> It's really easy to pick up caricatures of life in foreign countries. I'm a German who's lived abroad for the majority of his life. This statement is so true

> It's really easy to pick up caricatures of life in foreign countries. I'm a German who's lived abroad for the majority of his life. This statement is so true. I've heard of Africans asking if Hitler was still in power, Americans thinking Germans all lived in castles, and Germans wondering whether we had electricity in Zambia. If you've never lived there, how can you know? I have dozens of American friends and frequently read American publications. I daresay I have some understanding of US culture from this exposure - but even so I still don't know what it's like to actually live in the United States.