It's a good time. You buy a gun, you shoot a little, go back home
Eat some Whataburger and chill
Completely true
Some? Ahhh
I've been banned from places
Mhm. I'm not but Americans is, yes
Definitely loud. Sometimes obnoxious. Sometimes obnoxious yes. Yeah, very entitled.
Don't give them more!
True. They literally told us to be quiet at the cafe we were waiting at before this interview
People aren't obnoxious enough! People need to be more obnoxious!
I mean there's always introverts in any culture, right? I get told I'm loud in many countries so I think it's true
Very opinionated. We very much feel like our way is the right way. We tend to voice our opinions more unreservedly
You're raised to super just be an individual. You can be whatever you wanna be!
We're encouraged to participate. Growing up in education like "HERE" when somebody calls your name
I think also we have a very egocentric culture, so we're all selfish and we want our own point to be heard
so we just try to talk over each other
I can get angry about this! I have the right to get angry.. Because the customer's always right so that -- Ugh. I hate that mentality
If I go someplace in Europe I can always be like "Ah, American"
Cause they're loud and obnoxious
It's like we're little tornadoes. We roll in and we're like OOOOH and we roll out
Yeah! You're supposed to stand out. You're supposed to declare your individualism
I feel like I have pretty good geography. I've honestly just discovered new countries.. like Luxembourg and Belgium! (True country)
I know people, in Louisiana and Texas and they don't even know where Idaho is
OK so generally - no. But I do!
Have you not seen those videos where they show Americans the map and are like "Where's China?" and they have no idea where it is?
I haven't seen that, no
Oh I think that's false! I know geography and I'm American. That's not as true as people think but there are, especially more in the center
of the country people that travel less, generally know less geography
The coastal states are probably better When you're in school, they focus mainly on your state, but they're not giving you a holistic view
like if you're in Europe, you have to know all of Europe. We kinda get like a month or so of that and then moving on
Americans are pretty aware of the Americas. They know pretty well where Dominican Republic might be and Cuba
which Europe might not be as savvy on, but if you bring in Eastern European countries.. game over. Or Asia.. or anywhere else basically
I think I know it pretty well. I think pretty good yeah
YES. Very true! We do have passports, but my brother in law doesn't and I have several friends who don't
So I do think generally for how wealthy our country is we have a very small percentage of people that have passports
We just don't go anywhere! So many people getting their passport last minute before going on a flight. They didn't know they needed one to go to say, Mexico
It's also a huge country so you can do a lot of traveling without a passport. Good point
Arby's? (Obese) Are obese. Arby's answers your question!
I completely agree on the fast food part and I love it! But.. yeah. I don't eat fast food
I don't think that's true! You don't? No, I think it depends on where you are
True. TRUE! Actually, you know what, living over here I do miss some fast food restaurants
I always eat Taco Bell when I go back right away. And a giant Pepsi. I personally don't. I've never had Taco Bell.
It's very easy, easy to go. Mom, don't have time for dinner, it's just stop by McDonalds. Boom.
Fast food, yes. Obese.. that comes with eating fast food!
I think it's because of our go-go-go culture. Which is why there is a lot of convenience
Our country is so big so it necessitates having a car. Just the way our country's been set up with the highways. It leaves less chance to walk outside, especially if you're living in suburbs
I'm from the Midwest. They're pretty big. Well, definitely not LA. Out of the ten most obese cities in the US, five of them are in Texas
If you take french fries and leave them on the counter, they will literally last for days.
They don't even get bad, they just get hard and start looking a little clear and the same with burgers -- I LOVE FAST FOOD.
Americans are pretty obese comparatively. The UK has more now. Yeah?
Mexico and Cuba have both surpassed us. Congratulations. Because American fast food got there! Ahh.. that and eating a lot of pork
There is becoming this culture of healthy conscious, or even healthier choices on these fast food menus
No, but it is your right as an American to own a gun
Hell yeah! Really? Hell ya! Especially if you're in the South. Everybody I know has a gun no matter where in the country they are
No.. I think this question is tailored at Florida
Florida loves guns! We have some wild gun laws, and you can just go to Walmart and buy a gun a lot of times without an ID
no waiting period, you can buy an assault rifle at Walmart
I will say in the North definitely not as much. I know very few people with guns
No, I've never owned a gun. Some places, maybe Texas
I've personally been next to many peers that purchased guns right in front of me, but it's a good time! You buy it, you shoot a little, go home, eat some Whataburger and chill
My roomate, we lived together in a house downtown. We didn't lock the front door, we didn't lock our bedroom
I went to Walmart and this is a while ago. I was like -- soo, just out of curiosity, can I buy a gun? He's like "Yeah, you can buy it
but you have to have a waiting period of three days. I'm like - If you want a gun right now, it's probably cause you wanna killl somebody
What do we say? .. Land of opportunities. That's right
YES! I love that about our country! That's one of my favorite things about the US
I think that we're taught that at a very young age and that's in our DNA and in our blood
I don't know about so optimistic. Optimistic is relative as hell!
The American Dream. You can do anything if you put your mind to it and if you work hard enough. Yes. You can achieve it and you can be it. I think that's something very motivating. Just do it.
Definitely optimistic. Definitely. But that's cause we make things happen!
Historically people have come to the US looking for a better life and I think that's kind of what we're all sold
We can come from nothing and have nothing and still be successful. You don't have to come from royalty or old money
Our country was built on people like Rockefeller or JP Morgan or Carnegie. And they started their whole empires from nothing
I went to America looking for that so I definitely fall in that category
We kinda just go for it. We don't have anybody to apologize to.
It's all about hard work and merit and just having the sheer will
I think people take bigger risks more frequently in the US
I'm gonna speak from my community. We have a lot in our way that we can get around but -- It's a lot of extra hoops. It's a lot of extra hoops, man!
I think in the past Americans were a lot more optimistic then they are right now
If you compare to going somewhere like Slovenia or Slovakia, where people just kinda "Hm. Such is life" we are optimistic in comparatively
We're a nation of risk takers. Anybody who's immigrated there is larger than life
But aren't we though?
I'm gonna get in so much trouble answering this question
Aw I hate that. I don't think that
Some Americans sure. But I think some people feel that way everywhere
We're definitely the biggest country so it makes sense
Russia is the biggest in land area, China -- I just feel like we're the most talked about so that makes us kinda the center of the universe
Cause honestly, everyone is worried about what America is doing
American exceptionalism. It's cause we're exceptional
I also think the US has been in a powerful position in the world for a long time and I think that tends to make people feel entitled in some key ways
And you get that kinda validated by pop culture and music and movies. Everyone consumes American culture
Seeing Americans as we travel I've seen the worst of that. Not all of us, but a lot of us, yes.
Why? What else we are gonna speak?
It's usually true. I mean - is that gotta be a question cause YES
I think that's probably accurate actually for a lot
I grew up in Spanish Harlem in New York. There's a lot of people there who speak Spanish and don't speak English
In Florida, of course, you're gonna have a lot of Spanish speakers, in California. Lots of places.
In school it's not really pushed upon us to learn another language unless you wanna do that as an elective
I speak bits of twenty one, twenty two languages. I really love languages. We're out there. Polyglots
I speak Spanish. I speak Japanese. I speak Portuguese, Spanish and French. Some French, Italian, Spanish and Mandarin. I feel really bad now!
But the US is huge! Like if you're in Europe you can travel -- Portugal, you can travel two hours and you're in Spain and you can practice Spanish
In the US, you travel two hours you've gone to the next city over. Not in Texas, probably in Maine. If you travel two hours in Texas, you're in the same spot. Same place.
Hey, hi, how are you? Because we're naturally jolly, happy people and I think for some cultures it's like WHAT? WOAH.
That's essential to life though. You gotta be like "Hey, how's the weather?" You think so? "Yeah" You have to have small talk just to get through some awkward moments
I dunno. I enjoy the frankness that some cultures have
I think automatically when you meet someone and you introduce yourself I find myself saying 'I'm fine' before they even ask me
Not in MY part of the country. I feel like in Texas everyone is honest and pure
I'm from the South so Southern Hospitality. So I'm gonna say hey if I don't know you
I think for a lot of Americans it comes from a really genuine, nice place
In LA we're seen as superficial by a lot of the other States, but States like New York I think are very straight-forward and blunt
But the other thing is we are very direct and open people and if you ask how are you, I might say "my day is not actually going very well.
My husband asked for a divorce last night" We will tell you our deepest, most personal details. That's very American
If they ask you at Starbucks "Hi, how are you?" would you say not well? Yeah I think I have! I'm kinda in a shitty mood.
Hey how's the weather? The weather is GREAT!
How are the kids? How are the kids doing? I don't have kids. I had a fur baby. She was -- OK perfect. Great catching up with you
But it kinda goes like that. You kinda ask your neighbour how their dog is doing even though you don't really care
And all those things at once are our good morning, our hello. We will just say "hello! How are you? What's up?" and we don't always expect an answer either
It's just a GREETING. Yeah, we don't actually wanna know the long story
People are just too busy to actually go deeper and spend more time getting to know people. They're always in a hurry.
I mean I'm from New York so everybody is in a hurry and they're like "Great. Whatever!" And they don't really mean anything
I think Americans try hard to be polite and socially correct. There is also a puritanical history to the country and people try to be proper
with one another and the easiest way to do is just be like that. Like "Oh great. Sounds awesome!"
I wanna know how the weather is. I really don't. What's your favorite sports team. All those things. This is how you actually meet people and connect
It's like "Who dat?" but YES that works
Can I say the "T" word? When I get the comment of "you're SO American" and it's like.. because I am?
The sense that you have to be a brand ambassador for America. People come to you and say - what's up with this?
And you're like - look man, I'm just trying to live my life. Everyone wants to know about Trump and we have to talk about him
like I chose him as a president. That we're all super patriotic. That's not true
As a black American, automatically think hip hop. She asked me where I was from, I said America. She said "yo yo"
Now I would be offended but that's all she knows!
There's people that travel. They're very entitled. Yes, people feel we're entitled, but --
But the thing is there are some Americans. They're like - why aren't you speaking English? Because you're in a different country!
I'm from Kansas so I get all kinds of crazy stereotypes. "You don't know geography, so do you own a gun, tractors, is everyone you know obese?" All the bad things
Anything that's one way, that always kind of bothers me cause it's such a huge place
Most of us are not as crazy as it looks on the internet
We're actually quite friendly and open minded. And if you do come to Texas, know we won't shoot you. Just don't go into the wrong property
We also have vegans and multilingual people and all kinds of stuff that you wouldn't believe! Even in the Midwest and South
We can be well travelled and thoughtful and not loud
If we seem ignorant at the beginning compared to what you've learned in school, it's not because we don't want to know it
Yeah get to know us!
We are DOPE!