Why do non-Americans (Mostly Europeans) Bitch so much about America? -

[Poiseon]

So, I saw this thread when it was posted a while back.
https://kiwifarms.net/threads/why-are-americans-so-patriotic.49718/
It's only eight pages, I suggest reading it first. Basically, the OP is wondering why Americans are proud to be Americans.

I posted my reason for being Proudly Murican, as did quite a few others, but one post in particular got me thinking.

So, now I'm legitimately curious. Why do non-Americans, Europeans in particular and especially British people, have so much salt for the USA? I've talked to a few people who are not Americans and have gotten different answers. One guy told me people in his country (An eastern euro) Bitch about Americans almost daily. Talking about being more civilized and all that jazz. I got an answer from a Brit who said we're nothing but shotgun-toting dirtfarmers who should have lost 'The War'. I swear to God, I still think he meant the fucking Revolution, but he blocked me so...

Anyway, what are your thoughts, ya'll? Why such salt for the Land Of The Free? I have my own thoughts on why Europeans are so pissy about it (Mostly them not being the big dogs anymore and their cultures are having slow, painful deaths to mass immigration.) but I'm more interested in what you all bring to the table here.

 

[d12]

Because we're number one and they know it.

 

[millais]

Our very existence is always kept at the forefront of their minds because every day they are driven by their own dopamine addiction to consume our shitty movies, music, soda, and fast food, courtesy of our global monopoly on pop culture and junk food.

 

[OhGoy]

okay, i'm all about toting guns around while simultaneously smoking marijuana on the front porch(as all fellow americans should), but...

ya'll

...do not ever unironically say "y'all" whether you're american or not

 

[Wraith]

A guess, America is the Trump of the world with a tinge of religious fervor in it's creation. Maybe that's too simplistic, but if it works...

 

[The Shadow]

They hate us cause they ain't us.

 

[d12]

okay, i'm all about toting guns around while simultaneously smoking marijuana on the front porch(as all fellow americans should), but...

...do not ever unironically say "y'all" whether you're american or not

Fuck you limey, this is America I say what I want.

 

[Poiseon]

Fuck you limey, this is America I say what I want.

Can't be arrested for it either. I was talking with a British guy about Count Dankula being arrested for that Nazi pug video he made. This was his response.
"That guy should have known better. He's not Mel Brooks. It's his own damn fault for being an ass," -Dumb British Twat
Make of that what you will.

 

[Next Task]

As far as I can tell, US cultural imperialism plus ignorance. From the right it's the 'America Fuck Yeah!' unironically, from the left it's the 'Cultural Appropriation matters when we say it matters' bullshit.

Americans often come off as, at best, myopic about anything non-American. And especially because they're the dominant voice in culture, especially online culture, it can become very annoying. Non-Americans are exposed to a lot of arrogance, both intentional and unintentional.

Though personally I find it more annoying when Americans bitch about America, the SJWs who complain about how oppressed they are and how terrible America is for them without realising how good they actually have it. In their language, Americans should be considered the straight white men of the world, so complaining about, say, a lack of privilege should always be compared to the freedoms of everywhere else. No country is perfect - the US most certainly has deep, foundational flaws. But if all you do is incessantly bitch about where you live, fuckin' move or shut the hell up.

 

[garakfan69]

It's always fun to shit on other countries tbh. And America is a good target since everyone is familiar with it.

America's foreign policies also have a very wide reach, so there's a lot of reaction to that.
I am annoyed by how much our German politicians and our MSM are influenced by transatlantic lobbying.

Plus, Americans are fat and I would not have sex with them.

 

[Mister Qwerty]

Tourists. I remember my first encounter with American tourists when I was a little kid. They were a married, retired couple from the south who were a pair of loudmouthed clodhopping yahoos and the husband talked exactly like Foghorn Leghorn.

 

[Ledian]

It's easy to bitch about the most well known and popular kid in school. Best is that much of the time, we really don't care about what anyone bitches about us and act like a big brother of sorts to some countries, i.e Poland, the UK, Canada, etc.
And at the end of the day, no matter how much the EU leaders like to posture, when shit hits the fan they'll call for us immediately because we're not just some popular kid but also the fucking quarterback on the football team that can kick the shit out of anyone. You can deride us for losing to farmer's with rifles but at the end of the day, who will they call first? Certainly not those farmers, that's for sure.

Also, certain topics I've really come to notice that people bitch about America are politics, our food portions, and the metric/Imperial divide. The last one always makes me sigh since I'm sure a good amount of Americans probably would be okay with the switch and know Metric but smug shits, keen on that difference, always chalk it up to us being uneducated.
We know Metric, it's usually taught in high school because Chemistry and Physics work with it. We just don't use it after.

 

[ES 148]

Because America is an anagram of 'I am Cera'

 

[MadDamon]

Because they can't own guns

 

[AnOminous]

Because they mad jelly. . .and they touch themselves at night.

Tourists. I remember my first encounter with American tourists when I was a little kid. They were a married, retired couple from the south who were a pair of loudmouthed clodhopping yahoos and the husband talked exactly like Foghorn Leghorn.

Foghorn Leghorn is awesome though.

 

[User names must be unique]

Because of expansive cultural knowledge about the USA you're an easy target, sure I could talk shit about Russian gopniks but they aren't exactly culturally relevant outside of Russia.

 

[IV 445]

Old Soviet propaganda that hasn’t gone away. The Kremlin used to influence media everywhere in the West with bribes, now I think they just have learned to accept this programming from their schooling. It’s the same case in America as well.

 

[Toucan]

That is such a teenage girl thing to say.
"Everyone keeps talking about the shit I do so they must be jealous, couldn't be that they have a point"

 

[Poiseon]

That is such a teenage girl thing to say.
"Everyone keeps talking about the shit I do so they must be jealous, couldn't be that they have a point"

So is, "You dumbfucks have nothing to be proud of and you all fuck your sisters in cornfields,"
What's your point? If they have a point, I assume you probably do somewhere, why don't you just post it?

 

[Toucan]

So is, "You dumbfucks have nothing to be proud of and you all fuck your sisters in cornfields,"
What's your point? If they have a point, I assume you probably do somewhere, why don't you just post it?

Because I already had my fun.
I just thought it was funny how so many people were like "So what if were assholes, why do you Euros have to keep pointing it out? its just jealousy"