10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America

[DemureNatural]

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1. Few People Are Impressed By Us

Unless you’re speaking with a real estate agent or a prostitute, chances are they’re not going to be excited that you’re American. It’s not some badge of honor we get to parade around. Yes, we had Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison, but unless you actually are Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison (which is unlikely) then most people around the world are simply not going to care. There are exceptions of course. And those exceptions are called English and Australian people. Whoopdie-fukking-doo.

As Americans, we’re brought up our entire lives being taught that we’re the best, we did everything first and that the rest of the world follows our lead. Not only is this not true, but people get irritated when you bring it to their country with you. So don’t.

2. Few People Hate Us

Despite the occasional eye-rolling, and complete inability to understand why anyone would vote for George W. Bush, people from other countries don’t hate us either. In fact — and I know this is a really sobering realization for us — most people in the world don’t really think about us or care about us. I know, that sounds absurd, especially with CNN and Fox News showing the same 20 angry Arab men on repeat for ten years straight. But unless we’re invading someone’s country or threatening to invade someone’s country (which is likely), then there’s a 99.99% chance they don’t care about us. Just like we rarely think about the people in Bolivia or Mongolia, most people don’t think about us much. They have jobs, kids, house payments — you know, those things called lives — to worry about. Kind of like us.

Americans tend to assume that the rest of the world either loves us or hates us (this is actually a good litmus test to tell if someone is conservative or liberal). The fact is, most people feel neither. Most people don’t think much about us.

Remember that immature girl in high school, who every little thing that happened to her meant that someone either hated her or was obsessed with her; who thought every teacher who ever gave her a bad grade was being totally unfair and everything good that happened to her was because of how amazing she was? Yeah, we’re that immature high school girl.

3. We Know Nothing About The Rest Of The World

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[Brown_Pride]

*sigh* truth hurts

 

[Bud Bundy]

seems to describe conservative americans and the uneducated.

 

[newarkhiphop]

just those first two are so powerful, haven't looked at the rest of the list but I hope there is one that says " nobody wants our help"

 

[newarkhiphop]

The Rest Of The World Is Not A Slum-Ridden shythole Compared To Us

 

[Bud Bundy]

just those first two are so powerful, haven't looked at the rest of the list but I hope there is one that says " nobody wants our help"

that is just not true. Different factions of countries in turmoil ask the US for help all the time. Usually though the US gets involved if it suits their interests. I am sure when people are facing genocide they will take any help they can get.

 

[Brown_Pride]

that is just not true. Different factions of countries in turmoil ask from the US help all the time. Usually though the US gets involved if it suits their interests. I am sure when people are facing genocide they will take any help they can get.

yeah our level of help and interest is usually proportional to the amount of natural resources in the area.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

opinion piece trying to parade as fact.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

The Rest Of The World Is Not A Slum-Ridden shythole Compared To Us

Dunno bra. Have you seen Africa???

 

[newarkhiphop]

Dunno bra. Have you seen Africa???

you do know Africa is a whole continent and not a country right

 

[Roaden Polynice]

you do know Africa is a whole continent and not a country right

And?

 

[newarkhiphop]

And?

so what do you think africa looks like? baby's with fly's on there face? lions and tigers?

The Africa You Don’t See On TV ‹ The Richest People In The World 2012

 

[theworldismine13]

i dont know, i think 1 and 2 are definitely false, i dont see how anybody can say that, when you go overseas and people find out you are american, they either love you or hate you, its rare to get an indifferent attitude

american culture is to dominant worldwide for people to be indifferent, everybody has an opinion about america and americans

But unless we’re invading someone’s country or threatening to invade someone’s country (which is likely), then there’s a 99.99% chance they don’t care about us,

^^^ this is a hilarious caveat, is there a part of the world that hasnt been threatend at one point by an american invasion? and lets not even talk about corporate and cultural invasion

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

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[50CentStan]

I read the first two things and realized what a complete bullshyt article this is. Delete this thread.