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I found most of the points either to be well known or somewhat false: 1. Obvious toward an individual. Though most of the world familiar is interested in Ameri
by usaar333 14y ago
I found most of the points either to be well known or somewhat false:
1. Obvious toward an individual. Though most of the world familiar is interested in America.
2. Obvious
3. Obvious and applies to all countries. How many people in X country would know where Sudan is?
4. "Poor" is highly opinionated; that we are on the "cold" side of affection is also comparing America to a limited set of cultures. I could find plenty of cultures (Middle East, East Asia come to mind) where telling a random women " a) I wanted to meet her, and b) she’s beautiful" would creep the hell out of her.
5. By world standards, the qualify of life for the average American is awesome. I'll admit it looks less great compared to other developed nations.
6. No one in the US thinks other developed nations are crap. But it's being intellectually dishonest to claim that the quality of life for the average person in a developing nation (e.g. Cambodia) is on par with America.
7. Maybe. Another case of selecting certain examples. Counties like say China are on par with or less friendly than America. A stranger in China inviting you to a BBQ? 50% chance trying to scam you.
8. As someone who's spent time in East Asia, the idea that America has some insane consumer culture is laughable.
9. Sure, by developed country standards, the US looks bad. By world standards? pretty good.
10. Hardly unique to America
- nickff 14y agoI agree with all these points, and it seems like the article should have been "Ten Unsupported Opinions the Average American Doesn't Share with Me".
- Svip 14y agoTo be honest, when I saw the title, I had hoped it was 10 interesting facts about the USA, not this. Trust me, as a foreigner, these articles are getting boring, and I strangely read a lot of them. I am not sure if they are supposed to make me feel superior or sad, but in reality I feel neither. I also find that these articles portray an image of Americans that is either not true or very misleading, which cannot be healthy or useful. The fact that I know where Sudan or the Ivory Coast (I refuse to use its French name in an English context) is, doesn't mean everyone in my country do. And in regards to point 1; this just doesn't ring true at all to me. Yes, we cover other countries' elections, but not in the way we cover the US presidential elections. And even people I know to be anti-American, often have something to say about the elections. I sometimes fear we cover the US elections more than our own elections. Then again, our elections last for four weeks.