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[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 155 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Invading other countries to kidnapp head of states?

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

They said QUIETLY annoying. Things you wouldn't speak up about. I feel like kidnapping world leaders doesn't qualify as that. I'm American, and it's been about a full day now, and it's just now setting in just how insane it is that we just kidnapped a world leader. Just.....took him. Meanwhile, here in the states, we're also kidnapping random people off the street in unmarked cars for committing the crime of being not white.

These are things that should be screamed about, not silent.

[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

Some people are screaming. Most are not. And the words, from those screaming, are cheap. The silence of actions continues to be, and likely will continue to be, deafening.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 109 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 month ago

It's funny hearing Americans say they hate liberals, and me being able to agree except meaning the exact opposite. Liberal party is right wing for me lol

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[-] Thorry@feddit.org 25 points 1 month ago

Yes, this is also very noticeable in media. They can have some kind of aliens in a future sci-fi universe that somehow have a legal process and trial that exactly mirrors the American way of doing things. For Americans that's just normal, not realising this is absolutely not the norm in the rest of the world. Same thing with malls, hospitals, roads and many more things.

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[-] SaneMartigan@lemmy.world 93 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] phr@discuss.tchncs.de 89 points 1 month ago

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."

[-] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The whole ethnic identity is mostly to identify where in the world you ethnically originated from to other Americans. Because almost every single person in the US is either an immigrant, or a descendent of one. So we identify to each other where we came from as Americans.

Where people go wrong with this is if they happen to be traveling internationally and take this US centric identity with them. If traveling internationally, you could be ethnically from the place you are traveling. But in that context, you'd be American. This is a part of that whole well traveled awareness thing.

The genealogy thing is their curiosity in tracing that ethnic origin with greater detail. I personally don't find it too interesting myself, but different strokes.

Edit: I'd like to add, this is mostly in case other people reading this thread are wondering why this is even a thing. It's truly an annoying behavior.

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[-] DarkDinner@quokk.au 82 points 1 month ago
[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I haven't heard of a school shooting in a long time. I can't tell if that's because they stopped happening, or if it's because they happen so often that it's not even considered newsworthy anymore.

[-] IvyisAngy@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

... yeah it's the second one. The US does not go a week without one really, you'll find reports of them on local channels along with the traffic reports, weather forecast and car accidents. It rarely makes national news.

I want off the ride. To be sure.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 34 points 1 month ago

There are multiple mass shootings per day in the United States. This page keeps track as they come in.

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[-] SnotFlickerman 72 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 month ago

I feel it’s a bit tacky as a first question, but if I’m not asking it at some point I personally feel like I’m not making a real effort to know someone.

For a lot of people I think it’s just their go-to ice breaker since most people have a job or some kind of education they are involved in.

I personally really enjoy hearing about many people jobs since they really open my eyes to a different lifestyles and working environments out there, or I might get the scoop on workplace drama stories.

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[-] mech@feddit.org 23 points 1 month ago

There are worse first questions.
Like the "Where are you from? No, I mean originally" you get asked in Germany if you aren't white and straight-haired.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 18 points 1 month ago

Also, "where do you go to church?"

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

I just try not to be around people that would ask that

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[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago

new account - check

zero comments - check

inflammatory post - check.

deleted account - TBD...

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 27 points 1 month ago

TBF I myself might create a throwaway for asking a controversial question. And they're not trolling imo.

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[-] brap@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago

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

[-] remon@ani.social 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also "holding down the fort" instead of "holding the fort" ... maybe it's because they only have bouncy castles over there.

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[-] SeaSgt@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 month ago

Their support of pedos.

[-] remon@ani.social 43 points 1 month ago

The fake friendliness, especially in customer service.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 23 points 1 month ago

That's required by the employer.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 33 points 1 month ago

Alright then, the fake friendliness that their employers require. Especially in customer service.

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[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Having to answer constant questions about Americans.

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

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 38 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 21 points 1 month ago

Yeah, nothing about Americans is quiet.

And we should inform them!

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 35 points 1 month ago

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.

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 34 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] ABCatMom@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 month ago

On the flip side, as a Canadian, I always get a chuckle out of European tourists who think they can drive from Montreal to Vancouver in a day.

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[-] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago

I mostly see size pointed out to people who try to draw comparisons between USA and another singlular European country.

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[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 28 points 1 month ago

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

[-] karashta@piefed.social 25 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] Zier@fedia.io 23 points 1 month ago

AMERICANS ARE LOUD DRAMA QUEENS.

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[-] mech@feddit.org 21 points 1 month ago

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.

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[-] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 19 points 1 month ago

Tipping when they visit places where it isn't normal or expexted.

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 month ago

Talking loud

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I reject the assertion that this is an American thing... I've been in enough other countries and they're all mostly consumerist cultures that care more about perceived social value than actual quality.

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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

I'm American, but I've heard in a lot of countries they hate how we start talking to someone who is still kind of far away. Like when your friend is approaching from the other direction and you say "Hey, how's it going?" but you have to talk more loudly because he's several paces away.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] rwdf@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Eating with only a fork instead of knife and fork. Cutting the food into pieces first, then shifting the fork to the right hand and eating the pieces like a toddler.

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[-] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

Imperialism

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