Sick of hearing about how Americans are stupid

I was just discussing how much it irked me when people say "Americans are blahblahblah....but not you!! of course I didn't mean you!"  so really funny to see this topic come up! I will NEED to check out this blog haha

I was just discussing how much it irked me when people say "Americans are blahblahblah....but not you!! of course I didn't mean you!"  so really funny to see this topic come up! I will NEED to check out this blog haha

I've gotten the "I typically can't stand American people but you're great" comment tons of times since being here. I have no idea what to say to that so I just ignore it. Glad to know I'm not alone!

I've gotten the "I typically can't stand American people but you're great" comment tons of times since being here. I have no idea what to say to that so I just ignore it. Glad to know I'm not alone!

The obvious response is "What a coincidence, because I find most British people objectionable, present company excepted, of course".

I've gotten the "I typically can't stand American people but you're great" comment tons of times since being here. I have no idea what to say to that so I just ignore it. Glad to know I'm not alone!

My favourite is seeing articles Metro post on Facebook relating to the US and seeing all the negative comments flood in. You can tell those that either:

A. don't really know an American
B. have never actually been to the US
C. both of the above.

They are the ones that are literally just regurgitating stereotypes they've heard of or seen on TV. It's excellent.

I'm sure a lot of you expats have met several people in Britain who claim to have a "mate who's been to America" and this fictional "mate" of theirs has told them they saw people getting shot and people riding horses with cowboy hats on and everyone lived in McDonalds and didn't know the way to Amarillo.

That's how they cover their ignorance by claiming it was a "mate" who told them this information. If you ask them "Who's your mate then?" they'll probably tell you it's this bloke:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefIxw438FI[/youtube]

I'm sure a lot of you expats have met several people in Britain who claim to have a "mate who's been to America" and this fictional "mate" of theirs has told them they saw people getting shot and people riding horses with cowboy hats on and everyone lived in McDonalds and didn't know the way to Amarillo.

That's how they cover their ignorance by claiming it was a "mate" who told them this information. If you ask them "Who's your mate then?" they'll probably tell you it's this bloke:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefIxw438FI[/youtube]

hahahah this is absolutely brill!

Just to make you all feel a lot better....

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp57NN1n8Kw[/youtube]

Mexico. It's part of the US whether you like it or not!