No Stupid Questions

Invading other countries to kidnapp head of states?

When some of them have the audacity, to arrogantly correct non-English speakers' language, when it isn't even their first language; hell it isn't even my second, it's my third. How's your Dutch motherfucker? I guess this isn't exactly restricted to Americans, but still...

The assumption that the American legal, political, and cultural context is the "default." They say "X is illegal" without specifying jurisdiction. They assume a "right wing" or "left wing" party must be like their Republicans or Democrats. And so forth.

The big dumb cars that seem to be infecting the world.

their obsession with genome analysis / where one of their great-great-grandfathers came from.

"i am italian, german, polish, chinese and cree!" "no, you are us-citizen and don't speak any language but english."

Shooting children.

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Asking "so what do you do for a living?" when meeting someone new as if their job defines them. It's one of the first questions Americans will ask someone when meeting them for the first time. I am American, but as I understand it, this question is far less common elsewhere in the world.

Voting. You guys are really bad at voting.

Their support of pedos.

Saying “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”. Annoyingly incorrect but not exactly a critical issue.

"Quietly" annoying? That's a tough one.

Invading other countries, ignoring international law, supporting palestinian genocide, toppling foreign governments... i find them kinda annoying you know?

Not using indoor voice.

And pretending to be anything but american.

Saying the state or city they're from when asked where they are from..like the world should know what a Jackson is.

The size bragging.

No, Texas isn't that big. Texas is about the same size as France.

USA also isn't that big. Europe is larger than USA.

Sure it's big and all, but the main difference is really just that there are fewer people in USA than in Europe. It has a lower population density, making everything seem further apart.

The reason I find it annoying is that the most obnoxious types have a tendency to use it to validate their own opinions on every fucking topic. Obviously we tiny Europeans just can't comprehend the scale of their American way of doing things in the most backwards and old fashioned manner.

I've met plenty of American immigrants. Most of them are really nice and humble and appreciate learning how stuff works here. However some will eventually encounter something that doesn't make sense to them, but rather than learn, they'll cave in on trying to explain in the role of the world conquering strongman why it just won't work in the scale that they're used to in America, as if that would make any sense to do in that situation.

It's delusional.

The fake friendliness, especially in customer service.

Having to answer constant questions about Americans.

Pretending they’re well travelled by bragging about how many states they’ve visited.

Thinking cheaper automatically means you're getting more value out of something, (example: I got this whole cake that can feed 10 people for $15 bucks!) ignoring the quality of that thing.

Thinking something expensive automatically means you're getting something of better quality (example: This bottle of wine is over $100. It's definitely better than one that uses much better methods of wine production that only costs $20).

Basically, my beef is with Americans having little sense of discernment and/or lack of good taste.

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Starting your next sentence even if you know the other person hasn't finished thier last word yet.

Americans are mostly super loud. You can hear them from forever away like they're competing to be the loudest in any space. ~ someone originally from the US that had this pointed out to me.

Lmfao at the super salty person. 

As an American, I find all of these criticisms largely true and things I also find annoying about us and our culture.

Comparing everything to their insignificant home town.

"Wow! Ancient aqueducts! We don't have that back in Springfield, but we have faster table service."

Okaaaay....

AMERICANS ARE LOUD DRAMA QUEENS.

The obsession with brands. Insisting off brand medication is different when it literally HAS to be the same.

Quietly annoying? I feel like the rest of the world has been making most of their grievances with the US habits/culture heard

When you sit in a crowded German café and there are 2 Americans in it, you can be sure they'll be louder than everyone else combined.

The same variety every country finds annoying about tourists from different cultures because foreigners. Loud, demanding, not obeying local social cues or courtesies, not speaking any of the language, walking too slow because tourist, crowding, messing up local living conditions thanks to vacation rentals, drunks, etc.