question time!

And why?

Annnnnd... Since i'm required to put more than just two words into this post.... I will just like to say....

Fuck off kid. Not even butthurt.

American's aren't that bad. After living in Asia for a while I dislike drunk idiot Australians more than I dislike drunk idiot Americans. And also as much as people like to make fun of dumb rednecks every country has them. I met some skull-crushingly racist people living in Korea and even totally normal people would sometimes say completely unconscionable shit (usually either about black or Japanese people and sometimes also the Chinese).

America has the best platform for broadcasting its navel-gazing since every place in the world that matters culturally has access to American media but England was pretty damn good at telling everyone they'd never be as good as them back when they ran the show. And despite shitting on Koreans in the last paragraph the Japanese do a pretty good England impression with their "we're not really Asia; we're an island" shtick. I mean, their involvement in World War II had a lot to do with their rather arrogant perception that they knew what was best for Asia and everyone else should just get on board.

And maybe a little more directed than my last two paragraphs, America does a lot for the world. It definitely wouldn't exist the way it does without the efforts of the US. The UN would've gone the way of the League of Nations. Global economic infrastructure would be a lot weaker. A lot of huge aid organizations wouldn't exist. There's plenty of boorish assholes online that like to act like the US is actually the biggest terrorist of all and we'd be better of if every country just entered some stupid state of Dark Age isolationism but despite its massive flaws the Western world has it really well and the game isn't so rigged that it's impossible for others to use the international system to improve their standing.

I'm probably making this way more grandiose than the actual question intended. I'll just say that most of the Americans I know are pretty nice. I've met arrogant and self-centered people everywhere I've been and Americans aren't worse off than anywhere else I've seen.

Yeeeah~:D ^what that guy said!

@Winter? o.o

When it comes to money, hell yes.

You left me speechless.
Really. Thank you for this well written response.
I've always saw it like this and has always annoyed me when ppl(mostly brits) started to talk trash on how shit america and its people are compared to Europe.
Once again Thank you and your post is not in vain.

@TheOverFlow that is true xD

Are we talkin through actions or attitude?
+1 for you Royal all those spoilers gave a good laugh, thank you for that.

As a whole I would say Americans are the most confident people I've ever met, the issue is really that a lot of them are confident for no apparent reason. I like Americans, most of my friends are American, but it requires a fair bit of tolerance to overlook the attitude sometimes.

I can agree with this and the only other thing I tend to see with Americans is a certain level of entitlement that is unrealistic. People feel they can have their cake and eat it too because they are American or that we are free to do so. Yeah we are a bit more lax and have a certain degree (or think we have) of independence, but nothing in life is free or will be handed down to us. The concept of you have to work hard to get what you want still applies even in the states.

If I had to use a better word I would say people are more self-centered/focused then selfish, though this can apply to many throughout the world, not just in the states. Both mean the same thing, but when I think of selfish I think of a person being inconsiderate of others more-so on purpose. A person who is more self-centered is preoccupied with their own affairs but can snap out of this and become less. Idk, most people are egocentric so I don't see Americans as the only one, it's a human trait we all have, were just known to be that way because we are outspoken.

Americans (most of) give no shits about the environment and cry if their pizza don't arrive on time. Not to mention those who think the world exists because of them (Europe has a lot of that as well though)

The environment can really fuck itself

People who say America is selfish generally are projecting pretty bad. America is a world power, so its actions are generally put under a lot of scrutiny, even the actions of everyday people. Shitty people exist in every culture, there's no such thing as one country having a higher % of shitty people (by a substantial % anyways).

I live in Hawaii people are nicer here then the mainland from my experience.

Are you yourself Hawaiian? Because I have been to Hawaii and I found that if you're not from Hawaii then most of the islanders are pretty dickish if you aren't a native.

I can attest to that

And if your not a 'Hawaiian' blood they don't like your im a Hawaiian line even if your family been there for three gens.

yea, you're a local. Though I think its weird that people think you become a Hawaiian just by living there. It's actually retarded when you think about it.

No I'm not Hawaiian myself just born and raised here for a while. No one has ever been a dick to me,but to tell the truth some tourist are pretty dickish and act like they own the place. I guess it's just peoples past experiences that make them dicks or not.