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-Most people own fully-automatic assault rifles, and regularly shoot each other
-If you get into a car wreck and don't have medical insurance, you are left outside to die
-All food in the US is genetically modified and tasteless. The only beer is Budweiser. The only wine comes from boxes. The only chocolate is Hershey's waxy crap.
-The average American gets 2 days of vacation per year, including weekends, and is satisfied with this arrangement because Bush told them that any other arrangement would be communism. And since Americans adore Bush to no end, they obey what he says.
-Americans don't have the attention span for soccer
-All the states in between the coasts are populated almost entirely of fundamentalist christians who believe in the 2nd coming.
I believe not only Europeans hold these misconceptions. A lot of the "I hate America " crowd in the U.S. do also - a number of which appear to hang out on this board.
-Most people own fully-automatic assault rifles, and regularly shoot each other
-If you get into a car wreck and don't have medical insurance, you are left outside to die
This is truly a common misconception. In reality if you're uninsured you're treated, billed, then declared bankrupt.
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-All food in the US is genetically modified and tasteless.
Take it from me. It is.
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The only beer is Budweiser. The only wine comes from boxes. The only chocolate is Hershey's waxy crap.
Most Europeans don't spend their idle time thinking about this. Too busy enjoying good beer, good wine and good chocs.
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-The average American gets 2 days of vacation per year, including weekends, and is satisfied with this arrangement because Bush told them that any other arrangement would be communism. And since Americans adore Bush to no end, they obey what he says.
And this is a misconception how...?
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-Americans don't have the attention span for soccer
Also not true. Americans have plenty of attention for soccer. The problem is soccer doesn't leave room for ads.
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-All the states in between the coasts are populated almost entirely of fundamentalist christians who believe in the 2nd coming.
-Most people own fully-automatic assault rifles, and regularly shoot each other
-If you get into a car wreck and don't have medical insurance, you are left outside to die
-All food in the US is genetically modified and tasteless. The only beer is Budweiser. The only wine comes from boxes. The only chocolate is Hershey's waxy crap.
-The average American gets 2 days of vacation per year, including weekends, and is satisfied with this arrangement because Bush told them that any other arrangement would be communism. And since Americans adore Bush to no end, they obey what he says.
-Americans don't have the attention span for soccer
-All the states in between the coasts are populated almost entirely of fundamentalist christians who believe in the 2nd coming.
As a person that loves my food I love the food in America its far far better than the Uk and I dont just mean portions the quality too.
I drink Budweiser anyways but like many other european beers I have also heard that the US beer doesnt match up.
-Most people own fully-automatic assault rifles, and regularly shoot each other
-If you get into a car wreck and don't have medical insurance, you are left outside to die
-All food in the US is genetically modified and tasteless. The only beer is Budweiser. The only wine comes from boxes. The only chocolate is Hershey's waxy crap.
-The average American gets 2 days of vacation per year, including weekends, and is satisfied with this arrangement because Bush told them that any other arrangement would be communism. And since Americans adore Bush to no end, they obey what he says.
-Americans don't have the attention span for soccer
-All the states in between the coasts are populated almost entirely of fundamentalist christians who believe in the 2nd coming.
I'm from Europe and I can't agree with any of those points
I believe not only Europeans hold these misconceptions. A lot of the "I hate America " crowd in the U.S. do also - a number of which appear to hang out on this board.
Too many to name as Europeans tend to get their information from tabloid newspapers as well as movies.
A few:
*There is no Communist Party in America (hint: they have a webpage and participate in elections.)
*You can drive from Miami to Las Vegas in a few hours (hint: Maps- look into them.)
*Bigotry reigns (hint: We are the most diverse nation on the planet.)
*New York City is as it was depicted in The Warriors (hint: Its a movie...)
Anyway, it would grow tiresome were it not so amusing.
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