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#111
10-21-2007, 08:38 PM
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Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I generally like Europeans. They seem to "get it" about the important stuff, like family and vacations and work/life balance. It's tough to generalize because of all the different countries but that's my overall sense. I understand that you may be interested in the thoughts of Americans on this matter but I don't think you're going to get much out of it. Most Americans think about very little beyond food and tv. Plus, Americans are all so different. I'm a northern liberal. I like hockey and Democrats, I live in an urban apartment, shop at a natural foods co-op and so forth. I drive a German car. I have way, way more in common with your average European (at least, in the Western European countries) than I do with a huge numbers of Americans (maybe even most). For instance, people in the South. I have nothing in common with them. Nothing. Their accents are ridiculous, they're politically retarted and their insanely consumeristic and narrow minded. I guess the thing I like best about Europeans is that they don't have huge political blocs in their country that are trying to roll them back to the 19th century. [/ QUOTE ] This is (hopefully), one of the best satirical posts on the internets. [/ QUOTE ] I was thinking the same myself. [/ QUOTE ] That post crushed it. When i hear about bible belt, god fearing, ignorant, highly conservative Americans i just can't believe they get a vote in my country. Nothern/liberal America vs Southern/conservative America is likely as different as any two European countries. I like learning about new cultures and seeing new countries, a lot of these people might never leave the country their whole life. Unfortunately our geography tends to force a cultural ignorance upon us. Canada above us is a very similar country, and Mexico below us is only visited when people want to get drunk on a resort. Most others are an ocean away. I'm not saying that makes it OK for so many of us to be so clueless, but at least there's a reason. [/ QUOTE ] Trust me, they are thinking teh same thing about you, and the people like me, who understand how retardedly fanatical, stupid, false, and somewhat sad, the whole red state/blue state thing is on both sides of teh coin think it about the whole lot of you. 
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#112
10-21-2007, 08:59 PM
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Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
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Trust me, they are thinking teh same thing about you, and the people like me, who understand how retardedly fanatical, stupid, false, and somewhat sad, the whole red state/blue state thing is on both sides of teh coin think it about the whole lot of you. [/ QUOTE ] holy crap, quids for mod, QFT, v well said, sir.
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#113
10-21-2007, 09:29 PM
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Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
Guids,
I'm not saying they shouldn't get a vote. My point is more so i can't believe we're voting/are from the same country and get lumped together by Europeans as one and the same because of our elected leaders.
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#114
10-21-2007, 09:40 PM
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Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
Highly liberal Americans want to get down on their knees and worship at your feet/suck you off.
Highly conservative Americans think you are all a bunch of lazy, communists ass holes. The other 90% of Americans don't have a definitive opinion.
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#115
10-21-2007, 09:47 PM
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Highly liberal Americans want to get down on their knees and worship at your feet/suck you off. Highly conservative Americans think you are all a bunch of lazy, communists ass holes. The other 90% of Americans don't have a definitive opinion. [/ QUOTE ] This sounds about right, I like most of Europe afaik, although I've heard the French are pricks.
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#116
10-21-2007, 09:52 PM
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This sounds about right, I like most of Europe afaik, although I've heard the French are pricks. [/ QUOTE ] I think the general consensus (still a stereotype, but a lot of people agree with this) is that French people are great in general, but the Parisians are a-holes/arrogant.
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#117
10-21-2007, 09:55 PM
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#118
10-21-2007, 10:02 PM
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Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
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[ QUOTE ] This sounds about right, I like most of Europe afaik, although I've heard the French are pricks. [/ QUOTE ] I think the general consensus (still a stereotype, but a lot of people agree with this) is that French people are great in general, but the Parisians are a-holes/arrogant. [/ QUOTE ] This could very well be, I have nothing to base my view on as I've never been to europe. I think this is just the general view of random people around here. I don't think anybody here actually hates the french or anything, but they might avoid it on vacation out of not wanting to deal with them (assuming stereotypes are correct).
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#120
10-21-2007, 10:09 PM
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Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
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[ QUOTE ] This sounds about right, I like most of Europe afaik, although I've heard the French are pricks. [/ QUOTE ] I think the general consensus (still a stereotype, but a lot of people agree with this) is that French people are great in general, but the Parisians are a-holes/arrogant. [/ QUOTE ] So it's analogous to Brits and Londoners, eh?
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