the only one to have slaves, it's the huge lack of remorse, the way it's downplayed, or outright lied about in kids school study books
But you are not over it today. You still have no real equality of black people. They are still die more often in childbirth and are more often incarcerated and shot by the police and so many more things than white people. So sure people can't forget the past, cause it makes the present. And how you treat your natives is still worse.
That is all actually a lie, big fat lie. Asians and Natives are actually the most successful in our country not white. Black people die in the hundreds more to black on black crime. All your hearing on the media is just political propaganda, listen to actual black people that really wanna help with the real issues, and they will tell you rasism isn't one of them. Educate yourself and not just believe lie that sound convincing, you're smarter than that and you can learn all this from black people themselves. =:3
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As a Dutch I am absolutely not free to dispute this. I do feel like you guys are more proud of the country you 'raised' than you have the right to be though. A little more humbleness wouldn't hurt you.
Geez, finally more people get it. Most don't realize that African slave traders had all types of slaves, yup. Wasn't about rasism, they could have just as easily sold white slaves to our coutry's forefathers, and in comparison to many other civilians history with slavery or country's take on it was so miniscule is almost laughable (not trying to down play slavery of course) Some generations where enslave for thousands of years. My people where enslave by the Spaniards for longer and more torturous then America was to blacks. We all need to open up a history book, better yet the internet and educate yourself, really no excuses. Stop trying to benefit from your ancestor's pain and suffering, is really pathetic=:3
I'm from Denmark and we did slave-trading BIG TIME but kept it at the Westindies. So we haven't been exposed to our own cruelty as much as Americans have and so we tend to forget how much we traded in slaves. We also tend to forget that we kept black people in caves at the zoo in Copenhagen back in the day.
Yes, you weren't the biggest or the only one to do this. But it was only you and the western world that thought that people should be slaves JUST because of their skin color and that they weren't even human.
False, there was all types of slaves not just black and they where sold to the west by black Africans themselves, who had slaves of all colors. Is a lie if you think slavery was about race, never was. Learned that from an actual black historian, you should do research and educate yourself rather than believe what ever lie sound more convincing. =:P
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Before USA slavery, there were European slaves. Before nazi Germany my greatgrandparents fell in love. German and Jew got married. Normal people don't pick which parts to believe and understand that person doesn't get blamed just because his country of origin has bad history. You can't blame me if my parents mess up, wasn't my choice. And so on. Most people are same like you, they live, eat, work, love, have hobbies and don't have any part of experience with antisocial activities, wars, slaves etc.
Most countries have a dirty past. It's really all about how you face it as a nation.
By "harping" on slavery modern society has made much progress against racism.
Indeed! And apparently there still is slavery in some places, with very little notice given to it in the American press, at least.
It is not about your slavery past, its how you treat them now. Blacks and minorities.
Regardless of how other countries globally have and still utilize slavery
But most countries have moved on from the racism. The shooting of innocent blacks still remains a huge problem in the USA.
Noooo, no they haven't most countries don't take kindly to foreigners and no it's not an issue, you been lied too. And all of that has been brought forward by black people themselves, they are tired of been used as political tools. Want to help them, stop believing all those lies and do real research =:3
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The problem is when you are aware of it (as a country), but try everything possible to forget it and not let the younger generation even know. Explains to the children what happened back then... with everything that goes with it... including the cruel and inhuman details. In general, states should pass on more knowledge to their children, instead of "filtering" it more and more, because they consider it "inappropriate". By the age of 18 at the latest, they have free access to everything anyway... and are then probably often irritated and overwhelmed.
School to prison pipeline in U.S. keeps slavery alive. Minority Report policing is alive and spreading.
Yanquistan still has legalized slavery: forced unpaid labour in its prisons. Why else does their system intentionally target Black people? It's *not* because "they commit more crime" or any other racist excuse.
America never properly dealt with the aftermath. It was literally like getting a "Fine! You're right!" from a toxic partner but not being able to leave them. Not much changed and you still have to deal with the BS. You think you've moved an inch forward, they've figured out a way to move you back further (red lining, for instance). It's been so long, I don't even know if reparations would even work now. You'd have other poor folk pissed off they didn't get a chunk of the pie because they have also been getting screwed over.
Everyone who was ever a slave and everyone who was ever an enslaver in the USA is dead. Move on.
The worst thing is..pre desegregation, money spent by African Americans STAYED in the community. Post Desegregation, over 90 percent of money spent leaves the community , blocking the ability the build generational wealth.
Or BLM running off with all the money, lol =XD
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It's like everybody forgets about the Vikings, feudalism and serfs, early Australian colonization, being Shanghai'd, etc. Almost every country has a history of slavery of some kind (indentured servitude is still slavery) at some point. The thing is that historical erasure and denial is also a very real thing and needs to stop. Both sides of my family would have had slavers and slaves, having viking/Norse ancestry and eastern European history.
That someone personally spent over $400 million on a replica of Noah’s ark in Kentucky. Like actually. I’m not even kidding. It’s several football fields long.
This money spent on homeless, hungry and education could save so many. HATE when religion only glorifies itself.
One positive trait Megan pointed out about fellow Americans was their sociability. She told us that people who visit the US often feel surprised at how genuinely friendly they are. "Even in today's tense climate here, people are still so sweet and it feels like you never meet a stranger. I have been living on the other side of the Atlantic for so long that it always shocks (and pleasantly surprises) me when I come back to the US."
Europe has a racism problem as well. I moved from America to Europe and yall jump through so many hoops to pretend that America is the only place with racism despite how blaringly blatant it is in Europe.
Edit: obviously I know Europe is not a singular country, I just did not feel like listing all the European countries I've lived in or traveled too.
Editedit: If yall really wanna focus more on the fact that I said Europe instead of listing every country I've ever been to than on the racism thing then you're really just proving my point.
Twitter/Reddit are probably the worst representation of american culture possible. Life outside these two platforms are completely different no matter what way you spin it. Reason being, extremist opinions are the ones that get the most fake internet points, so thats all you will ever see.
We were also curious to learn about the biggest differences between her homeland and other cultures she noticed throughout her travels. When it comes to the main thing that makes people there stand out from the rest of the world, Megan said it’s definitely the amount of confidence they have in themselves. "You can instantly detect it from the other side of a room," she added.
"Other nationalities have their own opinions about this, but I honestly donʻt think it is anything bad, generally speaking. We grow up in a society where even the most introverted people are somewhat extroverted." Megan said that people in the US play sports, are part of clubs, and definitely don’t shy away from having dinner alone at a restaurant. "We donʻt speak softly, we talk to strangers, and we might be lost in a city — but we will look confidently lost and going in the wrong direction!"
80% percent of all Americans don’t have $500 in their savings account
I cant even afford to start a savings account. Currently i have $5 in the bank, no gas left in my tank, another work week and i don't get paid for another week. Bills are way too expensive, food is too expensive and gas right now is crazy.
Y’all arent as smart as you think. Dont get me wrong, we are morons. But stupidity is a human trait, not just an American one.
We do **stupid**s**t. But thankfully we don't think shark fins will make our d***s bigger.
Most traditional medicine is all placebo and should be banned. China has a lot to answer for when it comes to the decimation and brutality of animals for their horns, tusks, fins etc. Yes the rest of the world has issues when it comes to animal welfare but nowhere near as bad as China to be more specific.
"America vs. the rest of the world" comparisons shared online by anyone with an internet connection are nothing new. People are always eager to chime in on the discussions about this topic, something that Megan finds pretty annoying and can’t seem to figure out. "We are a country of 325 million people (or more) with a totally different background and history than any other place on the planet. Even if there are similarities in (white) culture, it doesnʻt mean that we are the same."
America isn’t the best by far, but as an African American I know the racism in other big countries is way more overt, I’ve experienced it and sadly realized America is one of the few places I can live in somewhat peace
We are not a monolith. The difference in culture between states, even COUNTIES or TOWNS can be massive. Making a generalized statement about “Americans” is really just disingenuous
Making generalized, and usually highly stereotypical and based on TV which is mostly fantasy, including those erroneously called “reality”, statements about any country is fodder for keeping us bogged down in stupid non-issues. Let’s put all that aside, quit insulting each other, and start realizing we’re way more alike than different.
America is more welcoming than most other countries.
For example, I've been living in Korea for almost three years. I could speak the language perfectly, interact with the community, learn the customs and traditions, and yet I still wouldn't be considered Korean, or even be looked at as a Korean citizen. I wouldn't belong, because I don't look Korean.
But in the U.S, you can be from pretty much anywhere and be accepted as an American. You might look African, Asian, European, but you would be considered American. And you would belong. And it's awesome.
The U.S is one of the most welcoming places in the world.
Megan pointed out that negative comments about the US usually stem from the fact that the country’s news, media, and movies are blasted on TVs and screens across the world, "so most people have a rough idea of what is going on." Moreover, she explained that it feels like it almost became acceptable to ridicule and share harsh reactions about her native country. "Whereas if this happened to another place, it would not be so accepted."
"Interestingly enough, many of the comments come from people who donʻt even know their own political systems. I had people from Australia and Germany come at me a decade ago for same-sex marriage not being federally legal in the US. It was also illegal in both countries (and didnʻt get passed until after the United States made it legal)," Megan told us.
Most Americans, be they liberal or conservative, are not nearly as hateful as you might assume from reading Reddit posts or watching American news programs.
M*A*S*H is better without the laugh track.
Most things are . . . but it would make viewing Congressional Hearings a whole lot more entertaining, also inserted during political speeches, and most religious news.
Not all Americans have money
Edit: most don't
Most don't while a large number works hard at multiple jobs just to slow down the sinking.
"We are a big country and our views are anything but homogenous. Many of us are fighting as hard as we can against a system that is set up for the wealthy white man," she said. "But it is not an easy fight, especially when the system does 'work' for some people and they have the mentality of 'if it ainʻt broke, why fix it.'"
We won't stop until the rest of you are as fat as us.
Americans are not the only annoying tourists in the world. We can be bad sure, but I have met PLENTY of [jerks] from all sorts of countries visiting.
Sometimes reading through Reddit you get the sense that the only people in the world with bad travel manners are Americans.
The worst tourists I have come across are actually Asians. Edit: as some have pointed out, Asian is to broad of a term. My apologies. I am mainly talking about Chinese. I am not saying all Chinese either, it's just they do have a reputation of being disrespectful and rude as tourists.
The use of the Metric system is way more prevalent than you think.
The only thing that gets me about this is when I'm watching repair vids on YouTube. Yeah, this wood is 20/13ths of an inch. Cool bro, how many mm is that?
Henry Winkler gets even cooler after happy days.
I had a developmentally disabled girl who went to a convention with her dad where Henry Winkler was going to be. He picked her out of the crowd and went to give her a kiss on the cheek and she went Yuck and wiped it off. Everyone was laughing including Mr Winkler. So I believe that he's a great great guy.
Most people in the US do NOT have guns. The reason for the "There are 400,000,000 guns in the US" is because guns are counted when they are sold, but they are not counted when they are destroyed, broken or disposed of (legally or illegally) so when you have a number that only goes up, guess what. It gets really big. It's also possible guns are double counted when one owner sells a gun to another person. Also, most gun owners own more than one gun, so you can't just divide the number of guns by the number of people because you have that one guy with 20 guns.
So, when you come to visit, relax. There aren't cowboys and gangbangers on every street corner.
Twitter is a very small community where just 10% of users make up 80% of the content.
Twitter is where people with the attention span of a flea go to get their news and outrage.
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So many of these are "if the US wasn't here/falls apart you guys would have shitty healthcare and all be at war" that it's annoying
Yeah, I'd like to see the actual reasoning behind why one or two of the people in these posts think the US subsidises free healthcare in other countries. Like, how does that work? And if you can subsidise the rest of the world, why can't you do it for yourselves?
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I think a lot of these were posted because us Americans are sick and tired of generalization. Yes big parts of the US culture suck. But it's not every person ever. It's not fun to be grouped together when we're all very different.
Most of these felt like ‘Americans expressive opinions to deflect reputation’. Gd damn man. Here’s mine (as someone originally from the US): Americans feel powerless to change their own world because they won’t take accountability for their own systemic flaws…
I feel powerless b/c my vote is gerrymandered to uselessness, and voting is how I can legally change the system, so I'm in a bit of a bind, you might say
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we someone from the us, i would like the second the statement of the dumbest americans are the ones who speak out the most and make the rest of us look bad lol.
Was this post designed by 5 loser old men and one piece of c**p woman trying to uplift capitalism?
Looking at this, I don't think this was even made by Americans. Sounds like they just took the top 20 American stereotypes and just said "no"
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I grew up in England for the first half of my life and have spent the second as a US citizen and I'm much happier here. Don't get me wrong, America has big issues but so do other countries. I see a lot of snobby, judgmental comments from people who most likely have never been here, that are completely untrue and uncalled for. The vast majority of people here are good, down to earth people. Maybe instead of spitting venom towards this country, consider concentrating on being more kind and open minded in your own selves towards other human beings. We are all in this together. Peace to all.
"I'm much happier here" - you're in good company: Fiona Hill hails from the UK and says she wouldn't have achieved the success she has had in the states if she'd stayed. She puts it down to the US being much more (though many would argue not enough) meritocratic than the UK, which keeps people in their station (Hill has a northern working class background - and the UK is, of course, run by southern aristocrats).
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This was probably the stupidest thing I’ve read. Not even a single person owned up to America’s issues. All of these people just provided p**s poor excuses to why their country is a total mess. The more responsible thing to do is it own up to your country’s problems instead of saying “without the US, your country would be a mess”.
I wholeheartedly agree. The comment deflecting the US’s history of slavery just because other countries “invented it” really left a bitter taste in my mouth.
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Live here, raging for 40 years against the willful surrender of the promise/rights by fellow citizens, doing all you legally can, and then talk sh*t. Enjoy the schadenfreude of moral superiority, but watch out for karma. That's how the US got where it is. And that's not me being pi**y. That's me being old enough to see how these things turn out, and still fighting even against a system increasingly rigged against human rights (See: Supreme Court of the United States, AKA muppets.) Should I emigrate? Yeah. Will I? Well, since I'm not a refugee, I need a job and/or enough money. I can about afford a plane ticket. Now do you get it? It's only simple from *outside* this mess.
This whole topic is stupid. I think the rest of the world should decide for themselves what they are and aren't ready to hear! Why would Americans decide that? And what makes them think we don't know a lot of this stuff already? Enough with this whole "America is the center of the universe" stuff. It's just another country.
The amount of knee-jerk hatred and bigotry spewed in the comments here is really disturbing. The reason I joined this site was because of the thoughtful, empathic comments most Pandas post. Apparently, your empathy doesn't extend to the US, and you learned nothing from this article. Instead, you doubled down on your pigheaded belief in the American stereotype. Some of you need to grow TF up.
really sorry you got downvoted. I got booted for a while for sarcasm. Yet people can say much worse and remain. Go figure, eh?
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#20 You’re either 1 big country or 50 little ones, you can't have it both ways!
I'm from one town across the river {from where i live now} where certain words must be pronounced a certain way or people might just ignore you, get angry or just walk away. There are words in our local accent that need you to skip certain letters in order to pronounce them properly. i believe that it has something to do with the Dutch founders of the town.
The last half of this list proves that the education system here in the US (my home country) is beyond bad
Why would you non-Americans come to read this post if the only thing they are going to do is insult each submission? ESPECIALLY the Australians who were constantly complaining about our country being big (bigger than Australia in fact). But a lot of the submissions in this post were based on mere opinions and y’all all had to complain and diss the opinions of the Americans who posted for tally o read.
So many of these are "if the US wasn't here/falls apart you guys would have shitty healthcare and all be at war" that it's annoying
Yeah, I'd like to see the actual reasoning behind why one or two of the people in these posts think the US subsidises free healthcare in other countries. Like, how does that work? And if you can subsidise the rest of the world, why can't you do it for yourselves?
Load More Replies... I think a lot of these were posted because us Americans are sick and tired of generalization. Yes big parts of the US culture suck. But it's not every person ever. It's not fun to be grouped together when we're all very different.
Most of these felt like ‘Americans expressive opinions to deflect reputation’. Gd damn man. Here’s mine (as someone originally from the US): Americans feel powerless to change their own world because they won’t take accountability for their own systemic flaws…
I feel powerless b/c my vote is gerrymandered to uselessness, and voting is how I can legally change the system, so I'm in a bit of a bind, you might say
Load More Replies... we someone from the us, i would like the second the statement of the dumbest americans are the ones who speak out the most and make the rest of us look bad lol.
Was this post designed by 5 loser old men and one piece of c**p woman trying to uplift capitalism?
Looking at this, I don't think this was even made by Americans. Sounds like they just took the top 20 American stereotypes and just said "no"
Load More Replies... I grew up in England for the first half of my life and have spent the second as a US citizen and I'm much happier here. Don't get me wrong, America has big issues but so do other countries. I see a lot of snobby, judgmental comments from people who most likely have never been here, that are completely untrue and uncalled for. The vast majority of people here are good, down to earth people. Maybe instead of spitting venom towards this country, consider concentrating on being more kind and open minded in your own selves towards other human beings. We are all in this together. Peace to all.
"I'm much happier here" - you're in good company: Fiona Hill hails from the UK and says she wouldn't have achieved the success she has had in the states if she'd stayed. She puts it down to the US being much more (though many would argue not enough) meritocratic than the UK, which keeps people in their station (Hill has a northern working class background - and the UK is, of course, run by southern aristocrats).
Load More Replies... This was probably the stupidest thing I’ve read. Not even a single person owned up to America’s issues. All of these people just provided p**s poor excuses to why their country is a total mess. The more responsible thing to do is it own up to your country’s problems instead of saying “without the US, your country would be a mess”.
I wholeheartedly agree. The comment deflecting the US’s history of slavery just because other countries “invented it” really left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Load More Replies... This list is bad, but I do have a question. Why is it that everyone acts like the US is so horrible and litteraly the worst, but we have the second highest immigration rates in the world? For such a horrible place you guys seem to really want to live here
Live here, raging for 40 years against the willful surrender of the promise/rights by fellow citizens, doing all you legally can, and then talk sh*t. Enjoy the schadenfreude of moral superiority, but watch out for karma. That's how the US got where it is. And that's not me being pi**y. That's me being old enough to see how these things turn out, and still fighting even against a system increasingly rigged against human rights (See: Supreme Court of the United States, AKA muppets.) Should I emigrate? Yeah. Will I? Well, since I'm not a refugee, I need a job and/or enough money. I can about afford a plane ticket. Now do you get it? It's only simple from *outside* this mess.
This whole topic is stupid. I think the rest of the world should decide for themselves what they are and aren't ready to hear! Why would Americans decide that? And what makes them think we don't know a lot of this stuff already? Enough with this whole "America is the center of the universe" stuff. It's just another country.
The amount of knee-jerk hatred and bigotry spewed in the comments here is really disturbing. The reason I joined this site was because of the thoughtful, empathic comments most Pandas post. Apparently, your empathy doesn't extend to the US, and you learned nothing from this article. Instead, you doubled down on your pigheaded belief in the American stereotype. Some of you need to grow TF up.
really sorry you got downvoted. I got booted for a while for sarcasm. Yet people can say much worse and remain. Go figure, eh?
Load More Replies... yeah, knew I was gonna get downvoted. It's so funny as an Aussie to do it in any public place. The sideeyes are serious
Load More Replies... #20 You’re either 1 big country or 50 little ones, you can't have it both ways!
I'm from one town across the river {from where i live now} where certain words must be pronounced a certain way or people might just ignore you, get angry or just walk away. There are words in our local accent that need you to skip certain letters in order to pronounce them properly. i believe that it has something to do with the Dutch founders of the town.
The last half of this list proves that the education system here in the US (my home country) is beyond bad
Why would you non-Americans come to read this post if the only thing they are going to do is insult each submission? ESPECIALLY the Australians who were constantly complaining about our country being big (bigger than Australia in fact). But a lot of the submissions in this post were based on mere opinions and y’all all had to complain and diss the opinions of the Americans who posted for tally o read.
