When I travel to Europe I just say I'm Canadian. Then I get sympathy for having to live next to the US.
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I’m Canadian, and I get super offended when foreigners assume I’m from America.
You forgot to insert the obligatory national sentence ender: "Sorry".
You'll have to be sent off for mandatory re-Caneducation training. Please be sure to arrive wearing your standard issue plaid shirt, and toque. Tim Hortons coffee will be served and there is a 3 three drink minimum.
Sorry.
Edit: grammer/clarification.
You forgot to insert the obligatory national sentence ender: “Sorry”.
That's "Sorry eh", you imposter.
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As a Vermonter, I also get offended when people think I'm from America.
They are correct and I'm not happy about that fact.
Yeah, no need to be reminded all the time
But, that's factual
Canada is Diet America. Can you blame us?
Yeah, that’s how we feel, until we actually go to America and interact with Americans. There is a stark difference between the cultures that isn’t actually apparent until it’s met face to face.
Americans are a unique combination of arrogant, loud, and stupid. Not all of them of course, but it’s a large enough amount that you notice a difference when you cross the border.
I'd say that it's a culture where if you decide to be arrogant, loud and stupid, it's accepted. It's one of the archetypes of how to be American that's generally accepted. It doesn't mean that every American is like that, or that those kinds of people are loved and celebrated by other Americans. But, if you're a young loud, arrogant and stupid person, you'll find a lot of role models. You even get a lot of loud, arrogant smart people who play stupid because people like that more.
I think Canada tends to emphasize humility a lot more than the US. Probably a trait borrowed from the way the upper classes were supposed to behave in the UK. So, you get a lot of skilled people who are humble: Wayne Gretzky, Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves, Steve Nash, Georges St. Pierre, Christine Sinclair, David Suzuki, etc.
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Ah, the Lisa Simpson stratergy
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Swede here, I worked at an American/Global company's internal IT helpdesk for 4,5 years, and I can't say that I have ever met an american I have actually disliked, at worst I felt ambivalent, but for the most part I just felt generally positive towards them.
Worst users I have worked with based on nationallity tend to be people from UK, it was not unusual for them to act slightly superior to us lowly IT servants, don't get me wrong, most Brits I have met are great guys, but when working with some of them, they seem to be stuck in a strict classist society and be very much aware of that we were below them, which does not work in Sweden.
Very similar experience with Americans. I've spent about 6 months in the country over my life so far. Lovely folks generally. We get loads of American tourists here and they're all lovely.
Obviously there's the occasional cunt but sure everywhere has those.
Americans think everyone else hates them when in fact it's usually just all the countries they've lost wars to.
Europeans literally couldn't care less what the Americans think of them because our day to day lives are so much better in almost every sense, and all they could come up with is "Europoors" 😂
Europeans literally couldn’t care less what the Americans think of them
Ah that's a bit harsh. I like Americans. Americans like the Irish. I like that we like each other. Makes the world a nicer place to have other nations friendly to you.
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That has been my (limited) experience as well. For me as an extremely introverted European, visiting US was quite a culture shock.
All the American people I’ve met have been very kind, easy to approach and hold a conversation with, and ready to help out a stranger in need. Honestly the last part was what stick out with me the most. Here in my country, I have no doubt that if I collapsed on the street, there would be 10 people stepping over my body before someone decided to check if I needed help.
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I'm going to Spain again next year, and mostly what I've read is that the Brits are the least liked tourists there, and I'm so thrilled. I mean, I've never had issues anywhere because I know how to behave myself and don't really travel with the intent to party, but it'll be nice not to to be starting from so far behind this time.
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I have had similar experiences on a personal basis, but my American colleagues have such an unhealthy attitude about work that working alongside them becomes very trying. No hate to them - they're trapped in an awful employment system that leaves them little choice.
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Hmm I've worked several customer service jobs (I am american) and always felt like the non-americans were nicer to me.
Aww. All the Swedes I have met have been somewhat preternaturally nice people with somehow a better grasp of English than me.
This made me remember a call I had with a American VIP at the company I worked at, he had put me on speaker as I helped him with his laptop while he was working at home, and his wife broke in at the end of the call complementing my English.
They were both surprised to learn that I was Swedish since I have managed to train myself to loose much of the classic Swedish accent when speaking English.
German here.
I dislike the US government and their imperialist politics. The focus on being a "superpower" just makes you look like super-assholes.
I like the people from the US. They are generally honest and friendly, albeit a bit loud. Your concept of private space and mine differ greatly.
I would have agreed with you 20 years ago but seeing the current alternative to the US being team America, superpower of assholes. I kind of want to go back in time.
Americans being loud and shouting private stuff in the cafeteria for everyone to hear is a thing, but what would life be without these comedic moments?
So, you're essentially saying that Europeans have the ability to distinguish reality from fantasy?
Fantasy?
It's based on the daily life of Florida Man. Just like Far Cry 5 used real life footage from Montana.
If I don't get to use a baby alligator as a weapon I'll be deeply disappointed with rockstar, I want to relive my favourite Florida man story.
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Honestly, it almost feels like the main characters are more normal than the common Floridian.
That's the thing I hate about the trailer. It feels more like saints row, but one actually based on reality.
What made GTA great was it's parody of Hollywood tropes of the eighties/nineties. A parody that was a hyper statement of normality.
This GTA is taking actual Florida men/women notheonion stories and aggrandizing them in fiction.
Saints row used to be the over the top 'Murica Fuck yeah', trashy culture glorifying spin off.
I hate how the parody is slipping and saints row and real life are more and more indistinguishable. That's not fun to me, it's deeply disconcerting and I will not partake.
Sometimes when you stare at a mirror, the mirror stares back at you…
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because it's hilarious, letting go of social rules for once in your life in a space where you can hurt no one but some bits in your RAM. haha handheld minigun go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Just saying there are places you can pay to fire a mini gun.
Not at cops, but it's pretty fun.
Yes... in the US.
That's kind-of the point. Europeans get to play at being a slightly-exaggerated version of an American, living out their fantasies about letting go of all their inhibitions. But, they wouldn't want to actually live in a place like that. Americans can put down the game, but then have to live in a place where an average Joe can go pay to fire a mini gun, then go to Wal*Mart and buy an AR-15 just for funsies.
How is this a political meme?
How is it not?
It doesn't appear to contain political content (at least to me, how is this political to you though?)
I am not the arbiter of what is political or not though, I'm just also curious as to why this isn't in c/memes, but it deserves the upvotes imo
Reading the comments on this meme reminds me why I love Lemmy so much. People from all over the world having an interesting and reasonable discussion about cultural misconceptions.
Thanks for making this a great place to visit.
As someone who lives in Europe, this is accurate.
We smugly lambast Americans for having lower standards; but it's because they're not Florida Man and we Europeans yearn to be Florida Man.
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