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Letstakealook@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
If you believe Americans think about the opinions of people from countries they’ll never visit, then you haven’t met many Americans.
As an American citizen, I agree. I literally do not care what anyone else thinks about the reputation of America or Americans in general. Sure, it’s mildly annoying when people from other countries stereotype me as loud/ obnoxious, unruly, violent, etc. But it’s a very short-lived expectation they have, at least in my case, and only ever amounts to a tiny, minor inconvenience, if anything at all.
I don’t let the reputation of others define me, mostly because I don’t care about it.
Any American who does think about it knows full well that our reputation abroad is deservedly in the shitter. I hate us, too.
To further your point: I didn’t know Luxembourg was a country until a couple of years ago.
I always thought it was a big city in Denmark. I know people who thought Denmark was in Colorado though, so I’m at least doing better than them.
Did you guys don’t learn about countries and shit in School? Here it’s 6th grade thing.
I always thought it was a big city in Denmark.
They aren’t even close. If you said Germany or Belgium or the Netherlands, I’d say , fair enough.
I know people who thought Denmark was in Colorado though, so I’m at least doing better than them.
Jesus wept
TIL on your first point, i thought the exact same thing until just now.
Valmond@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
How can they even think about countries they don’t even know about?
Letstakealook@lemm.ee 10 hours ago
🤣 Spot on.