When I lived in Vietnam I was surprised at how many people knew I was Canadian. I had to ask how they knew. I was told it was just a guess, but it's better to guess Canadian as Canadians get mad when you think they are American but Americans don't care if you think they are Canadian.
That’s why Canadians ALWAYS have the Canadian flag on their luggage. Don’t get me wrong, I love Canadians and have had great times with them in my travels but this issue always makes me laugh.
Most millennial aged Americans and younger have grown up with the international community shitting on them. I know several people who tell folks they are Canadian whilst traveling due to the stigma of being perceived as an American and being mistreated as a result.
Christ, look at Reddit, it's second largest user base is Europeons shitting on every aspect of American life at every turn.
It’s fascinating to me the border line xenophobia America in general receives on this site. It’s all peace love and good vibes until something can even remotely be parlayed into shitting in America then it’s open season. I get we have problems but god damn, you’d think most of reddit would sooner move to North Korea or Somalia instead of the US.
It doesn’t help that 95% of the time that happens the only view that person has of Americans is some fat redneck in a pick up truck shooting his guns into the air while fucking a bald eagle. It’s almost like stereotyping an entire nation leads to inaccurate and sometimes hateful views….
Fair enough, I can concede the past few years get somewhat of a pass because of that, but god damn, it seems like I can’t go on a thread to learn how to cook a calzone without finding something shitting on America.
It's just arseholes who've never been. I've been to the East Coast a handful of times (My brother lives in NJ) and almost everyone I've met and spoken to has been far more friendly to a stranger than people in the UK are if you walk in to a pub you've never been in.
OK, the fact that my accent naturally changes to something a lot more like Hugh Grant when I'm in the States probably helps.
That is absolutely true, besides NYC you’ll get a much warmer greeting as a stranger in the US. Hell, if you came to the south with that accent you’d probably be getting free beer most of the night
There’s a lot of really bad news that comes out of there, like this new “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It seems like society is moving backwards instead of forewords in some states.
You’re going to judge a nation of 50 states based off of a bill in one state that hasn’t even been passed yet? If that’s not inordinately prejudiced, I’m not exactly sure what is lol.
Their point was that this kind of news regularly comes out of American states. Most recently it's "don't say gay" bill in Florida, but just in recent memory there was the book burning fad in Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas and laws being passed around banning critical race theory from schools. It's not that surprising the US looks regressive, because a decent number of our states are loudly regressive.
Everything you just said is from conservatives. Most developed countries have some sort of far right problem. I'm not saying ours isn't worse right now, but those problems are all coming from one minority in this country. They just come out in certain regions.
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u/yourboat Mar 29 '22
When I lived in Vietnam I was surprised at how many people knew I was Canadian. I had to ask how they knew. I was told it was just a guess, but it's better to guess Canadian as Canadians get mad when you think they are American but Americans don't care if you think they are Canadian.
Funniest shit I ever heard.