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30 Things Americans Can’t Seem To Live Without, As Observed By Non-Americans
Cars and guns. Flags and freedom. Fast-food and air-conditioning. That’s what the United States is all about—or at least the stereotypical version of America, according to the internet. No matter how hard people try, it looks like there are some stereotypes that Americans just can’t shake.
Whether because of pop culture or anecdotal experiences with tourists, some foreigners have a very clear-cut picture in their minds of what American everyday life is like. Even though it actually varies so much. And redditor Pfl2020 wanted to find out what exactly non-Americans think that Americans can’t live without.
Check out some of the most interesting responses to their thread and remember to give the ones that you relate to a big ol’ upvote as you scroll down. We’d also love to hear your opinions on what you associate Americans with, dear Pandas. And if you’re from the US, share your thoughts and feelings about these stereotypes in the comments.
For instance, I personally associate Americans with extremely warm and friendly people, delicious homecooked meals, great education, excellent four square skills on the playground, flags, and… powdered donuts (yum!). I’m pretty sure there are unfriendly Americans out there, but I’ve yet to meet one in person. (They could be a myth conjured up by jealous Canadians.)
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The belief that they’re more free than the rest of the world.
Definitely NOT. Every country has there issues but for a western country the US has some serious big issues that aren't as prevalent in other western countries.
The believe that America is the greatest of all democracies while it is just another empire on its way down...
Medical debt
Not just medical debt, but serious debt of many kinds. Everything paid on credit or loan, and people working just to pay interest while being "1 paycheck from the street" while the government will not help you if you get in financial or medical trouble, are hungry or face eviction.
It’s best to think of cultural stereotypes as incredibly rough guidelines that sometimes help us navigate life, but you should never think that they’re completely accurate representations of reality. Life’s too complex and deep to be summed up in a couple of throwaway phrases.
Not all Americans are overweight, own a gun, only speak English, and tip their waiters all the time. But does the country have a problem with obesity? Yes, it does. According to the CIA, 36.2 percent of all Americans were considered to be obese in 2016. And the US ranked twelfth in the world by obesity. But it would be unfair to ignore that in such a vast country there are plenty of fitness enthusiasts and healthy eaters out there, too.
A sense of superiority and a denial of the truth of their own history.
I am English and I am ashamed of MY country's sense of superiority and a denial of the truth of their own history. Especially concerning the slave trade and the way they treated the Irish during the Irish famine.
Fast food. I remember watching a piece about how fast food is sometimes the cheapest option for poor families. They literally can't afford to eat healthily.
The fact that even their fast food is worse... there is this show on youtube where they compare Uk and US fast foods from the same brand. example: chips in the UK have potatoes, vegetable oil, salt... in the US, it has 11 other ingredients.
Flags. You really care about showing off flags. Pro tip: Any place with lots of flags has a national identity crisis.
I mean, this flag site is probably a memorial/grave to veterans so yeah, this specific picture might be a tad offensive. However, as an American, I really don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with American flags. Although uh I'll take that flag over,,, certain,,, other flags that show up in the south :(
Some stereotypes are nearly perfectly true, however. Like how much Americans love cars. They're not the only ones, though. The US really does have a car obsession and ranks fourth on Planet Earth by the number of motor vehicles per capita, but it falls right behind—you’ll never believe it—New Zealand. That’s right, our loveable Kiwis own more cars, on average, than Americans do. Who needs eagles when our hobbit protagonists could have headed to Mordor in a Volvo?
Plenty of Americans really can’t live without cars because they rely on them for their day-to-day lives. Those who argue against this would point to the fact that, in 2019, Americans also took a whopping 9.9 billion trips on public transportation. Which sounds very impressive...
...Until you realize that there were 328.2 million people living in the US that year and that they'd each end up using public transportation just over 30 times each, on average. All year. So there's some truth to the stereotype about loving cars after all. But it's not the entire story. Nor the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Not by far.
The goddamn Imperial System of Units.
I don't even live in the US but a lot of content on the internet is American and it annoys me when I need to multiply miles by 1.6 to get kilometers.
omg yes, this is terrible. I've been here over five years and I still can't get used to it. :"My god, the temperature is over 100? are we FRYING TO DEATH??"
A car. In European countries, it’s pretty common that you can get anywhere by public transport, but I haven’t heard about any properly functioning public transportation besides New York’s subway.
My friends are always confused when I tell them how there isn't any public transport in most of the US. They didn't understand why Uber was doing so well in the US, well thats why. You need a car to get anywhere and most people can't afford one
Bumper stickers informing others of their opinions.
And on t-shirts. If I wear a t-shirt with a graphic on it, it’s a band name or beer merch (because I get those free from work lol)
High Self confidence. Good thing in most people. Bad thing in flat earthers and antivaxxers
That is not all of us, just the loud ones. You really only see the loud ones.
Material consumption. This is true in most places but from my observation it seems to go to another level in America. Everyone spends so much time discussing the latest thing they bought and how great it is.
Yes, ew. I'm American and I hate consumer culture so much.
Insurance. If they get sick without it, they're [screwed]. Meanwhile, if I have an health issue in Europe, I'll get free assistance in case of emergency and pay a small fee (usually between 30€ and 70€) for a routine visit.
A house. Even if you can't afford it. No flat — a house. Big house with two living rooms: one for family, one for ????
Maybe I am just privileged coz I could never live in a unit or apartment. I don't need 2 living rooms though. Just an extra room to clean lol.
Me too! And you probably gotta furnish those extra rooms too. Then some day you gotta get rid of all that extra crap because your kids won't want it, LOL!
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I like my home... 1800 Sq Ft, 3 bed, 2 bath, nice family room and a garage on 1 1/2 acres of pine woods with a creek in my back lot. Mountain home. My first home to own and I got it when I was 52 ten years ago. It was always a rented house or apartments. I may put out a bit more in upkeep on occasion, but no one tells me I can't have my dog or cats, or what color to paint it etc. I like the size but any bigger and the rest would never get cleaned! LOL
I like my little house. I was 50 when I moved in. Crazy thing - my house payments are cheaper than monthly rent for the same size house - in my town.
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Yeah, this person clearly does not know what they are talking about...if you look at stats, they show about 60% of Americans actually reside in Single Family Houses...that means 40%, or almost half....do not.
I feel like it makes more sense to buy a house in the States than in most places. Landlords get away with some incredibly crappy behavior here and there's often nothing tenants can do about it. Many laws here protect the landlord, not the renter
i love how everyone's talking about americans and their houses but no ones talking about the f*****g HUGE house on the left
We insist on building the biggest houses possible. I was in real estate & every buyer is concerned with the biggest home they could possibly buy with a master bedroom & lots of rooms. It's sad to see 2,000 or 3,000 ft homes for two people.
Not two living rooms. One living room and one recreation room (aka rec room) or family room. Living rooms are more formal, for entertaining guests(like your boss) who will sit on the good furniture—-which the kids are not allowed around—-and though there might be a good sound system for music, there’s no TV. Rec/Family rooms are way more casual, where you put the TV and other electronics, the not so great looking sofa and La-Z-Boy recliner (usually Dad’s chair, sometimes Mom’s), and the kids can live in that room if they want because company never goes there. Anyway, that’s what I grew up with.
I live in an apartment, but I grew up in a house. My parents' house only has one living room, but they have a huge backyard.
Near exclusively upper-middle=class whites, some states have more trailer-park dwellings, other city are more than half 'project' or 'hood.
I actually have a house with two living rooms, except one is called a den. It's awesome because I have a teenager and the two rooms are on opposite sides of the house and separated by two doorways. So he can be making a ridiculous racket in one room and I can enjoy quiet time with my girl in the other room. My house doesn't look like the one in the picture though. It's a comfy urban ranch style, not a suburban mcmansion.
I pay $950 a month for a 684 sq ft one bedroom because I have the luxury of a washer and dryer in unit.
I pay $900/month for a one-bedroom apartment of unknown square footage because I live on the Northern California coast.
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It's the American dream we've been fed since birth. I think many of us are getting wise to the idea that bigger isn't better. I guess I don't see what is wrong with a house if you can afford it. I wanted a yard, a yard big enough for our kids and pets to be able to play safely. That was actually more important to me then the house.
They're really poorly made though, well known fact, I doubt I'd be able to put my foot or dost through any wall in my house, the amount of vids I've seen of Americans just falling into a wall and a massive hole opening up
This is why I absolutely have no intention of buying a house. You can own a house and through absolutely no fault of your own, you can end up homeless, and out of thousands of dollars, as well.
It's way too damn expensive to rent. It's actually cheaper to pay a mortgage in most places.
I put enormous pressure on myself to buy a house because I thought people would judge me if I didn't own one; that I wouldn't be a successful adult if I couldn't buy one. Finally was able to buy a house, and it put such a financial strain on us that we wound up losing it in foreclosure (didn't help I unexpectedly lost my job while 8 months pregnant and my husband is a stay-at-home dad). We had to move back in with my parents and file for bankruptcy. It was a complete low point in my life. I was depressed and felt like a complete failure. After about a year and a half we scraped together enough money to move into a tiny townhouse. It's in a bad neighborhood and isn't in the best condition, but I am in LOVE with the place. The feeling of having our own place and being financially independent again is amazing. I love our tiny place and think it's cute and cozy. And I'm so much more relaxed now about the idea of "having" to do this or that, or buy this or that. So much less stress.
Everyone needs a home though. Ireland has a house crisis at the moment and you often see in the news people co-living in a house with 11 other people.
One for the family and one for no#6 in the post above! Material consumption, something to brag about
The other one is for the living dead after the zombie apocalypse.
Europeans are invariably surprised at the vastness of the U.S., not realizing there's room for plenty of houses.
We have the room to build large houses and live as a full family. You prefer to live in a shoe-box because your country is too small to allow everyone to have a full house.
Most of American houses are made of plywoods and some. But not cement. And they have a problem on hurricane and all. Great.
We had massive houses being built (sloppily) after the fall of USSR... 21st century rolled in and people realized they're not sustainable at all, in the sense you'll go bankrupt paying heating bills and such.
Yes, because I'm not sharing a wall so paper-thin you can hear everything that goes on next door. Why wants to live so close to one another?
I live in an apartment and the only time I hear my neighbor is when we’re both in our bathrooms at the same time.
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The history of the US is steeped in race/culture/sex atrocities. I think it is an attempt at over correction.
War? Jk but I read somewhere in all layout history you’ve only had 17 years when you weren’t at war with someone or the other
Some say that the USA is a culture of war rooted within a widespread ethos that uses military force in pursuit of self-interests. The truth is however that the USA has been continuously at war since the earliest days of its existence as a nation and the political, economic, cultural, and moral costs and consequences of war have reduced the USA's moral authority, political stability, and economic viability. Way out? I don´t know the right answer. Perhaps the USA must establish itself as a “culture of peace” by pursuing a new set of cultural ethoses.
News telling them who to be angry and outraged with this week.
Air-conditioning. That's usually the first complaint that American migrants have in Germany.
Guns, walmart, and deep friers
Deep friers are pretty standard in Belgian households: we love our fries :)
Soda pop. Spent some time in the southwest. Everyone had these enormous refillable beverage containers they would refill with soft drinks multiple times a day. While I agree it is important to stay hydrated, the jugs i saw held 1.75 quarts, and that much fountain drink could contain more than 200 grams of sugar.
Caffeine. It is the only reason any of us are awake. We don't take vacations, and our sleep patterns suck. Ergo, caffeine obsession.
Garburators, garbage disposal. Every time an American was house hunting on House Hunters International, the Americans always wanted a garburator and would be disappointed if the kitchens didn't have one.
I have never heard the word Garburator before and uh wow I like it much better than garbage disposal.
Fahrenheit... it’s such nonsense. Celsius is where it’s at!
I think both of these systems are equally arbitrary. That's why scientists use Kelvin.
A credit card. Not sure why people use it over there, possibly because of their weird credit system that seems to be so essential to their lives, or because of their even weirder mindset of liking to spend money they don't have. Probably both.
Ice. What's the deal with ice machines and them being such a big deal in any TV show or movie set in a hotel or motel?
These people must live somewhere with a cool climate coz we have ice machines all over the place from petrol stations, supermarkets and bottle-o's etc
Paper plates. Used in your own home? That’s quite bizarre to me.
Military.
Our oligarchs are control freaks who like playing chess with the world.
Loans or debts of some sort, especially in their younger years. And i think Americans literally can't live without insurance.
We'd love to live without loans and debt, but for the majority, if you want a job you need a car which needs a loan. You want a job that pays an almost living wage? You need an education, for an education, you need a loan.
Cheddar cheese, and jumbo everything
Cheddar cheese is a big deal in the UK too. After all it comes from the town of Cheddar in Somerset, England.
Automatic transmissions.
I drive a car with manual transmission (I'm in Europe), but I have no problem with automatic transmissions. They just make driving easier and more inclusive. Similarly, IMO there are no brownie points for being able to drive a manual. It's just a car. Drive what works best for you.
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I am a Non-American and I used to have a pretty negative perception of the USA. I don't know why, probably the mass and brain washing opinion of the surrounding I was raised. But growing up, and especially reading threads like this, made me curios about the USA, and even like it more and more. IF everything is like it is described in so many threads, it is awful for the people there. But why do I have to read this all the time. Americans really seem to be such fun persons with a great kind of humor. It's a huge country and they have their (major) problems, but why do we have to rub it under the noses of our American Pandas? I think they are pretty aware of it. It's not that we can solve it by constantly repeating it, and it stopped being informative. I'm literally a Bored panda right now...
Thank u random panda. Yes we do have problems and we do have jerks but so does every other country. Most of the people I know are friendly and well meaning. Thx for the consideration. Maybe one day u should visit and find out if you like it or not. Just make sure you research where to go first because some places are better than others, going by both the people there and the area itself.
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I've travelled extensively in the US and I found from east coast to west coast, the people to be friendly, humorous and welcoming. Of course you have your rude people, stupid people but that is no different from any other part of the world. I received acts of kindness, even in the big cities, that you would not even imagine in the more reserved capitals of Europe. I wish Americans would travel more and be welcomed better around the world. If these US small towns would just see that people around the world hold dear the same things they hold dear, safety, security, family and loved ones the world would be a better place.
Well said. I'll add that I've travelled both the US and the World extensively, and the reality is people and countries around the globe are more similar than they are different. These kinds of articles can be fun and interesting, when they highlight interesting differences in cultures. These days it's just a bunch of attack pieces, and often based on stereotype and anti-American propaganda.
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Can't we vary this theme a little and pick what we think some other countries can't live without? Stop picking on the US. I'm a Brit and I'm bored with it. I'll start - yes, I can't live without my cup of tea first thing in the morning!
I also cannot live without my cup of tea in the morning! With cream. Oh, but I'm in California. There are too many people in these huge countries for this kind of thing. I can't tell you how many times I've stared out the window at the snow coming down while I read about how there is no snow in Southern California. You'd think we all lived on the coast or something. I've traveled this entire country, expect Alaska (someday, Alaska!), as well as several countries and we are far more similar than most of the people writing these would like to believe.
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One thing I hate about the US is that there's a lot of propaganda here. Before I came to Bored Panda, my elementary school taught us that the US is the best country in the world and every other country honored the US. We had to sing songs about how great the US is. I believed all this. But then in middle school, I came to bored panda. I learned that other countries are actually better and more advanced. Then, i realized what the US education system is. They were instilling in the minds of young kids that the USA is awesome, and we are the ruler of the world. They are also covering up the country's serious flaws. This is why there are many idiots in the US.
Where do you live that this is happening? What songs do you sing about the US?? I find stories like this so fascinating. I went to a Christian elementary school. We were too busy singing songs about God's greatness to bother with songs about US greatness.
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You know, as a non-American threads like this really rub me the wrong way and I can't quite seem to place my finger on it. Every country, I repeat, every country has their own quirks and problems (ps-for the person in image 21 that mentioned "deep-fries" being exclusively American, I invite you to come to Scotland and eat a deep fried Mars Bar--we'll fry anything). I know that these threads are supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, but they come off as rather ignorant and mean-spirited. I feel like threads like this continue to reinforce and perpetuate dumb stereotypes.
Thank you so much for saying that. Some of us in the US fight so hard, every day, to dispel these stereotypes and just be better. Every country has its issues. I would object loudly if there were a thread like this about any other country. The head Pandas must be extra bored and completely uninspired to post a list like this. BP, please do better. We'll try on our end, too.
Load More Replies... Obviously the US has some serious problems. Really, we do. But "all Americans" is bullshit. We are a diverse country with roughly the same size and population as all of Europe. We have numerous dialects/accents (some extremes to the extent that it can be impossible to communicate), lifestyles, politics, and values. What you see on TV is not real - it's entertainment!
The US is a huge country. For every stereotype there is another region somewhere with the opposite practice. No one consulted me or any other average individual I know regarding metric vs. imperial, portion sizes, tipping practices, sugar fat or chemicals in our foods, or the public transportation system. PS America isn’t a country.
Soooooo... was the point of this post for people outside the United States to all criticize the United States?
It helps us to get through this difficult time. :D
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Surprised there was no mention about tips. Cost of living not only food. Having to pay to have skin-on-skin contact with your child after birth and the cost of giving birth. Guns. Commercials about medications.
Ok, ok, we get it, BP, the US has issues. I've experienced some in person. But honestly, a post about it every other day is just starting to become a bit cumbersome, and if you're living in the US, it's just a sad reminder of all the sh*t that's happening right now. I come to BP to relax, not get even more stressed!
Stereotypes. Just stereotyping people all the time Oh wait ... this post is full of those. Hmmm 🤔
I'd like to add 'lawsuits' and 'lawyers'. Also, going to law school seems like the highest educational achievement or something.
Amen. Tell that to my father. He is still disappointed that I am not a lawyer.
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One thing that always bugged me about Americans is the Super Bowl. its such a big deal to the point where most business' close that day. ITS NOT A HOLIDAY!!!
Super Bowl happens on a Sunday so the only business I know of that are closed on that day are the ones that usually are anyways. Also the Super Bowl is a big deal because it's basically people getting together to watch the commercials and the halftime show. Even people who are not football fans go to the parties, eat the food, and have a good time.
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Why is everyone dissing America, especially bacon? I know we have problems, but no place is perfect. Our society isn't the best and we know about how corrupt our government is, but is any government perfect?
i know i bet half the authors on here have never been to america
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I'm an American and honestly, I hate living here. I agree with every single post up there, yes, America sucks! I'm 13 and I know that I don't want to live in America for the rest of my life. Once I'm old enough, I'm moving either to Canada or somewhere in Europe. This country sucks
As a fellow American, why not work at making this a country you can be happy to live in? These last 4 years have been HORRIBLE, but we do have so much potential to make our country better. Please do not give up take what we have and make it better.
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Wow, slamming the USA why? I'm not American, but have gone there many times for holidays or shopping and they are overly nice. I was asking directions to the info lady in a mall, she took me outside to better tell me how to get there. Staff in stores and restaurants were over the top nice.
when i was 6-10 my father would drive around the USA, to visit national parks and states in the summer. I enjoyed it a lot. We enjoyed the environment and how the different states are so different to each other (Arizona deserts and California forests,etc.) I always loved earning "junior ranger" badges
as a Canadian, I drove to California in early 2020, and found a 60/40 split of amazing Americans and total douches - though nicely enough the amazingly good out-weighed the oh-so totally bad ... I do believe if America can recover from their oranged bull-in-a-china-shop experience, things can begin to get better again - and maybe going in the right direction at least
why is it always non americans why cant it be people who mf live here and why is homophobia never mentioned witch is my biggest problem in the us besides rascism
As an American fan in Australia, we are very Americanised down here with a healthy dollop of the UK and Europe, but TV and Movie America is very different than RL America. We see coolness and ahead of the curve, we see fashion and music and movie stars, and in reality it is a lot of wholesome, church following, family loving regular folks. Even shows we see down here on free to air, most have never seen and wouldn't watch because it would not only cost but be too racy. We did things down here to often try and be cooler, we don't have the same bible belt etc, we are just far enough away from everyone to just do what we want, but often based that on fantasy... thank goodness we kept school uniforms, but I think many down here would have loved all the school things you teach like drama, swim teams, chess clubs, school papers etc... one thing you do the best in the US is you seem to teach GO FOR IT! on such a different level, you have people giving up everything to become entrepreneurs .
And being able to suceed, you have taken social media and youtubers, instagramers and influence to a whole other level. Ladies that clean closets are now famous, entertainment is watching people do stuff. My own books are now in cubes by colour 😁
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I would add dumping grounds. I don't think many civilised countries still do have those
Which was an invasion by Americans, yes, but also British, Canadians, Australian, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, New Zealanders, Rhodesian, and Polish. So no, not everything is about America.
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I am a Non-American and I used to have a pretty negative perception of the USA. I don't know why, probably the mass and brain washing opinion of the surrounding I was raised. But growing up, and especially reading threads like this, made me curios about the USA, and even like it more and more. IF everything is like it is described in so many threads, it is awful for the people there. But why do I have to read this all the time. Americans really seem to be such fun persons with a great kind of humor. It's a huge country and they have their (major) problems, but why do we have to rub it under the noses of our American Pandas? I think they are pretty aware of it. It's not that we can solve it by constantly repeating it, and it stopped being informative. I'm literally a Bored panda right now...
Thank u random panda. Yes we do have problems and we do have jerks but so does every other country. Most of the people I know are friendly and well meaning. Thx for the consideration. Maybe one day u should visit and find out if you like it or not. Just make sure you research where to go first because some places are better than others, going by both the people there and the area itself.
Load More Replies... I've travelled extensively in the US and I found from east coast to west coast, the people to be friendly, humorous and welcoming. Of course you have your rude people, stupid people but that is no different from any other part of the world. I received acts of kindness, even in the big cities, that you would not even imagine in the more reserved capitals of Europe. I wish Americans would travel more and be welcomed better around the world. If these US small towns would just see that people around the world hold dear the same things they hold dear, safety, security, family and loved ones the world would be a better place.
Well said. I'll add that I've travelled both the US and the World extensively, and the reality is people and countries around the globe are more similar than they are different. These kinds of articles can be fun and interesting, when they highlight interesting differences in cultures. These days it's just a bunch of attack pieces, and often based on stereotype and anti-American propaganda.
Load More Replies... Can't we vary this theme a little and pick what we think some other countries can't live without? Stop picking on the US. I'm a Brit and I'm bored with it. I'll start - yes, I can't live without my cup of tea first thing in the morning!
I also cannot live without my cup of tea in the morning! With cream. Oh, but I'm in California. There are too many people in these huge countries for this kind of thing. I can't tell you how many times I've stared out the window at the snow coming down while I read about how there is no snow in Southern California. You'd think we all lived on the coast or something. I've traveled this entire country, expect Alaska (someday, Alaska!), as well as several countries and we are far more similar than most of the people writing these would like to believe.
Load More Replies... One thing I hate about the US is that there's a lot of propaganda here. Before I came to Bored Panda, my elementary school taught us that the US is the best country in the world and every other country honored the US. We had to sing songs about how great the US is. I believed all this. But then in middle school, I came to bored panda. I learned that other countries are actually better and more advanced. Then, i realized what the US education system is. They were instilling in the minds of young kids that the USA is awesome, and we are the ruler of the world. They are also covering up the country's serious flaws. This is why there are many idiots in the US.
Where do you live that this is happening? What songs do you sing about the US?? I find stories like this so fascinating. I went to a Christian elementary school. We were too busy singing songs about God's greatness to bother with songs about US greatness.
Load More Replies... You know, as a non-American threads like this really rub me the wrong way and I can't quite seem to place my finger on it. Every country, I repeat, every country has their own quirks and problems (ps-for the person in image 21 that mentioned "deep-fries" being exclusively American, I invite you to come to Scotland and eat a deep fried Mars Bar--we'll fry anything). I know that these threads are supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, but they come off as rather ignorant and mean-spirited. I feel like threads like this continue to reinforce and perpetuate dumb stereotypes.
Thank you so much for saying that. Some of us in the US fight so hard, every day, to dispel these stereotypes and just be better. Every country has its issues. I would object loudly if there were a thread like this about any other country. The head Pandas must be extra bored and completely uninspired to post a list like this. BP, please do better. We'll try on our end, too.
Load More Replies... Obviously the US has some serious problems. Really, we do. But "all Americans" is bullshit. We are a diverse country with roughly the same size and population as all of Europe. We have numerous dialects/accents (some extremes to the extent that it can be impossible to communicate), lifestyles, politics, and values. What you see on TV is not real - it's entertainment!
The US is a huge country. For every stereotype there is another region somewhere with the opposite practice. No one consulted me or any other average individual I know regarding metric vs. imperial, portion sizes, tipping practices, sugar fat or chemicals in our foods, or the public transportation system. PS America isn’t a country.
Soooooo... was the point of this post for people outside the United States to all criticize the United States?
It helps us to get through this difficult time. :D
Load More Replies... Surprised there was no mention about tips. Cost of living not only food. Having to pay to have skin-on-skin contact with your child after birth and the cost of giving birth. Guns. Commercials about medications.
Ok, ok, we get it, BP, the US has issues. I've experienced some in person. But honestly, a post about it every other day is just starting to become a bit cumbersome, and if you're living in the US, it's just a sad reminder of all the sh*t that's happening right now. I come to BP to relax, not get even more stressed!
Stereotypes. Just stereotyping people all the time Oh wait ... this post is full of those. Hmmm 🤔
I'd like to add 'lawsuits' and 'lawyers'. Also, going to law school seems like the highest educational achievement or something.
Amen. Tell that to my father. He is still disappointed that I am not a lawyer.
Load More Replies... One thing that always bugged me about Americans is the Super Bowl. its such a big deal to the point where most business' close that day. ITS NOT A HOLIDAY!!!
Super Bowl happens on a Sunday so the only business I know of that are closed on that day are the ones that usually are anyways. Also the Super Bowl is a big deal because it's basically people getting together to watch the commercials and the halftime show. Even people who are not football fans go to the parties, eat the food, and have a good time.
Load More Replies... Why is everyone dissing America, especially bacon? I know we have problems, but no place is perfect. Our society isn't the best and we know about how corrupt our government is, but is any government perfect?
i know i bet half the authors on here have never been to america
Load More Replies... I'm an American and honestly, I hate living here. I agree with every single post up there, yes, America sucks! I'm 13 and I know that I don't want to live in America for the rest of my life. Once I'm old enough, I'm moving either to Canada or somewhere in Europe. This country sucks
As a fellow American, why not work at making this a country you can be happy to live in? These last 4 years have been HORRIBLE, but we do have so much potential to make our country better. Please do not give up take what we have and make it better.
Load More Replies... Wow, slamming the USA why? I'm not American, but have gone there many times for holidays or shopping and they are overly nice. I was asking directions to the info lady in a mall, she took me outside to better tell me how to get there. Staff in stores and restaurants were over the top nice.
when i was 6-10 my father would drive around the USA, to visit national parks and states in the summer. I enjoyed it a lot. We enjoyed the environment and how the different states are so different to each other (Arizona deserts and California forests,etc.) I always loved earning "junior ranger" badges
as a Canadian, I drove to California in early 2020, and found a 60/40 split of amazing Americans and total douches - though nicely enough the amazingly good out-weighed the oh-so totally bad ... I do believe if America can recover from their oranged bull-in-a-china-shop experience, things can begin to get better again - and maybe going in the right direction at least
why is it always non americans why cant it be people who mf live here and why is homophobia never mentioned witch is my biggest problem in the us besides rascism
As an American fan in Australia, we are very Americanised down here with a healthy dollop of the UK and Europe, but TV and Movie America is very different than RL America. We see coolness and ahead of the curve, we see fashion and music and movie stars, and in reality it is a lot of wholesome, church following, family loving regular folks. Even shows we see down here on free to air, most have never seen and wouldn't watch because it would not only cost but be too racy. We did things down here to often try and be cooler, we don't have the same bible belt etc, we are just far enough away from everyone to just do what we want, but often based that on fantasy... thank goodness we kept school uniforms, but I think many down here would have loved all the school things you teach like drama, swim teams, chess clubs, school papers etc... one thing you do the best in the US is you seem to teach GO FOR IT! on such a different level, you have people giving up everything to become entrepreneurs .
And being able to suceed, you have taken social media and youtubers, instagramers and influence to a whole other level. Ladies that clean closets are now famous, entertainment is watching people do stuff. My own books are now in cubes by colour 😁
Load More Replies... I would add dumping grounds. I don't think many civilised countries still do have those
Which was an invasion by Americans, yes, but also British, Canadians, Australian, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, New Zealanders, Rhodesian, and Polish. So no, not everything is about America.
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