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As a finn that had to deal with a week long Erasmus university intense course with mostly german masters students... Yeah, americans of the Europe was the exact impression I got. Everyone else from all the other participant nationalities were respectful and professional, but the german students just couldnt.
Gods, I fucking hated to see the eyes of shame in the german professors faces watching their students go through their shenannigans and fits. My previous stereotype of germans as a nationality or as a culture being rational and collected died very quickly during that week.
Sorry for any germans reading this, but I consider you as the Americans of the EU after that experience.
As an American reading this, I think this is hilarious to read. You wouldn't call them "the Americans of Europe" if you saw American students in Europe.
Australians are the Americans of Oceania and south east Asia. Most of the Americans that come here are the thoughtful ones so it’s a bit diff. Imagine it’s similar in Europe.
What would you call them then?
There's a reason i tend to dislike interacting with germans online. When they mainly speak english they're usually fine but with german communities I haven't had great experiences. I mostly just pretend to not be german.
We even have our own Texas (Bavaria), there must be a connection.