Americans are surprisingly curious about the wider world than Europeans give credit to us. The dismissive and arrogant attudie given by them by people who want to know more is simply disrespectful.
This is my observation as well. Americans are usually more interested in learning about Finland than other Europeans. Europeans usually know more about Finland, which is fair enough, as we are more relevant to them, but I often meet Europeans who also don't know anything about Finland and don't show interest in learning.
lmao I came here to say the same thing. MSC made me want to know more about Finland. So far they like cars and alcohol so I think were gonna get a long just fine.
I think underlying issue here is not that Americans are this or that and Europeans arent, its that we're applying sweeping generalizations to hundreds of millions of people expecting them to all act the same. It goes for thinking all Americans are uneducated about history and geography aand thinking that all Europeans hate Americans or they all this or they all that
I have a few Finnish friends and visit Finland 1-2 times a year. I know it’s expensive but life is so chill there. Sauna, beer, openness to sex, social services. Also very friendly people once you have a few drinks. English is spoken widely in the cities.
Or bring up the international wine contest, judged solely by european wine experts, that had to be stopped because american wines were beating the French wines every single time.
Although Spurrier had invited many reporters to the original 1976 tasting, the only reporter to attend was George M. Taber from Time, who promptly revealed the results to the world. The horrified and enraged leaders of the French wine industry then banned Spurrier from the nation's prestigious wine-tasting tour for a year, apparently as punishment for the damage his tasting had done to its former image of superiority. The tasting was not covered by the French press, who almost ignored the story. After nearly three months, Le Figaro published an article titled "Did the War of the Cru Take Place?" describing the results as "laughable" and said they "cannot be taken seriously." Six months after the tasting, Le Monde, France's most prestigious magazine, reported the tasting where writer Lionel Raux wrote a similarly toned article titled, "Let's Not Exaggerate!"
Exact experience growing up in America and getting caught up and interested in Europe/world through history and social studies. It's only worse now as an adult because more people seem more aware of it and want to anger or dishearten others for personal enjoyment. Plus bots. Bots have made the internet worse.
I am literally a tax paying, voting American lmaooo. Though I don’t say that, I say New Yorker but still…. People travel in things called planes and do fun stuff in other parts of the world. You should try it
Please, I'm cringing so hard... Your ragebait game is so bad... Just, let's please just talk normally. You said that you're here on vacation... doesn't that make you a tourist?
I’m on vacation OUTSIDE America at this moment hence my location is outside the USA which I’m assuming you can tell from my IP address. I flew out of JFK and I’ll be flying back into JFK, I have global entry. Idk where you read I’m a tourist IN America. But again, you’re from Missouri which ranks 31 in the U.S. so the confusion from simple words makes sense
Is this a weird take at Indians where you’re mocking someone’s accent or them speaking a different language simply bec like the vast majority of Americans you can’t speak one correctly?
Also it would be a “pick me” situation IF I had simped hard for America like the people in this sub. Learn what a pick me is before calling someone one
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Americans are surprisingly curious about the wider world than Europeans give credit to us. The dismissive and arrogant attudie given by them by people who want to know more is simply disrespectful.
It’s also outright weird lmao
It isn't when you remember the entirety of Western Europe has a little brother complex with us.
This is my observation as well. Americans are usually more interested in learning about Finland than other Europeans. Europeans usually know more about Finland, which is fair enough, as we are more relevant to them, but I often meet Europeans who also don't know anything about Finland and don't show interest in learning.
I played My Summer Car so I know everything there is to know about Finland. /s
Perkele
lmao I came here to say the same thing. MSC made me want to know more about Finland. So far they like cars and alcohol so I think were gonna get a long just fine.
I think underlying issue here is not that Americans are this or that and Europeans arent, its that we're applying sweeping generalizations to hundreds of millions of people expecting them to all act the same. It goes for thinking all Americans are uneducated about history and geography aand thinking that all Europeans hate Americans or they all this or they all that
I have a few Finnish friends and visit Finland 1-2 times a year. I know it’s expensive but life is so chill there. Sauna, beer, openness to sex, social services. Also very friendly people once you have a few drinks. English is spoken widely in the cities.
Because US have a culture of not shaming people for things they don't know and are willing to learn.
What about Latin Americans?
Don’t you know? If you’re not omniscient, you’re uneducated
Just ask them to name all 50 US states, and if they can’t, throw the same insult right back at them
Or bring up the international wine contest, judged solely by european wine experts, that had to be stopped because american wines were beating the French wines every single time.
The Judgment of Paris
Funniest part is they tried again in 1978, 1986, and to celebrate the 30th birthday of the original, 2006, and the US won every single one.
NEVER LET THE FRENCH FORGET.
Also next time they bring up our cheese or bread. This is a warning, the next shot won’t be. We’re coming for the cheese recognition!
Well that's technically not the same since they're not asking you to name every region of France or whatever
I think most people who are even mildly into European history can name every modern country in Europe, though. I know I can.
Jumping through hoops to justify their narrow worldview says more about them than it does about us.
Exact experience growing up in America and getting caught up and interested in Europe/world through history and social studies. It's only worse now as an adult because more people seem more aware of it and want to anger or dishearten others for personal enjoyment. Plus bots. Bots have made the internet worse.
You can either call someone stupid for not knowing something about something or be happy you got to be the person to introduce them to that knowledge.
https://xkcd.com/1053/
Anyway wombats use their rear ends as barricades.
I'm not linking to a source because I don't want to be the person to expose someone to a pantsless wombat by accident.
It's something about their biology that makes their uh backsides very reinforced.
They also have cube shaped poops.
They don't outproduce by much, and it's only been in the past few years that they've produced more.
We have to correct the world on a lot of things, you’d think we’d start saying this to them, haha.
Per capita the Finn’s drink the most coffee on the planet
With 5 hour days I can imagine why
Avg salary in Italy is equivalent to Mississippi or something. Who cares. Europoors.
Tbf i thought France was the number 1 producer, lol
I’m American and I say this almost daily
"I'm American."
-Location, Pakistan
Do you want a picture of my passport? I’m here on vacation lmao- people can travel or is that not a thing you’ve learnt about
I was joking... I didn't know you actually weren't American, but that honestly makes more sense anyway.
I don't see the point in lying about being American if you're just gonna plead guilty one comment later.
I am literally a tax paying, voting American lmaooo. Though I don’t say that, I say New Yorker but still…. People travel in things called planes and do fun stuff in other parts of the world. You should try it
Didn't you just say you're here as a tourist? If they're letting tourists vote then maybe that's a problem...
No tf. Most definitely not a tourist inside amerikkka
Please, I'm cringing so hard... Your ragebait game is so bad... Just, let's please just talk normally. You said that you're here on vacation... doesn't that make you a tourist?
I’m on vacation OUTSIDE America at this moment hence my location is outside the USA which I’m assuming you can tell from my IP address. I flew out of JFK and I’ll be flying back into JFK, I have global entry. Idk where you read I’m a tourist IN America. But again, you’re from Missouri which ranks 31 in the U.S. so the confusion from simple words makes sense
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Is this a weird take at Indians where you’re mocking someone’s accent or them speaking a different language simply bec like the vast majority of Americans you can’t speak one correctly? Also it would be a “pick me” situation IF I had simped hard for America like the people in this sub. Learn what a pick me is before calling someone one
How goes the campaign, agent