"In my country"..... Oh please, shut up!

[Anonymous]

Who else is sick of posters who ostensibly are not American and are always trashing the U.S. on this forum? I'm hardly a jingoistic Sarah Palin type, but it irks me that these posters live in the U.S. but seem to love to denigrate it. I've lived in Europe and loved it there. The things that did bug me I pretty much kept to myself.

Recent examples on this forum (I'm paraphrasing here):

Americans are gross and lazy b/c a lot of them don't brush their teeth after lunch.

Americans don't understand the real meaning of Christmas; all they want to do is buy crap.

My new year's resolution is to lose weight, because America and its junk food has made me fat.

Et cetera.


I realize this country is far from perfect... I get it. But these types of posters are just tiresome. If you don't like it here, go home already.

[Anonymous]

Don't forget: Americans don't know how to do laundry.

[Anonymous]

No, I think your post is more lame and irritating than those kinds of posts.

[Anonymous]

I've lived abroad and I'm pretty sure (no positive) I did it there. It's part of the whole culture shock/adjustment thing. Please try to be understanding. It's very hard to adjust to a new culture.

[Anonymous]

The "the USA made me fat with all of its fattening food" poster is particularly pathetic.

[Anonymous]

I don't mind those posts and I'm American. Sometimes they have a point.

[Anonymous]

Expats do it all the time.

On the other hand some people feel insecure about their home countries and try to make up for any feelings of inadequacy by putting America down, as if to try and let you know that they are not so easily impressed by what is American.

[Anonymous]

I'm with OP, it's irritating. Mostly because it's usually done in such a smug, self-satisfied manner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm with OP, it's irritating. Mostly because it's usually done in such a smug, self-satisfied manner.

Try living in Europe and talking to some of the American expats there to find out the meaning of smug and self-satisfied

[Anonymous]

I think it's common to have this kind of attitude towards your temporary or permanent new home country. Have you lived abroad--didn't the people and miscellaneous things sometimes piss you off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Expats do it all the time.

On the other hand some people feel insecure about their home countries and try to make up for any feelings of inadequacy by putting America down, as if to try and let you know that they are not so easily impressed by what is American.

Yep, this. Having lived in Asia, I experienced a lot of superiority/inferiority complexes regarding Americans and America, more so than any other foreign country. Some people are just insecure and always have to put down other countries (and their citizens) to feel better about themselves. Stuff is just different here/there, some better, some worse.

I guess it proves we're all about the same since we all like to complain (just about different things!)

[Anonymous]

Doesn't bother me at all, although I'd like to know what country they are referring to most of the time. I find it interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Expats do it all the time.

On the other hand some people feel insecure about their home countries and try to make up for any feelings of inadequacy by putting America down, as if to try and let you know that they are not so easily impressed by what is American.

Yep, this. Having lived in Asia, I experienced a lot of superiority/inferiority complexes regarding Americans and America, more so than any other foreign country. Some people are just insecure and always have to put down other countries (and their citizens) to feel better about themselves. Stuff is just different here/there, some better, some worse.

I guess it proves we're all about the same since we all like to complain (just about different things!)

Yeah, let's all learn from one another and make things better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's common to have this kind of attitude towards your temporary or permanent new home country. Have you lived abroad--didn't the people and miscellaneous things sometimes piss you off?

Actually, no, they didn't.

[Anonymous]

In my country we have the same types of people. They are called The Ugly Americans. Smug and superior.

How's that for using it in a sentence?