How would you describe American people in general?
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Abhinand,
India I actually like the fact that you can say "hi" to people over here, because that way one thing nice is you can make a lot of friends. They may not be very deep, very good friends, but you can still make a lot of friends. One of the things that I like is they're humorous, they have a good sense of humor, and another thing that I really like is that they're hard working, and they have a good work ethic, and they get things done. They take pride in their work and they value time. It seems like they just like to talk about problems instead of actually just doing something about it. So, for example, if somebody's not good at math, instead of working hard and becoming better, they'll sit and they will talk about "I have a learning disability, I have this problem, I have that problem" like making excuses, a little bit. And sometimes it's like, "okay, this is where you are at and you need to work hard and come up." One thing is that in India and the Middle East that I notice is, you don't keep on saying "oh, I have problems, I have problems." Okay, you have a problem, now let's do something about it. Rather than talk, talk, talk. That's something that I noticed. |
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John,
Malaysia People are friendly here but after you've lived here for a while, you get to see that everybody has their own sort of individual life. It's always "hi", and so on but "bye, and I have my own routine, you have yours." You don't really get close to them so easily. They are friendly but there's something more that's a friendship. I think quite a lot of people find that missing. On the positive side, people are a lot more independent and tolerant than they are in Malaysia. I appreciate that here. It's strange that Americans are so...I am not talking about highly educated ones, but they're just kind of mind-bogglingly unaware of anything outside of the States. So, of course, you know, "we are the greatest." But you've never seen anything else. When you go on holiday, you just go to what, Las Vegas or something like that. I mean, in England or in Europe, people just travel. Travel all over the place. When they have holidays, they go somewhere. And they travel in a way that enriches them, I find. Here there is a lot less of that. |
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Mia,
Finland I think they are very unworldly. They kind of it's all about America, American people, American everything. But they don't really know about the rest of the world at all. They tend to think everybody likes America. I also think that Americans feel like they are not as vulnerable as anybody else in the world. There are people who been living for tens of years under bomb threats and in war, and they don't even seem to realize that. That is like every day life for people in other countries. Even if it's they don't have enough food. They are starving. Or bombing. Or war. But most Americans just are not aware of it. It's the whole society - when you look at the homes, everything looks perfect on the outside. You come across like being the perfect student or a perfect everything. But then when you get to know somebody or really get in deep, they are not that perfect. None of us are perfect. But the Americans really want to come across like perfect. And that they know a lot of things about everything. They want to kind of voice up and talk about things. Even if they don't maybe know so much about it. But just to have something to say. My first impression of Americans was that was that they had a tendency of saying "Oh, yeah, let's get together, and let's hang out. And let's do this." But then they don't really mean what they say, and say what they mean. Back home we tend to be a little bit more reserved and quiet. Don't make such a big deal out of everything. Or a big scene. But when they do say something, they mean it. |
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Takeyuki,
Japan Some Americans don't have good perspective of the whole world. They have a picture of the United States in their mind, but they don't know where Japan is, where Europe is...The United States is a big country, and I think some people are feeling it is not necessary to be global. If you have that kind of attitude, you don't see what's better in other nations. They're kind of friendly and open to a complete stranger. People come up to me, like: "Hey, how's it going?" even though I don't know them. I kind of like that. |
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Patrik,
Sweden It seems like from students to my employer who is almost 80 years now, everyone seems to have this idea that America is the best country in the world, in wherever area. Some areas, of course, they are. But I think people here don't travel to Europe so much, so they just be fed by media that this is the greatest country in the world. And to me, the culture here where you have to take the car everywhere where you go, everything is so spread out with suburban areas, and you don't see many people walking around, it's not the same community feeling that you have in Sweden, or Europe. |
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I am American. and I want to say that.. Americans have a unique and vast culture. But I also think foreigners stereotype us as fat, lazy, big.. my response to that is "walmart isn't exactly the center of American society @Mia, Americans know about the worlds problems... and most Americans do not support war. But in America we are lead to believe our military helps civilians.. (who knows if that's true but that's what were lead to believe).. also most americans support green energy and don't support foreign oil. @Levent ".. and supermarket is a word coined because they are big stores that have a lot of food... not that we eat a lot. There is, smaller markets however.. but we usually call them by their name ("Pats" is an example).. @Takeyuki, haha we can point to countries on the map!.. as long as there labeled.. Haha xD.. But seriously Japan is well known and liked in America, although some people are ignorant to other countries like Asia oh and I never said "woohoo!" going to a supermarket xD
American people are kind and hospitable. and very friendly and easy to get along with too. If you go into a convenience store, they greet you like "hi how are you? how was your day? have a good day". In my country is more like you say what you need and they just say "ok", that's it.
American people are friendly, easy to get along with
My picture of typical American person is like someone in New York, riding a subway and having maybe a slice of pizza in his hand. Someone that doesn't care too much, lives the easy life, doesn't work too hard, works and plays at the same time, has not too many worries or stress or anything like that.
my girlfriend is american and she is open to new and different things, like other cultures and stuff. she's always asking me all these question...and she tries to learn more about my culture and where i'm from
I think that people in the United States like super stuff, anything super. Superman, supermarket...it's like, when they hear super, they go "whoohoo!"
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