Reasons why other countries dislike Americans...
1) ''PS:Bush is a retard! America is cool! So is england! and france I guess! Oh yeah and Germany! And canadia!
oh I almost forgot, Australia is cool to! That steve irwen is crazy with the baby dangling and all that, but he is still fun to watch. Gooday mates! ''
You can't start a discussion about Britain then refer to it as England - Britain consists of Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales. We get annoyed at the way Americans assume they know what they're talking about. Other nations have a more open mind about cultures, when I visit another country I like to meet the local people and learn a bit about the place, Americans prefer to complain about everything. Without a doubt Americans are very sociable and friendly people, but sometimes they need to shut up and listen. If you can only quote 5 countries that you like, it's probably best to quote none and just say there's no countries that you dislike. This is not the first discussion like this, and certainly not the first time I've had to mention all those other parts of Britain to an American.
2) American comedy shows suck, Friends has just got worse and worse, Caroline in the City, Sex and the City, Will and Grace, Spin City... All these shows reek. I like the stuff with some originality, like Titus and Jackass - but they're both gone now, and we're stuck with pretentious rubbish. Have you people no shame?, what did Woody Harrelson ever do to deserve a part in Will and Grace?.
I think that if American TV people started making more realistic TV then we'd all be more understanding. I mean what percentage of Americans are actually members of the Mafia, or living opposite Central Park, or are infalable yet lovable cops?. I reckon it's more like the average American is very alike the Average Brit, German, Frenchie, or Australian, just trying to get through life with minimal hassle. It's a really British frame of mind to grow attached to characters that we can relate to, it's hard to relate to Chandler with his great job, apartment, wife etc etc etc when he's going nuts because somebody ate his schnitzel.
3) We're jealous. Americans seem to have it so easy, I mean we're fed on movies about rich and successful Americans, and shows about successful (yet unfulfilled) Americans, and then we step into the misery that is life in Britain. In the UK, owning your own house is a mark of incredible success.
4) American military sucks in comparison to many of it's european counterparts - yet we're lead to believe and Americans are lead to believe that America is an all powerfull incredible force, yet there's still so much unprofessionalism, complacency, mistakes, friendly fire mishaps... the list goes on.
5) I don't really believe that America has made a big enough contribution to mankind. I can't think of a ground breaking invention, discovery, or cure that makes up for their depremental affects on mankind. Every nation has possitive and negative input into the human race, and with all Americas input, unfortunately I think the scales lean more to the negative side.
I hope nobody is offended by this, I certainly have no ill feeling towards Americans, I like to let people make their own impression. These are my feelings on why I think a lot of people take an almost instinctive dislike to American thinking.
Van-B
The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!.
