Poll: What do other country think of america

[ReservoirAngel]

The attitude among people I know here in England is that the USA is a nice place, peppered in certain spots by raging morons. So it's like any other country. There are always morons who ruin it for everyone else, so to speak.

In USA's case, it seems to be the Southern States that cause the most bad-feeling towards America. Not helped by the recent Presidency of a guy from Texas who nobody liked.

 

[Blunderboy]

I'm sure this has been pointed out, but your poll options are not helping.
I can't give anyone a valid answer when they cannot grasp the difference between your and you're.

 

[Robert Ewing]

China - Don't... Even... Fucking... Go there. Serious malice against Americans there.

Really? I've been to China three times, and from my impression of people there, most people dislike their own government more than they dislike the American government (despite newspaper rhetoric and the government-employed forum users), and think that the US is generally alright, if a bit full of itself.

I saw the opposite actually, while they think their government is a bit... drastic, the do quite admire their government. Maybe it depends on what part of China, it's a big place.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

You mix religion with politics.

That's a big problem in my books.

 

[Jamieson 90]

I actually know a few Americans who are very intelligent. I also happen to know a few who are idiots, sadly the idiot to intelligent ratio is quite high and that's from personal experience. My view of America is that it's very technoligcally advanced but very socially backward.

You guys are still arguing over health care when we Brits sorted that out nearly seventy years ago. The fact that many Americans are extremely loud, rude and know hardly anything else about the rest of the world doesn't help. The last point is a fact as well, most Americans just don't travel, look up the passport numbers. Not even going to get started on your politics, especially the republicans.

 

[Ix Rebound]

i once heard someone say that "Canada is to America, what New Zealand is to Australia"
anyone care to elaborate?

 

[Zeckt]

I have no problem with the average american its just the elite rich 1% of them that ruin the economy globally.

 

[Hagi]

The people are as they are anywhere else. You have your idiots, you have your geniuses.

But how you guys generally represent yourself as a country, even if unintentionally, you come off as just a bit retarded. I've no clue why this is the case, I don't believe the USA is dumber of anything than the rest of the world. But for some reason a lot of the thing from the USA that come into public attention are just downright stupid whilst a lot of the things that come into public attention from other countries and places are much better thought out.

As I said, I think the people are equal. It just seems that for some reason your stupid people gain as much attention as the rest of the world gives their smart people.

 

[SEXTON HALE]

You yanks do occansionally make poor decisions which every one does but you seem to have an alarming capacity to make an absolute show out of yourselves over some really silly things like that whole george bush thing a while back.

 

[OniaPL]

In my eyes, America as a whole is crazy. It's somewhat powerful, big and crazy.

 

[TheVioletBandit]

I dont want Americans to die and burn in hell, I want America to die and burn in hell, if you know what I mean.

Although I guess without the Vietnam war we would have never had that hilarious scene at the end of "A fish called Wanda", so that makes up for all the dead people.

I'm a US American and it seems that there are fellow US Americans that hate us just as much as the perceived hatred coming from other countries. Honestly, we're a country that makes mistakes and I don't think there's a country out there that has never made a mistake.

We in Europe spend our time glancing across the pond occasionally, turning away again to shake our heads and smile in pain.

Thats why we cover the elections - not because we give a shit, but because it makes us feel better about ourselves. No matter how fucked up shit is, the republicans are always topping it.

"I don't want Americans to die and burn in hell, I want American to die and burn in hell, of you know what I mean."

You wish us all to be homeless refugees, and the land of my ancestors to be destroyed, because you disagree with a government I have no control over is what I assume you mean, but I'd like to think your better than that. So no, I don't know what you mean.

I think the first "Dont want Americans" comment should have clarified I hold no ill will against the random American citizen.

Yeah, I understood that. I was just pointing out that even if you feel no ill will towards American civilians, If the US were to collapse it would be very bad for us. So, if you feel no ill will towards us maybe it would be better to hope the American government improves instead of "dies and burns in hell" which seems a little extreme.

 

[zxvcasdfqwerzxcv]

The US is probably no worse than any other country, though the large coverage by its media allows the rest of the world to openly see its flaws.

Culturally, its one of the messiest cultures in the world, but that is explained by its foundation. This however seems to have led to a polarisation and extremism in beliefs in some areas of the country, rather than the cultural boiling pot one would expect.

There is a fixation on money and wealth that is disturbing. One analogy I was told recently was an American and an Irishman, who see a mansion on a hill. The American says "Someday, I'm gonna live in that house." The Irishman says, "Someday, I'm gonna get the fucker who lives in that house." The point being that Americans have respect for wealth, and for the wealthy (which might explain their bizarre celebrity culture), whereas another culture (Irish being my own) looks at wealth with distain, seeing the wealthy as corrupt or having cheated/chanced their way to success. The USA is probably one of the most unequal developed societies in the world; it boasts soem of the worst excesses of personal wealth and some of the poorest people in modern societies.

With that and the fixation of military, as well as some of the worlds worst politicians, I don't think I'd ever want to live in the US. My visits there before have been good, but I was just as disturbed with many things that I saw as I was enthralled.

 

[TheVioletBandit]

While I don't agree with a lot of your typical American's views, as an Englishman I find them a friendly and interesting people, which is lucky I guess because I'll be going over there to work in less than two months time.

What part of the US will you be working in?

New York state, teaching outdoor skills in particular. Afterwards I travel for three weeks with an organised trip from there to California visiting various cool things along the way ;-)

Well, I hope you have a great time, and safe travels.

 

[TheVioletBandit]

I dont want Americans to die and burn in hell, I want America to die and burn in hell, if you know what I mean.

Although I guess without the Vietnam war we would have never had that hilarious scene at the end of "A fish called Wanda", so that makes up for all the dead people.

I'm a US American and it seems that there are fellow US Americans that hate us just as much as the perceived hatred coming from other countries. Honestly, we're a country that makes mistakes and I don't think there's a country out there that has never made a mistake.

We in Europe spend our time glancing across the pond occasionally, turning away again to shake our heads and smile in pain.

Thats why we cover the elections - not because we give a shit, but because it makes us feel better about ourselves. No matter how fucked up shit is, the republicans are always topping it.

"I don't want Americans to die and burn in hell, I want American to die and burn in hell, of you know what I mean."

You wish us all to be homeless refugees, and the land of my ancestors to be destroyed, because you disagree with a government I have no control over is what I assume you mean, but I'd like to think your better than that. So no, I don't know what you mean.

I think the first "Dont want Americans" comment should have clarified I hold no ill will against the random American citizen.

Yeah, I understood that. I was just pointing out that even if you feel no ill will towards American civilians, If the US were to collapse it would be very bad for us. So, if you feel no ill will towards us maybe it would be better to hope the American government improves instead of "dies and burns in hell" which seems a little extreme.

To be honest I didnt really make that post after thinking out a 5 step plan on how the US could collapse and exactly what repercussions such events could have. You are looking to deep into things.

Fair enough, I think when I originally responded to your post last night I was already feeling defensive from all the American bashing going on in this thread, so hopefully you can see why I may have taken your post to seriously. Anyway, my apologies if I miss interpreted your intentions.

 

[llew]

America is the combination of South America and North America. I think it's funny that citizens of USA seem to believe their country spans two continents. I understand that this is just a colloquialism, and no one really believes it, but if a brit started talking about Europe being occupied solely by other brits people would look at him as if he was an imbecile

It seems so much easier to call those the Americas, and I'm pretty sure that's how it's usually done.

Call it a pet peeve, but I always think it implies a level of arrogance you do not see in other countries.

Honestly, are you just looking for something to take offense with this? We shorten the United States of America to "America" for the same reason we change People's Republic of China to "China", the United Mexican States to "Mexico", and so on. Yes, it happens to share part of its name with the American continents. That's not arrogance, but coincidence. For God's sake.

hmmm no its still arrogance, United States of America has already been shortened... its called USA.
OT: only met a few americans some were decent others were complete pricks who can go get hit by a bus, hard to judge without going there seeing as all the sitcoms dont exactly paint a realistic picture and the only other thing to do with america i have access to is "man vs food"

 

[Stu35]

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0728.pdf
Census info showing the south with some of the lowest cost of living (which shows proof of financial stability).

Hmmm... I'm not so sure about that. In the UK areas with lower living costs are usually also places with higher levels of unemployment (i.e. Where poor people live). So, whilst being constantly poor is "stable", I'm not entirely sure thats what you were getting at.

America is the combination of South America and North America. I think it's funny that citizens of USA seem to believe their country spans two continents. I understand that this is just a colloquialism, and no one really believes it, but if a brit started talking about Europe being occupied solely by other brits people would look at him as if he was an imbecile

It seems so much easier to call those the Americas, and I'm pretty sure that's how it's usually done.

Call it a pet peeve, but I always think it implies a level of arrogance you do not see in other countries.

Honestly, are you just looking for something to take offense with this? We shorten the United States of America to "America" for the same reason we change People's Republic of China to "China", the United Mexican States to "Mexico", and so on. Yes, it happens to share part of its name with the American continents. That's not arrogance, but coincidence. For God's sake.

hmmm no its still arrogance, United States of America has already been shortened... its called USA.

Honestly... You need to get a life. Most of the world calls the United States "America" and it's inhabitants "Americans"(or their national equivalent i.e. "Amerika" in Germany). - Even other people from the North, Central and South American continents. Those of you arguing that it's a mark of arrogance for them to be refered to as Americans are just arguing semantics for the sake of it.

I'd say continuing to do so is borderline trolling at this point.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

after reading this thread http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.368368-Chanting-U-S-A-Racism? it got me thinking about how the rest of the world thinks about are history(like the the revolutionary war),culture, and are present state. please be honest with me OK.

If you're going to represent the United States, I have to ask, as a denizen of the United States myself, that you obtain basic grammar skills first. I believe that you meant to to say something along these lines:

After reading this thread (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.368368-Chanting-U-S-A-Racism?), I got to wondering what the rest of the world thinks about our history, culture, and our present state. Please be honest with me, okay?

The word "are" is a conjugation of "to be," as seen in "you are," "we are," and "they are."

The word "our" is a plural possessive, as seen in "our history," "our culture," and "our present state."

I hope that you are either under the age of 10 or were forced to attend a sub-par school. Nothing else qualifies such a mistake.

 

[Rednog]

I honestly don't have that much more to say, the picture explains it quite nicely.


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.....Oh you want me to actually explain?
I spent the last 3+ish years abroad and to be honest every other damn country has the same nonsense going on in one shape or another. America just catches so much flak because it is so open in sharing their bullshit with the rest of the world. Seriously, the levels of hate that some people have for America(ns) is a bit silly.

 

[Sam Warrior]

My experience of Americans is varied, I've only met one American who dosent annoy me but he's a lecturer at my university the other Americans I've come across have really irritated me and my general consensus of the country in general is of fat lazy idiots however I do want to go to the US to hopefully be proved wrong.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

America is the combination of South America and North America. I think it's funny that citizens of USA seem to believe their country spans two continents. I understand that this is just a colloquialism, and no one really believes it, but if a brit started talking about Europe being occupied solely by other brits people would look at him as if he was an imbecile

For that reason, I intentionally say "the United States" or "the States" when talking about where I'm from. "I'm from the States" is actually shorter to say than "I'm an American" anyway.

It's been implied over the years the USA's education system is in a dire need of an overhaul. Seems that's a very correct implication.

It's always peeved me that the USA makes out itself as the big hero of WWII. Nevermind the fact, that not many high school from any part of the world don't bother mentioning the sacrifices British-India had to do for the war. That's a bit personal peeve. *ahem* Moving on!

The politics are insane over there. It's akin to reality television.

Speaking of which, reality television. Why USAmerica... why?

-As a teacher, I can say that yes, it is.

-Did I mention that I'm a history teacher in particular? And I try to present the information as objectively as possible. Even when discussing the American Revolution, I present a case for why it was arguably right and fair for Britain to tax the colonists the way that they did. Then again, I'm one of those crazies who thinks that history should be taught objective, value-nuetral, and bias-nuetral, and then encourage students to use their critical thinking skills to come to their own values and perspectives on the matters.

-Yes, the politics are insane. The difference between the right and the left is so pronounced that a part of me wonders why we haven't yet had another civil war.

-For what it's worth, I'm sorry. That's all I can say. If I could get rid of one thing in our media, it would be that. EDIT: Wait, I forgot about FOX News! Hmm... Nope, still going to go with reality TV. At least FOX News serves a purpose: if someone believes that FOX News is actually fair and balanced, I know that I can't have a fair discussion about politics with them.