what is your typical view on AMERICANS?

After reading an1m3_43v3r's topic (which I found extremely thought provoking) I decided to start this one.
Please can we have no war references, we don't want to go down that route again...

As a British person I've found that overall, the stereotypical view of Americans in England are fat tourists in Hawaiian shirts and shorts with cameras round there necks and pulled up white socks with sandals. lol.
They also seem to think of themselves as the heroes in every possible situation, well, in films anyway. You seem overall nice people, though.

I know this site is American so I just thought this would be an interesting topic. :)

"OMFG BIG BEN!" lol

If I would overdraw typical stereotypes then people from the east and westcoast are failed europeans and the heartland is solely made of cowboys who take every verse in the Bible by the word and are unable to reflect on their actions.

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we are lazy.
xD
thats all i think.
and we always get what we want.
so were pretty much a spoiled little kid.

:D Im glad that im not a cowboy. and dont believe the bible!
XD

I think we all look like puppets.

I think most of them are loud and closed minded.

;P like my state.

assholes

I'm from Oklahoma, my personal view of most Americans is that they are stupid, but then again I hang out with a nuclear engineer, a lawyer, and computer geeks all the time so I could just be a little biased, the dumbest person in the group I willingly hang out with probably has a 119 IQ. Americans are also typically very closed-minded, they don't know how to think outside the box, very set in their mannerisms.

Americans are also insanely hard-working, I've hear about the work habits of other countries, and for many of them putting in more than 50 hours a week is unheard of, in America 40 hours is almost a minimum even if it is split up between 2 jobs, those who have only 1 job tend to work upwards of 60-70 hours a week, often while going to school at the same time.

The average American is incredibly aggressive, when it comes to national defense, the idea that "they hit us kinda hard means that we must nearly wipe them from the face of the Earth" seems to be a very common outlook.

somehow that's the first thing that comes to my mind as well. no offense though, well....

I think Americans really get a bum rap because people act like every person in every state is alike, when that's nowhere near the case. Comparing a Texan to a New Yorker is just like comparing someone from France to someone from England.

That's just a small part of it, but I don't feel like talking much right now. Maybe later.

Rick Mercer talking to Americans. Look it up. (It's on youtube, I'm on dial-up so I'm not going to find it.) I don't know how to put it other than the fact that I could probably tell most Americans more about America then they can...

Edit: I also think we've done this before...It got quite a few posts, dunno how it died.

My view on Americans?

I'm sure you're eating chips and drinking Cola the entire day and of course have a BBQ every Weekend. AND, not forgetting: You're fat. ALL of you :lol: (just as Germans eating nothing but veal sausage, pretzel and sourcrout :D Everyone in Germany is wearing leatherpants or a so called "dirndl". And of course we all love brass-band ;) ).

to be honest: I think your meals are quite bad for the health. I know two girls (classmates) who spent a year in America and they told me a lot of stuff that supports the "bad food"-cliché.
A lot of Americans love Football (I do love it as well btw.) and I really think you have BBQ's quite often ^_^ I dunno :P

lol i had a cola yesturday but mainly mountain dew is what i drink.
I had chips today. I even had ice cream 2 but i work out and not fat so i win.

Americans LOVE their Guns!

:] Yes. Americans love guns.
@k
i dont drink pop.
and dont eat many fatty foods.
xD but yes. americans love bbq too.
lmfao.

mmmmmmm BBQ i love BBQ's

It's dumb to generalize because everyone is different.

I mean ... I HATE nearly everything that seems typical for Germany ^^ And I do think that there are some Americans who hate Football or BBQ ;)

Well that's actually what I wanted to say

Edit (after reading the last two comments about BBQ): I want to correct my statement above: There are actully no Americans who dislike BBQ :lol: BBQ FTW (I never had one =( )

:] makes senses.
xD

Us Americans sure love our football and baseball and cooking on the grill and sitting around bonfires on the weekend =D I honestly don't understand why you guys think that's so weird and awkward. Whats wrong with spending time with your friends and family and sitting around drinking a couple of beers with them? But about our eating habits: fastfood is mostly only consumed at lunchtime and dinner is usually a home-cooked meal or ate at a restaurant. Even then for lunch I may opt to go home and make a sandwich or get a nice meal at the billiards and play a game while I'm at it =) It's really not that hard to cook your own damn meals and the time you spent driving to the fastfood place will even out with the time it took you to cook, plus you'll usually save yourself a couple dollars and have an overall better meal.

Americans in general (take note a few exceptions. Those exceptions know who they are)
Americans love BBQ: You are usually thinking of a backyard grilling instead of a BBQ. Barbecue is a whole different style of cooking.

Americans love their Backyard grilling: Its more of a man thing. Friends, Family, Cold Beer (or general alcohol), and a fresh piece of red meat.

Americans are fat: Little exercise and a sedentary lifestyle will of course make you fat.

Americans eat a lot of McDonalds: Convince honestly, a lot of Americans just don't have the time to sit and have breakfast with one another or prepare a good lunch. So fast food it is.

Americans are fat: That's because they are the only ones you see. Look behind the fat ones and you'll see a lot of healthy people. Its like traveling around Jupiter to see Mercury.

Americans are stupid: Only the loud ones (since they drown out the logical ones). Read the below statement.

Americans love their bible: See the above statement

Americans are arrogant: That is pretty much spot on.

Americans always resort to war: Hey, just like when we elected Bush and Jimmy Carter. It seemed like a good idea at the time.