you are no different form us |
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14.5% (65) |
your ok |
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27.7% (124) |
you are idiots |
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49.3% (221) |
fuck your country and i hope you burn in hell |
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8.3% (37) |
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I don't think everybody there are idiots, but of course a lot do fit the stereotype. It's not the people that bother me much, it's the media, government, and public relations that are so bull***t. They overreact, exaggerate, make things more "interesting" for the people and make them believe whatever the companies want them to believe. Finally and most importantly: As a Canadian, Chicken McNuggets are like, $10 for 6. In USA, it's $5 for 20 pieces. | |
Would you rather they say "G-d curse America."? I don't understand your complaint. Do you not wish the best for your country? It really has little to do with patriotism, and is more just people wishing the best for the place they reside, which seems logical to me. | |
'MERICA DAMN IT!
Onnnn a serious note, being a USican, I try not to be a douche-nozzle. It's worked out well, so far. | |
Well, as stated by someone else: North and South America are together referred to as the "Americas." Now as for calling the country America (instead of the US, or the States) I can agree that it's kind of weird, but the reason is obvious. It's because you call people from the US 'Americans.' What else would you call them? Staters? United Statians? United States of Americans? Those all obviously sound retarded. So you get Americans, and therefore obviously it becomes easy to say they are from "America." As a Canadian (who is himself from North America) I have no problem with them calling themselves Americans, and back on topic I generally have no problem with the USA. Your news networks are annoying as hell (not just FOX, but pretty much all of them) and your politics are pretty ridiculous, but generally most Americans seem to be decent and surprisingly sincere people. | |
How many Americans do you have to meet before you can rationally make the claim that "MOST" fit the stereotype? | |
Not a chair a bed. 75% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S-Canada border that strikes me as laying down not siting up. | |
What part of the US will you be working in? | |
I suppose you're right, it's a very soft bed so that's a plus. Just kidding 'merica! mostly... | |
Equal parts respect and utter terror, to be honest. There are whole swathes of individuals in the USA who have done amazing things, and provided great things to the world at large. Yet the overwhelming majority that puts people in power, and that we see publicly outside the US, are terrifyingly bigoted and stupid. I have always, and will always, think the USA is to big for its own good. It is a nation of what should be smaller nations, and so it is impossible for its government to properly represent the diverse people that make it up. What seems to happen, is that the loudest voices get into power, and sadly those can be batshit insane at times. | |
I'm conflicted about my feelings. I have been to the states several times, and know quite a few americans, and all of them are good, good people. But as a country, I'm having trouble. (Note: outside view and all that) You seem to think everyone who visits wants to stay (I'm very happy here in the Netherlands, thank you, but my job requires me to come over often because Americans don't seem to like to travel much). There's mandatory fingerprinting and mugshot on each visit, extensive questioning, and the random denial of entry. Even if you're just transferring on an airport in the US. You seem to be overly proud of your country, yet do not appear to take very good care of the people in it. Your political system is batshit insane and rotten to the core. You have politicians that can spout the greatest of lies, and get away with it. Your government also passes laws favouring certain small groups while disabling most of the rest, and then force extensions of those laws on other countries because you can't compete on a level field any more. I also don't understand the obsession with guns, and I don't understand your weird interpretation of capitalism (granted, that goes around in a lot of places now). As I said, I'm conflicted, the above probably sounds way more negative than my total feeling, and again, the people I've met over there are all great, and very level-headed. Also, there's certainly a crazy amount of insanity and ignorance in my own country (and the ones around us) too. But you were asking about yours :) Oh, and hamburgers from diners are awesome. | |
I didn't claim that MOST do, just a lot x). I've spent a large chunk of my life there and just from pure observation of people's attitudes and behaviour, I can honestly say that some people's thoughts of Americans being the stereotype fit. Still, it's not like I hate them. Some of my real good friends are there too right? | |
"I don't want Americans to die and burn in hell, I want American to die and burn in hell, of you know what I mean." You wish us all to be homeless refugees, and the land of my ancestors to be destroyed, because you disagree with a government I have no control over is what I assume you mean, but I'd like to think your better than that. So no, I don't know what you mean. | |
I doubt anyone's real answer to this can be simplified to a poll answer. | |
From what I've seen, it's mostly the latter. For example, most of my extended family votes Republican, and when I ask why, instead of an actual reason, I get "because they're not [insert Democrat candidate here]". It's really fucking stupid, and I get yelled at every time I try to press the issue, but there you go. Politics in the US is super fucked up. It's so polarized that the government as a whole is in an almost constant state of deadlock. The current federal government takes years and trillions of dollars to decide that yes, the sky really is blue. I personally blame the 2 party system and the bullshit that politicians are allowed to get away with. | |
All I can say, as an american, this place is just awful. I've lived/been in/to the following: Arkansas, ohio, Tennessee, mississippi, florida, and now currently North Carolina. Arkansas: Gang infested cities; put the pieces together. I'm not gonna bother about political things, as I'm sure everyone already understands. but I will say this: Everyone we can vote for is a complete jack-ass. What choice do we have but to elect the possibly lesser evil? We don't. | |
I'm sure you are a lot like the rest of us.
This is a good point, the rest of the world (or Europe at least) is good at keeping vocal idiots away from the cameras whereas the USA has realised that while they are idiots they do have money and so they are catered to as well. | |
Being from America, I can say that we do, for the most part, fit awful stereotypes; though I am from the South. We are are God Fearing to the manner that people give more shits about Obama being a Muslim, than his actual policies. We are racist enough to throw entire ideas and people down the drain because someone has a different ethnicity than white. We love our guns, and don't believe anyone that says it's self-defense. People where I live routinely buy assault rifles, and so many more awful things. | |
It's a country. It has some stupid people and it's government does some stupid things as well. Just like every other nation in the world. I guess America is just louder about it. | |
I'm sure the country as a good amount of decent folks in it. Though the country as a whole is a disgusting violation of rights and morals. | |
To be fair to the US Govt it is the UK politicians that put up with that crap or even actively encourage it that deserve our ire for that one. The US has no power in the UK other than what it is given by our spineless politicians. You don't see them treating France of Germany like that because the French and Germans have the guts to stand up for themselves. | |
I can't speak for other Americans, but I personally find the "inferior culture" statement to be pompous and insulting. Of course, even to claim that the US has a cohesive overall culture is a failure to understand what the US is, which is a nation of immigrants, and native people; a multitude of small cultural groups living together under one banner. Cultures in the US drastically change even state to state. Saying that the cultures of California is anything like that of Kentucky would be a mistake. So, which culture is inferior? That fabricated culture you see on television? Chinese American culture? Native American culture? Jewish American culture? Middle American Culture? etc. | |
It actually is self defense, but not in the way that you are thinking. It started as way way to keep the governments of the world (including our own) on their toes, giving the people the power. There is a reason that no one has invaded since 1812. That was the idea behind having it be in the constitution. Now, we have forgotten this, our military is so powerful that no country would dare invade, and no uprisings would ever succeed within the US. Things were fine when the people had all the guns, but now it is the US government that has them. | |
I personally think it has a very unbalanced smart/moron ratio and a lot of religious nuts, especially in the political scene but that's just my opinion, I don't particularly hate you folks | |
I have met some brits who think that the entire United Kingdom is populated only by the British. Every country has their imbeciles.
Hm? People believe that? I was taught in school and out of school the battles we won, the battles we get our arses handed to us and the battles we needed help winning. Hell, my community is damned grateful for Canada's help during the invasion of Germany. A couple of the veterans around here were saved because of them. Maybe it is only in certain areas they teach lies? Each teacher is different and will teach different things. Like in Washington D.C., unless you are rich or get in the lotteries, your education is little to none. Some cities in the south act like there are no other countries (as do cities in the north) and some cities perceive the US as having little to do with anything and every other country did the work. | |
Being from American I can say that the greater majority of people that I have met here do not fit the stereotypes. I can also say since I use to live in the south myself that the above quote is a terrible exaggeration. Yes, people are allowed to own guns here. | |
Some people outside of America probably think of us as the stuck up guy that thinks that he's better than everyone else. With that said, I agree in some points. There seems to be a fine line between being proud of your country and believing that where you live is Earth's equivalent to heaven. | |
I'm Canadian and while our countries are quite similar (especially while Harper is in control), some of the shit you guys like to pull is fucking disgusting. (Lookin' at you, Republicans.) | |
Eh, no point hating the US, lots of it seems to do that much better than anyone else could already. Seems very strange that people can be extremely proud of their country, while hating so much of it at the same time. | |
Should I start at the top? Canadian, Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran, El Salvadorian, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Brazilian, Bolivian... I could go on, but that's not the point. Keep on going, and it becomes patently clear that every single country in the western hemisphere has perfectly fine national identities that are perfectly understood and used regularly and without hesitation throughout the continents, in their various languages and dialects. Whenever anyone, anywhere, at any time, in any place, refers to "American," it's pretty fucking obvious what they mean, and they know they know what they mean, and that's just the way it is. I can't say I've ever met anyone of any nationality who did not, of their own accord, refer to people of The United States of America (what a mouthful) as anything other than "Americans." It shows as much insensitivity to the cultural climate on this side of the world that people are all too ready to accuse people over here for of having for the other. Granted, I'm making an assumption, there, but I've never met a Chilean ready to defend his right to be called an American, I've never heard a Canadian do the same, and so on. I don't deign to speak for others, but do feel comfortable stating that I'm making a pretty safe assumption this is a universal idea across most all (if not simply all) countries. It's not so much as the people of The United States of America took ownership of the term "American," as it was both handed to us and naturally developed over time. Arrogance? No. Go ahead. Change the world. I've never seen a Mexican get huffy when the French stereotype uttered, "Bah, zose Stupeed Americans!" | |
I think it's funny when the naive nationalists hate on other countries than theirs. I've been around the world, and while I favor my home of South Africa, I love America. People are the same. | |
Oh good lord, didn't we already have this conversation? "America," referring to the United States of America, is simply shorthand. Much as the People's Republic of China is just "China," or the Russian Federation is just "Russia." I don't know what you've been told, but I assure you that when we refer to ourselves as "Americans," it's not because we think we're superior to everyone else in North and South America (and for the record, there is no one continent called "America," since you're going to make such a big deal over semantics). Oh, and by the way, did you know that the Commonwealth of Australia is not the only country on the Australian continent? Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia also lie on the Australian continent. Does it irritate you when people from the Commonwealth of Australia refer to themselves as "Australians?" EDIT: Since you mention it...
"The States?" Is that the United Mexican States? Or any one of about a dozen historical "United States" (such as the United States of Columbia, the United States of Belgium, etc.) | |
Thing you gotta remember about politics in the U.S. is that in a presidential election year we usually get about 55% turnout. Non presidential year is far below that. Not nearly enough people care enough to make U.S. politics sensible. It's why politicians get away with so much. Enough of us just don't give a fuck. We're barely taxed and the decisions they make usually get repealed soon enough anyways. You just don't have to care if you don't want to. You don't have to want to make the world a better place. Thing about us you also remember is that much like a Scot is not a Welshman... A Californian is not a Nebraskan is not a Vermonter is not a Floridian. Hell, Nor Cal is not So Cal. We have a state that is majority Asian. We have a state that is majority Hispanic. We may have a state that is majority bovine. There are identities and cultures that are so drastically different it'd spin your head. If you say, "I've been to America and they are like this..." Wrong. You've been to Trenton, New Jersey and it's nothing like Santa Fe, New Mexico. I love being American becuase it's so absurd living here. Nothing ever makes sense but it keeps on tickin. | |
You have no idea how bad America's reputation is in Britain. We see them as fat, arrogant, warmongering, overly-patriotic, redneck world police. Which is quite ironic when you realize it's British people saying all that shit, but oh well, water under the bridge, the sun has set on our empirish oppressive ways, and now it's America's turn to take all the abuse! And as I make a habit of going to other countries, and me being white, people often mistake me for being American (for some reason.) So here is a run down of all the impressions I got about America from different countries that happened to mention it. South Korea - Really not good. Japan - America is a terrible place Vietnam - America is a terrible place Brazil - America is quite bad France - America is okay sometimes Germany - America is okay sometimes Russia - Oh... god... Israel - Aren't we America? Oh, we're not? Syria - Down with democracy in general! China - Don't... Even... Fucking... Go there. Serious malice against Americans there. Really, I've been to a lot of countries, and I can tell you that popular opinion really isn't too hot. The public just plain don't really like Americans. It's not so much that America is bad at being a country, it's the richest for a reason and most influential at the moment, it's just the bad eggs spoil the bunch, and there are quadrillions of bad eggs in America, and the entire world see's them quite clearly... As America is so quick to flash it's slightly obese and arrogant, high military spending, aluminum dong all over the world stage, without shame, and remaining in complete bliss about what the world thinks of them, and basic sums. I think a quote I heard once sums it up somewhat. "America is terrible at everything, it's education system is worse than Syria's, health system is a hilarious mess, social system is awash with hatred and discrimination, it's history is as poor as the culture it's churned out, and the only thing worse than the obesity rate in the greatest country in the world, is the American guidance systems. But somehow they managed to take all those qualities that usually define third world countries, and make it work. They overcame the most powerful superpower in the world, and took it's place" | |
Not forgetting that the U.S.A is composed of 46 states, and 4 commonwealths. So referring to it as the states would leave 4 quite large chucks of it out. :P | |
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Those are some really terrible poll options overall. No real room to voice any real opinions...