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50 Pics That Describe America Perfectly, As Shared By This Facebook Page
Interview
There’s hardly anything more polarizing than asking a group of people what they think of the United States and the American way of life, whether they’re locals or not. On one side, you have the crowd that is 110% in support of B I G cars, cowboy-like freedom, and chants USA, USA, USA! every chance they get because it’s the land of opportunity and the best nation on God’s green Earth. On the other side, you have folks who believe that America is so profoundly flawed that it can’t ever do anything right and it’s just rushing towards disaster without any hope for redemption—they see only the downsides. Somewhere in the middle, you have the realistic moderates who see the US as a country full of potential and appreciate just how warm the people there are, but also see the need for change in key areas.
However, today we’re throwing moderation and realism out the window and embracing the over-the-top, the larger-the-life, and the we-have-more-freedom-than-you for the sake of humor. We’re featuring the best memes from the ‘Wow, That is VIOLENTLY American’ Facebook page, and the name really doesn’t lie. It’s a social media project that documents things that are as American as possible, viewed through the stereotypical lens of the internet. Scroll down for a good laugh, and tell us what you think America is all about in the comments, dear Pandas.
Warning: lots of satire incoming. Before we get started, just keep in mind that nobody’s making fun of the US here. It's not about Democrat vs. Republican. We know that America is awesome. We also know that America has its share of deeply-concerning issues. However, it’s healthy to laugh at oneself once in a while and to learn to embrace the cultural weirdness in all of its glory.
Bored Panda got in touch with the founder of 'Wow, That Is VIOLENTLY American,' a marine veteran from Florida. They were kind enough to share their thoughts about the inspiration behind the project and its success, how America isn't as homogenous as some might think, and how people react to some of the content they post. You'll find the full interview about biases being challenged and discussions being started as you scroll down.
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Kookamunga 4 years ago
A bunch of jackasses, led by the biggest orange jackass of all time. trump-donk...593d4c.jpg 
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago (edited)
Ah yes, these are the same neckbearded incels who froth at their mouths that their “God given right” to own a gun is being taken away when innocent children were murdered in a mass school shootings. Biggest bunch of losers and cowards I ever saw. If you have to have a AK-47 gun to feel manly you are a freaking coward in my eyes.
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Scipio Africanus 4 years ago
I don’t agree with owning assault rifles but I will not agree with destroying someone’s property
Debra Robinson 4 years ago (edited)
You can eat some, @jerry ryan & cimmaron. Make sure it's freshly fertilized and coated in pesticide.
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JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
I would literally send a check with a drawing of an extended middle finger.
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Seonag Udell 4 years ago
To honest, I am surprised the Americans still call it English and not American.
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Fishy Squid 4 years ago
So if he retreats I must kill him but then avenge him by killing myself??
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Party Poison (They/She) 4 years ago
Please tell me this profession is a joke! 😳 You can't be sure with what's going on in that uncivilized country.
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Gemma jones 4 years ago
its like a Looney Tunes cartoon and when it shoots the gun goes backwards and the mouse is fine lol
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Ellie McGrath 4 years ago (edited)
Then told to put the lotion in the basket or they’ll get the hose
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Sally Signup 4 years ago
Reminds me of the time Indeed suggested a helicopter mechanic job. I'm a graphic designer.
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Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Using the image of someone who died of a disease that might have been prevented by a protective covering....
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unfilteredCigarette73 4 years ago
Ahh Memphis...pretty sure that used to be a basketball arena
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Saint Thomas 4 years ago (edited)
I'm pretty sure it's a nod to an episode of "The Office", where Dwight and Jim plan a birthday party for Kelly. Among other things, Dwight puts up a sign that says "It is your birthday", stating later in the episode "well, it's a fact". The balloons are also the same. Also, the guy is dressed like Dwight.
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Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
The wheel.....Imagine that thought process... "I will recreate the suffering of my idol, but make it so it is as easy as possible."
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Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I once walked past someone who owns a dog. I need a sticker to highlight this achievement of mine
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Party Poison (They/She) 4 years ago (edited)
This should be illegal. Gun cases should be marked as such and have a distinct form. And, you know, there shouldn't be gun cases available for normal citizens at all, besides regulated sport and hunting weapons, that are definitely NOT assault rifles! Oh and the ammunition should be, here in Germany it is by law, not stored with the gun.
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Saint Thomas 4 years ago
It's photoshopped as a joke. There's a watermark "Adam the creator" on the side of the bottle. Check his Facebook or Insta, he's quite funny.
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alex mitchell 4 years ago (edited)
"I'll take 'what I put up my a*s this morning' for 300, thanks Alex"
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
The shirt actually says “Stop Being Desperate”. This is photoshopped.
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JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
Karen needed her eyeballs cleaned and couldn't afford a ticket to the zoo to visit the giraffes.
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help I can’t whistle 4 years ago
As an American, I’m sorry. Trust me, most of us are normal. It’s just the few bad people are the loudest. Also: multiple days during school we had events cancelled because someone threatened to shoot up the school…
Lady Goldberry 4 years ago
We know mate, we know. I am a brit, and I hate all these anti-American stuff. It's the equivalent of people thinking we're all football hooligans with no teeth who can't cook, are fixated on some old bird on a throne and constantly wet cos of all the rain... Some of us use umbrellas.
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Dandelion Girl 4 years ago
I’m getting really sick of these articles. For the last time, stuff like this makes every decent American feel awful too. Stop mashing us all together!
Koos Kommentaar 4 years ago
What is it with Bored Panda's editors obsession with the US and all that is bad? It is only one country out of 196. I'm sure you can do better!
Tracy Sellars 4 years ago
Yes but most countries don't make a big song and dance about being so fantastic then proceeded to not pay a livable wage, not provide decent health care, try to bankrupt their students before their career starts and finally most countries are actively trying to stop people harming children in a very bad way. Your country is awful.
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Iris 4 years ago (edited)
Wow, as an American this is really offensive... time to go make fun of the Canadians
Parmeisan 4 years ago
Yes, we love being talked about or mentioned in any way. Win-win!
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Tams21 4 years ago
The first few of these "lol look at those Americans" stories made me laugh a little but it's starting to look like the US is being targeted now and that just isn't fair. I also think it's getting boring and decidedly not funny.
Titanium Lollipop 4 years ago
You definitely missed the north east, most of these don't represent us at all.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Agree. As a New Englander, the overwhelming majority of this article is completely foreign to me.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
If you want proof of hatred in the world? Bored Panda gives it. When everyone is done with their schadenfreude, could we look at the problems universal to the whole planet/humanity? Or is that too much liberal progressive fluffy to hope for?
Tamra 4 years ago
I love the "warning" the BP author wrote just above the listicle. Basically says, don't worry, it's satire, no nation bashing is happening here! - then proceeds to do just that. 😂
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Erick Blood 4 years ago
Hey I like these. Do China next. How about Saudi Arabia or North Korea? Didn’t effing think so.
Milan 4 years ago (edited)
I am sorry for this, but it is an historical thing i guess. Last 100 years the whole world was hear how the best, the one, the first country in the world USA is. This bashing all over is just the result of huge ego America spread over decades, because the world now can see what a bulllssshit it is (guns, shootings, patriotism, healthcare, schools, debts, lobbying, nepotism, pluctocracy...) No offense though. I like to travel and spend time in NY, California, Seattle…. It is just fact, how it is and i dont think will change soon.
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Sleepy_Child 4 years ago
Honestly posts and things like this make me cry sometimes bc a lot of good Americans are being categorized with these bad or over the top stupid ones and then we all get made fun of and bashed. I don't like things like this because it's just sad sometimes.
albernistuff 4sale 4 years ago
Pretty sure majority is either fake, a send-up, or mistaken context.
Frisinator 4 years ago
Do they do these posts about other countries? Like the most British thing is lack of dental care and shorty food?
Lady Goldberry 4 years ago
'Spose us brits just laugh and take the p**s out of ourselves anyway, so it doesn't have the same result. I do think the American bashing needs to stop: I've met loads of Americans and liked each and every one of them. Hard working, friendly, funny, inquisitive.
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Ladedah 4 years ago (edited)
Clearly, most of these are in reference to rural weirdos and southerners... obviously, it's hard to be offended when I also make fun of these people myself 🤣. I do , however, sincerely hope that this is not how the US is perceived globally. Redneck idiots definitely do not represent American culture as a whole. Also, I don't like our stupid measurement system either.
Moppet_the_Manx 4 years ago
Most of these represent the southern states, and only the VERY noisy few there
Cats 4 years ago
The U.S. is an easy target for Bored Panda. 50 Embarrassing Posts Shared By Clueless Americans (New Pics) 50 Things Americans Have Said That People In This Online Community Thought Were Weird 30 Pictures That Show Americans Freaking Out Over The ‘Gas Shortage’ They Pretty Much Created By Themselves Irish Teen Gets Annoyed By Americans Asking Her Stupid Questions So She Refuses To Give Her Class A Presentation Of Her Culture “What Is The Dumbest Thing An American Has Ever Said To You?: 40 Non-Americans Deliver 50 Times People Just Had To Take A Screenshot Of Americans Being Unbelievably Clueless 30 Embarrassing Posts From Americans Who Don’t Know Their Own Flag “How Are Americans This Embarrassing”: 30 People Loving “Breathable” Face Masks On Etsy That Offer No Protection From Covid-19 This Half-Iranian Twitter User Gives A Powerful Lesson To Those Americans Who Don’t Know Their Own History Americans Were Asked To Find North Korea On A Map And We’re Not Sure If The Result I
Kookamunga 4 years ago
The US is an easy target for the whole planet. Our country is a huge mess, to put it mildly.
Load More Replies... MorgothBauglir 4 years ago
Of course, America has some problems (namely exorbitant healthcare and housing prices from government overregulation), but I still am optimistic about America's future. Median Income is up 80% from 1980 to 2016, income mobility is high (Michael Strain found nearly 70% of people born in the bottom quintile move up, and 8 percent make it all the way to the top), Poverty levels are down (consumption poverty), life expectancy is up, literacy is up, death from lack of food or water is down, death from curable disease is down, the median American's purchasing power is up, etc.
Milan 4 years ago (edited)
America belongs to one of few countries in the world where life expectancy is decreasing in the last years, so i don’t know what did you mean by “life expectancy is up…” Also poverty levels are down, because they sent “an unprecedentedly large and inclusive set of stimulus checks directly shoveling money to most Americans…” So i am not conviced of your other claims https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/07/health/us-life-expectancy-drops-again-2021/index.html
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K- THULU 4 years ago
Got rid of that down vote for you.....dont hate what you are , just be a decent fkn human being, that's all that really matters in the end.....
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MorgothBauglir 4 years ago
Why did you link the entire Buzzfeed home page?
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Lara Verne 4 years ago
I think I found the most American thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7JRvwfHFwo
help I can’t whistle 4 years ago
As an American, I’m sorry. Trust me, most of us are normal. It’s just the few bad people are the loudest. Also: multiple days during school we had events cancelled because someone threatened to shoot up the school…
Lady Goldberry 4 years ago
We know mate, we know. I am a brit, and I hate all these anti-American stuff. It's the equivalent of people thinking we're all football hooligans with no teeth who can't cook, are fixated on some old bird on a throne and constantly wet cos of all the rain... Some of us use umbrellas.
Load More Replies... Dandelion Girl 4 years ago
I’m getting really sick of these articles. For the last time, stuff like this makes every decent American feel awful too. Stop mashing us all together!
Koos Kommentaar 4 years ago
What is it with Bored Panda's editors obsession with the US and all that is bad? It is only one country out of 196. I'm sure you can do better!
Tracy Sellars 4 years ago
Yes but most countries don't make a big song and dance about being so fantastic then proceeded to not pay a livable wage, not provide decent health care, try to bankrupt their students before their career starts and finally most countries are actively trying to stop people harming children in a very bad way. Your country is awful.
Load More Replies... Iris 4 years ago (edited)
Wow, as an American this is really offensive... time to go make fun of the Canadians
Parmeisan 4 years ago
Yes, we love being talked about or mentioned in any way. Win-win!
Load More Replies... Tams21 4 years ago
The first few of these "lol look at those Americans" stories made me laugh a little but it's starting to look like the US is being targeted now and that just isn't fair. I also think it's getting boring and decidedly not funny.
Titanium Lollipop 4 years ago
You definitely missed the north east, most of these don't represent us at all.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Agree. As a New Englander, the overwhelming majority of this article is completely foreign to me.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
If you want proof of hatred in the world? Bored Panda gives it. When everyone is done with their schadenfreude, could we look at the problems universal to the whole planet/humanity? Or is that too much liberal progressive fluffy to hope for?
Tamra 4 years ago
I love the "warning" the BP author wrote just above the listicle. Basically says, don't worry, it's satire, no nation bashing is happening here! - then proceeds to do just that. 😂
Load More Replies... Erick Blood 4 years ago
Hey I like these. Do China next. How about Saudi Arabia or North Korea? Didn’t effing think so.
Milan 4 years ago (edited)
I am sorry for this, but it is an historical thing i guess. Last 100 years the whole world was hear how the best, the one, the first country in the world USA is. This bashing all over is just the result of huge ego America spread over decades, because the world now can see what a bulllssshit it is (guns, shootings, patriotism, healthcare, schools, debts, lobbying, nepotism, pluctocracy...) No offense though. I like to travel and spend time in NY, California, Seattle…. It is just fact, how it is and i dont think will change soon.
Load More Replies... Sleepy_Child 4 years ago
Honestly posts and things like this make me cry sometimes bc a lot of good Americans are being categorized with these bad or over the top stupid ones and then we all get made fun of and bashed. I don't like things like this because it's just sad sometimes.
albernistuff 4sale 4 years ago
Pretty sure majority is either fake, a send-up, or mistaken context.
Frisinator 4 years ago
Do they do these posts about other countries? Like the most British thing is lack of dental care and shorty food?
Lady Goldberry 4 years ago
'Spose us brits just laugh and take the p**s out of ourselves anyway, so it doesn't have the same result. I do think the American bashing needs to stop: I've met loads of Americans and liked each and every one of them. Hard working, friendly, funny, inquisitive.
Load More Replies... Ladedah 4 years ago (edited)
Clearly, most of these are in reference to rural weirdos and southerners... obviously, it's hard to be offended when I also make fun of these people myself 🤣. I do , however, sincerely hope that this is not how the US is perceived globally. Redneck idiots definitely do not represent American culture as a whole. Also, I don't like our stupid measurement system either.
Moppet_the_Manx 4 years ago
Most of these represent the southern states, and only the VERY noisy few there
Cats 4 years ago
The U.S. is an easy target for Bored Panda. 50 Embarrassing Posts Shared By Clueless Americans (New Pics) 50 Things Americans Have Said That People In This Online Community Thought Were Weird 30 Pictures That Show Americans Freaking Out Over The ‘Gas Shortage’ They Pretty Much Created By Themselves Irish Teen Gets Annoyed By Americans Asking Her Stupid Questions So She Refuses To Give Her Class A Presentation Of Her Culture “What Is The Dumbest Thing An American Has Ever Said To You?: 40 Non-Americans Deliver 50 Times People Just Had To Take A Screenshot Of Americans Being Unbelievably Clueless 30 Embarrassing Posts From Americans Who Don’t Know Their Own Flag “How Are Americans This Embarrassing”: 30 People Loving “Breathable” Face Masks On Etsy That Offer No Protection From Covid-19 This Half-Iranian Twitter User Gives A Powerful Lesson To Those Americans Who Don’t Know Their Own History Americans Were Asked To Find North Korea On A Map And We’re Not Sure If The Result I
Kookamunga 4 years ago
The US is an easy target for the whole planet. Our country is a huge mess, to put it mildly.
Load More Replies... MorgothBauglir 4 years ago
Of course, America has some problems (namely exorbitant healthcare and housing prices from government overregulation), but I still am optimistic about America's future. Median Income is up 80% from 1980 to 2016, income mobility is high (Michael Strain found nearly 70% of people born in the bottom quintile move up, and 8 percent make it all the way to the top), Poverty levels are down (consumption poverty), life expectancy is up, literacy is up, death from lack of food or water is down, death from curable disease is down, the median American's purchasing power is up, etc.
Milan 4 years ago (edited)
America belongs to one of few countries in the world where life expectancy is decreasing in the last years, so i don’t know what did you mean by “life expectancy is up…” Also poverty levels are down, because they sent “an unprecedentedly large and inclusive set of stimulus checks directly shoveling money to most Americans…” So i am not conviced of your other claims https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/07/health/us-life-expectancy-drops-again-2021/index.html
Load More Replies... K- THULU 4 years ago
Got rid of that down vote for you.....dont hate what you are , just be a decent fkn human being, that's all that really matters in the end.....
Load More Replies... MorgothBauglir 4 years ago
Why did you link the entire Buzzfeed home page?
Load More Replies... Lara Verne 4 years ago
I think I found the most American thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7JRvwfHFwo
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