I seriously do not care at all what other countries find offensive about American customs.
And neither does the maker of this video, even though they seem properly prog concerned.
You see, one of the things on the list is “calling ourselves Americans.”
Look at the title of their video.
One thing the rest of the world doesn’t find offensive about Anericans. When we show up and save their sorry asses.
The countries doing the complaining are all shitholes. Hardly qualified to judge a more advanced country where people still have some rights, and use toilet paper and tooth brushes instead of their hands.
This is the stupidest video ever–seriously, stating up front that some customs/habits don’t translate well and then acting as if no one else on the planet has any behaviors others, especially Americans, would find odd.
I don’t give a flying fuck what anyone thinks of me speaking English overseas, because for one thing, like it or not it’s the lingua franca. And when countless others are coming from Third World shitholes, live in America for ten years and STILL demand translators and live a “dial-1-for-your-language” existence, that tells me more than I want to know about lazy, uncultured, mooching assholes and the degenerate hypocrites they are and are content to remain.
All those goat fucking, sister raping, cheese eating, disgusting burp emitting, public defacating, lackey living, non bathing, rotten tooth, stinking cowardly professional victims need to just bow to their superiors and say “thank you” next time Americans crush their arses or spend a dime in their flatlining, dusty ass countries overrun or being swamped by swine.
They left out the most crucial one of all, that we ‘exist’ to begin with.
When the US hating
ankle biters start up,
my hearing goes out
and my wallet gets put
away. “No habla”
is a 2 way street.
Top 10 Things the World Envies About America:
#1 A functioning Constitutional Republic
#1 We put a man on the moon – 6 times
#1 A bad ass military that saved the world – twice
#1 John Wayne and Ronald Reagan
#1 The 1st and 2nd Amendment
#1 Balls, big ones – used nukes – twice
#1 The coolest looking flag in the world
#1 Smokin’ hot women
#1 Inventors of the airplane
#1 Masters of electricity
The list is way to long.
We call ourselves Americans because it’s part of our name – The United States of America. What are we supposed to say, United Statesians?
Charles Napier once had a rather nuanced response to the custom of burning widows in India.
Another thing the rest of the world never used to find offensive about Americans is when we show up and spend money, but now it’s just easier to sit back, wait until Barry the Bowl-Winder comes around with apologies, whine something about being a “victim” and just demand it!
9.I actually agree w/ this one and I’ll add college students wearing pajama bottoms. I mean WTF.
8. Reject a gift 3 times? Then don’t offer it to me and go back to eating food w/ 2 sticks.
2. If you think someone blowing their nose w/ a hanky is gross, watch me do it w/o one.
Let’s face it, it’s an offensive world!
And there are other places where flip flops are the norm.
Stupid video.
“Asking what do you do? especially in countries where people take a more wholistic view of life.”
BARF!!!
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There is a HORRIBLE auto-start ad on the right side which cannot be turned off. This is particularly bothersome in a post with a video you want us to watch!!!
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well, i’m offended that the world is offended by my culture!
I’m offended that we give these assholes foreign aide money, but we can’t take care of our own people.
I do agree about the sweatshirts and flip-flops. The only time you’ll ever catch me sporting this look is when I’m home with the flu.
This is the quote from Napier:
“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.”
I remember this article about two American guys that took a hot air balloon from Africa to South America. It was a record breaking big deal, and the whole town at the landing came out to rope in the balloon for a safe touchdown.
But the pilots gave everyone a thumbs up – “Hey. Thanks!”
Unfortunately, the thumbs up is a great insult down there. The people on the ground abruptly let go of the ropes and the balloon crash landed in the water and the record wasn’t set.
I agree with most of them. I hate the act of tipping and rarely eat out.
Funny little video. I’m going against the grain here and saying it’s not a bad idea to learn a little something about the customs of each country you visit. It can help a lot if you’ve gotten yourself into a fix and can certainly help if the locals appreciate your effort. You’d be able to find or try things most tourists never know about. I think Americans (and Canadians) would like to have the same courtesy from foreign tourists visiting out countries as well.
No. 3 and not chatting up a storm at restaurants.
I’ll confine my comment to Japan, where I lived for a very large chunk of my adult life. Yes, there are “some” places where a boisterous conversation may not be appreciated, but where is that NOT the case? Even in “horrible horrible” America there are restaurants where this kind of behavior is frowned upon.
On the other hand, I have been to dozens and dozens of Japanese restaurants where the beer flows freely, the customers are having a great time, shouting and laughing. It’s a big part of the after-work letting-off-steam culture.
It seems the makers of this video either didn’t know about this, or purposely ignored it in their effort to tell us how ignorant we are.
There is a word in Japanese (kuki-yomu). It means “reading the atmosphere”, or simply put, paying attention to your surroundings so you don’t upset any apple carts. Kuki yomenai refers to someone who can’t read a given situation, and it doesn’t apply only to Americans.
They can all eat shit. They offend me when they come over here and stink the place up. I don’t go to foreign shitholes. Don’t come to my foreign shithole, either.
So does flipping the bird mean “thumbs up” in the countries who think the opposite?
Some of the video I agree with. But it left out a bunch. I remember standing aside as a VIP in Egypt and watched as about 30 people from Chicago rushed to get on a plane. They all weighed about 200 pounds for the women and 300 for the men. The pushed and shoved and did not notice that the entire airport was totally disgusted by them. Being from the South, I almost threw up with their actions. As to English, tough. I can’t be expected to learn every language for the multiple countries I visit. Mostly this comes from the French and their sorry language should have been banned after WWII and their ridiculous actions in that war. Also, I have found that wearing work out pants on an 8 to 12 hour flight is superior to looking appropriate. I will change in the airport before going on the street, but if you don’t like it, screw you. Basically if you use good manners and remember that hand gestures are a no no, then you do well.
Video is crap. Everybody loves America.
They got it wrong with the public nose-blowing.
It is the British that do that, and they do it at the dinner table.
It is indeed disgusting.