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Americans, what is something that Europeans have/do that makes no sense to you? (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How much they personally hate/dislike us.

They've seen too many movies and make unfair assumptions about us and then judge us? Idk.

How racist they are but have no idea they are.

They ridicule the US for our own brand of terrible racism but seem to be clueless that they and their government have their own vicious and oppressive racism.

How stuck in tradition they are.

I feel like I don't see a lot of progress in construction, culinary arts, or caste systems (to name a few).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've literally never once met any single person that "hated" Americans, and everyone who's ever met an American says they're lovely, just like us

The best theory we can come up with is that Americans are taught from a young age that their country is the best, and no-one should be allowed to say otherwise. Hence, even the slightest criticism is seen as hate.

Europeans, however, are raised on the belief that self-deprecation is a fuckin art

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not so much here, but you couldn't go more than a couple minutes on reddit without reading some comment on how America is a third world shithole.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

English speaking reddit, yes.

If you visit /r/de for example, you'll find that everyone is complaining about Germany being a shit hole country. It's simply unfortunate, if you don't speak a second language, you never get good insight into how people view their own country.

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