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post 1613967971 08-19-2020, 01:13 AM
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What do Americans know about Europe? srs

Apart from Europe's history (WW1 and 2), what do Americans know about Europe? I've had Americans think Europe was a country.

Is the average American interested in Europe (economics e.g.) or do they not give a fuk?
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The average American cannot point on the globe where any other continent actually is, let alone countries in Europe, capitals etc - forget about it.

Jimmy Kimmel had in one of his shows a map of the world outside his studio and was asking people what countries and continents they can locate....maybe around 90 + % failed.

Maybe it's due to very poor education or just very low average IQ.

EDIT: I will get flamed, but it's the truth lol
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Been to Europe. A nice place to visit, but wouldn’t want to live there.
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Originally Posted By IvanNorge⏩
The average American cannot point on the globe where any other continent actually is, let alone countries in Europe, capitals etc - forget about it.

Jimmy Kimmel had in one of his shows a map of the world outside his studio and was asking people what countries and continents they can locate....maybe around 90 + % failed.

Maybe it's due to very poor education or just very low average IQ.

EDIT: I will get flamed, but it's the truth lol
I think it's got something to do with Americans generally being more patriotic. A lot of EU people look up to America, the promised land and all. Americans are proud to be American while EU people don't really care much about their country.
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Originally Posted By IvanNorge⏩
The average American cannot point on the globe where any other continent actually is, let alone countries in Europe, capitals etc - forget about it.

Jimmy Kimmel had in one of his shows a map of the world outside his studio and was asking people what countries and continents they can locate....maybe around 90 + % failed.

Maybe it's due to very poor education or just very low average IQ.

EDIT: I will get flamed, but it's the truth lol
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
A lot of EU people look up to America, the promised land and all. Americans are proud to be American while EU people don't really care much about their country.
Guess the indoctrination really is working.
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Originally Posted By BraneyGumble⏩
Guess the indoctrination really is working.
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
Apart from Europe's history (WW1 and 2), what do Americans know about Europe? I've had Americans think Europe was a country.

Is the average American interested in Europe (economics e.g.) or do they not give a fuk?
Like Wisconsin, its where cheese comes from

Like Texas, its where queers come from

Like California, people are fleeing the place to avoid high taxes and a crappy standard of living
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
I think it's got something to do with Americans generally being more patriotic. A lot of EU people look up to America, the promised land and all. Americans are proud to be American while EU people don't really care much about their country.
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Originally Posted By 4Mum69⏩
Like Wisconsin, its where cheese comes from

Like Texas, its where queers come from

Like California, people are fleeing the place to avoid high taxes and acrappy standard of living
Standards of living aren't bad, depending on the country of course. The eastern part of Europe is very different to the western part. Most countries have good healthcare services as well so that's good at least. We do have high taxes though.
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Well I’ve traveled all over Europe, south east Asia and Central America/Caribbean so what do you want me to answer about them?

I bet most Europeans don’t know as much about the USA as they think. Even more so, we know more about their health care systems then they do about ours.
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
Standards of living aren't bad, depending on the country of course. The eastern part of Europe is very different to the western part. Most countries have good healthcare services as well so that's good at least. We do have high taxes though.
The eastern part has all the vagina

The western part has taxes, expensive housing and crap weather. Thankfully it has tons of diversity otherwise it would be horrible.
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Originally Posted By snailsrus⏩
Well I’ve traveled all over Europe, south east Asia and Central America/Caribbean so what do you want me to answer about them?

I bet most Europeans don’t know as much about the USA as they think. Even more so, we know more about their health care systems then they do about ours.
Mirin brah, wish I could travel the world as well. I'm very interested in different cultures and ways of living.
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Originally Posted By 4Mum69⏩
The eastern part has all the vagina

The western part has taxes, expensive housing and crap weather. Thankfully it has tons of diversity otherwise it would be horrible.
Yeah eastern part is poor, a lot of Polish/Romanian truck drivers go to western Europe for better income as a driver so they can provide for their family.

Houses are expensive AF, thankfully I managed to buy a house on my own because I'm doing well professionally.
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
I think it's got something to do with Americans generally being more patriotic. A lot of EU people look up to America, the promised land and all. Americans are proud to be American while EU people don't really care much about their country.
What
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Originally Posted By 8pieces⏩
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Fish and chips is British. Not in Europe.

So to answer op, apparently not much
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Originally Posted By samsbolton⏩
Fish and chips is British. Not in Europe.

So to answer op, apparently not much
GB is part of Europe though
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Originally Posted By samsbolton⏩
What
As I've said, indoctrination.
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Speaking for myself: UKcels (the UK is part of Europe, you do not need to be in the EU to be part of Europe) do not look up to 'Americans', more kind-of view the US as one huge, delusional reality TV show that we find slightly puzzling and depressing.

They/we view ourselves and other Europeans with good natured loathing and a kind of lazily cynical disgust.

Britain sucks, but we're pretty sure everywhere else does too
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Originally Posted By SashaGab⏩
Mirin brah, wish I could travel the world as well. I'm very interested in different cultures and ways of living.
turkey and Israel are my next goal vacation
don’t know when that will happen though
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Originally Posted By AlexSays⏩
Speaking for myself: UKcels (the UK is part of Europe, you do not need to be in the EU to be part of Europe) do not look up to 'Americans', more kind-of view the US as one huge, delusional reality TV show that we find slightly puzzling and depressing.

They/we view ourselves and other Europeans with good natured loathing and a kind of lazily cynical disgust.

Britain sucks, but we're pretty sure everywhere else does too
"Look up to'" probably wasn't the right wording, but we do get spoonfed a lot of American things like TV shows, American news e.g.
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Originally Posted By snailsrus⏩
turkey and Israel are my next goal vacation
don’t know when that will happen though
I think Israel will be amazing tbh
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