The world according to America :)
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That map generalizes way too much. Not all Americans are your stereotypical fat, greasy hamburger eatting American type. There are people in all nations that have unrealistic prejustices of other people, not just in America.
I just hate being a sterotype. More fries pleze....
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See this: http://cooler.irk.ru/pic09/america.gif Americans, do you really feel this way? :confused: Just curious...
ROTFL! "Here be dragons" - that's classic! Honestly, as another poster mentioned, that's probably a better representation of the prejuidices/stereotypical beleifs of the general population in 1950. There are still Americans with this point of view, but it's not really representative of the whole population anymore. America is a very, very strange place. I've lived here my whole life, and from what I've seen America is as much a single country as it is five or six different countries tied together with string (and maybe a little duct-tape). You can visit Texas, California, Atlanta, New York, Seattle, and Kansas City; and in each place you'll experience extremely different attitudes, "common sense" opinions, societal constructions, bigotry, and ideals. They're so different that they might as well be different countries. For instance, just outside Atlanta (where I've lived my whole life), a New Yorker is as "foreign" as a full-blooded European. And I'm sure I'd be considered just as foreign up in New York. Add to that the fact that from any point in continental America you can get in a car, drive in one direction for 48 hours straight, experience the incredibly different cultures mentioned above, and still be in "America". I think it's because of this that many Americans don't have such a good perception of the "rest of the world", because to them the other parts of America *are* "the rest of the world". The "rest of the world" and the "rest of America" are equally foreign, so they just end up getting lumped together... Just some thoughts of mine - no guarantee that they make sense or are well thought out ;) -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Lisa, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening..." - Homer
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You could make maps like this for every country with attitude in the World. I'd certainly be intereseted in seeing world-view maps like this from Russia, the U.K., and middle east. It's too easy to pick on our American buddies as they make more noise on the world stage. I think some of the opinions of Canadians were they put into a map like this would surprise quite a few people! David
>> I think some of the opinions of Canadians were they put into a map like this would surprise quite a few people! << (From a Kids in the Hall episode) "I'm Canadian" "What's that?" "It's like an American, but without a gun." :) -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Lisa, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening..." - Homer
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See this: http://cooler.irk.ru/pic09/america.gif Americans, do you really feel this way? :confused: Just curious...
I've traveled a lot, and I don't think that map is too far off. Of course it makes the mistake of lumping in The Republic of Texas with the little 48 states and the vast wasteland of Alaska. Here are my impressions of some of the countries I've visited over the years: 1) Mexico: Getting more deserted by the hour as all of them move to Texas. Pretty women, good food, nice beaches. No country with such close ties to Texas can be very bad. Everyone smokes there. 2) Canada: Vancouver is too pretty to be real, I think the whole country is some kind of hoax, eh? Why do they tolerate that bunch of Frenchmen they have running lose there? Everyone smokes there. 3) England (where I lived for 3 years and owned a house): Nice theme park, it looks like about 30% of the people do all the work to support the other 70%. The people are nice, but are very sheeplike. Everyone smokes there. 4) Germany/ former West Germany: Super clean houses, super fast cars, lots of nice department stores. Nice people until you push one of their many buttons. They seem pretty rich, about like River Oaks in Houston. Everyone smokes there. 5) Former East Germany: Poor Germans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that be??? Everyone smokes there. 6) Japan: Lots of people, they are your best friend if you know them, but they'll run over you if they don't. The only first world people who work as hard as we do. Their diet seems to have been imported from Mars. One gets a weird feeling of alternate reality there. A place is either super clean, or filthy, nothing in between. The country that can't say "no" (but they can damn sure think it). Everyone smokes there. 7) The Phillipines: Friendly, beautiful people. Hard workers but know how to have a good time. For some reason, God seems really pissed at them, they suffer disaster after disaster. Everyone smokes there. 8) Korea: Really tough people who've had their share of bad luck. Hard workers, but a lot of their effort goes into sucking up to the guy above them in the chain. Don't mess with them, they get cranky. Years ago a dictator mandated a phonetic language in place of pictograms, so you can read the signs to a certain extent. They can grow produce from rocks. I started liking Kimchee after a while. I appreciated that most road signs have both Korean and Roman letters. Don't (as one of my co-workers did) call the Samsung switchboard and ask for "Mr. Kim". Koreans think it's impolite to laugh at others, but that question will test them. Everyone smokes there
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I've traveled a lot, and I don't think that map is too far off. Of course it makes the mistake of lumping in The Republic of Texas with the little 48 states and the vast wasteland of Alaska. Here are my impressions of some of the countries I've visited over the years: 1) Mexico: Getting more deserted by the hour as all of them move to Texas. Pretty women, good food, nice beaches. No country with such close ties to Texas can be very bad. Everyone smokes there. 2) Canada: Vancouver is too pretty to be real, I think the whole country is some kind of hoax, eh? Why do they tolerate that bunch of Frenchmen they have running lose there? Everyone smokes there. 3) England (where I lived for 3 years and owned a house): Nice theme park, it looks like about 30% of the people do all the work to support the other 70%. The people are nice, but are very sheeplike. Everyone smokes there. 4) Germany/ former West Germany: Super clean houses, super fast cars, lots of nice department stores. Nice people until you push one of their many buttons. They seem pretty rich, about like River Oaks in Houston. Everyone smokes there. 5) Former East Germany: Poor Germans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that be??? Everyone smokes there. 6) Japan: Lots of people, they are your best friend if you know them, but they'll run over you if they don't. The only first world people who work as hard as we do. Their diet seems to have been imported from Mars. One gets a weird feeling of alternate reality there. A place is either super clean, or filthy, nothing in between. The country that can't say "no" (but they can damn sure think it). Everyone smokes there. 7) The Phillipines: Friendly, beautiful people. Hard workers but know how to have a good time. For some reason, God seems really pissed at them, they suffer disaster after disaster. Everyone smokes there. 8) Korea: Really tough people who've had their share of bad luck. Hard workers, but a lot of their effort goes into sucking up to the guy above them in the chain. Don't mess with them, they get cranky. Years ago a dictator mandated a phonetic language in place of pictograms, so you can read the signs to a certain extent. They can grow produce from rocks. I started liking Kimchee after a while. I appreciated that most road signs have both Korean and Roman letters. Don't (as one of my co-workers did) call the Samsung switchboard and ask for "Mr. Kim". Koreans think it's impolite to laugh at others, but that question will test them. Everyone smokes there
Hahahaha - this was great >Australia: Almost as large as Texas. Lots of Crocodiles, sheep, and koalas. Too far from anywhere to bother messing with them, but since they turned in their guns they are now easy pickings. I'd like to visit there someday. Everyone smokes there. BTW didn't you see Crocodile Dundee ? We kept our knives.... Christian #include "std_disclaimer.h" People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either one being made. The things that come to those who wait are usually the things left by those who got there first.
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I've traveled a lot, and I don't think that map is too far off. Of course it makes the mistake of lumping in The Republic of Texas with the little 48 states and the vast wasteland of Alaska. Here are my impressions of some of the countries I've visited over the years: 1) Mexico: Getting more deserted by the hour as all of them move to Texas. Pretty women, good food, nice beaches. No country with such close ties to Texas can be very bad. Everyone smokes there. 2) Canada: Vancouver is too pretty to be real, I think the whole country is some kind of hoax, eh? Why do they tolerate that bunch of Frenchmen they have running lose there? Everyone smokes there. 3) England (where I lived for 3 years and owned a house): Nice theme park, it looks like about 30% of the people do all the work to support the other 70%. The people are nice, but are very sheeplike. Everyone smokes there. 4) Germany/ former West Germany: Super clean houses, super fast cars, lots of nice department stores. Nice people until you push one of their many buttons. They seem pretty rich, about like River Oaks in Houston. Everyone smokes there. 5) Former East Germany: Poor Germans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that be??? Everyone smokes there. 6) Japan: Lots of people, they are your best friend if you know them, but they'll run over you if they don't. The only first world people who work as hard as we do. Their diet seems to have been imported from Mars. One gets a weird feeling of alternate reality there. A place is either super clean, or filthy, nothing in between. The country that can't say "no" (but they can damn sure think it). Everyone smokes there. 7) The Phillipines: Friendly, beautiful people. Hard workers but know how to have a good time. For some reason, God seems really pissed at them, they suffer disaster after disaster. Everyone smokes there. 8) Korea: Really tough people who've had their share of bad luck. Hard workers, but a lot of their effort goes into sucking up to the guy above them in the chain. Don't mess with them, they get cranky. Years ago a dictator mandated a phonetic language in place of pictograms, so you can read the signs to a certain extent. They can grow produce from rocks. I started liking Kimchee after a while. I appreciated that most road signs have both Korean and Roman letters. Don't (as one of my co-workers did) call the Samsung switchboard and ask for "Mr. Kim". Koreans think it's impolite to laugh at others, but that question will test them. Everyone smokes there
ROTFLMAO! <wipes tears from eyes>. Oh that was great. cheers, Chris Maunder
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I've traveled a lot, and I don't think that map is too far off. Of course it makes the mistake of lumping in The Republic of Texas with the little 48 states and the vast wasteland of Alaska. Here are my impressions of some of the countries I've visited over the years: 1) Mexico: Getting more deserted by the hour as all of them move to Texas. Pretty women, good food, nice beaches. No country with such close ties to Texas can be very bad. Everyone smokes there. 2) Canada: Vancouver is too pretty to be real, I think the whole country is some kind of hoax, eh? Why do they tolerate that bunch of Frenchmen they have running lose there? Everyone smokes there. 3) England (where I lived for 3 years and owned a house): Nice theme park, it looks like about 30% of the people do all the work to support the other 70%. The people are nice, but are very sheeplike. Everyone smokes there. 4) Germany/ former West Germany: Super clean houses, super fast cars, lots of nice department stores. Nice people until you push one of their many buttons. They seem pretty rich, about like River Oaks in Houston. Everyone smokes there. 5) Former East Germany: Poor Germans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that be??? Everyone smokes there. 6) Japan: Lots of people, they are your best friend if you know them, but they'll run over you if they don't. The only first world people who work as hard as we do. Their diet seems to have been imported from Mars. One gets a weird feeling of alternate reality there. A place is either super clean, or filthy, nothing in between. The country that can't say "no" (but they can damn sure think it). Everyone smokes there. 7) The Phillipines: Friendly, beautiful people. Hard workers but know how to have a good time. For some reason, God seems really pissed at them, they suffer disaster after disaster. Everyone smokes there. 8) Korea: Really tough people who've had their share of bad luck. Hard workers, but a lot of their effort goes into sucking up to the guy above them in the chain. Don't mess with them, they get cranky. Years ago a dictator mandated a phonetic language in place of pictograms, so you can read the signs to a certain extent. They can grow produce from rocks. I started liking Kimchee after a while. I appreciated that most road signs have both Korean and Roman letters. Don't (as one of my co-workers did) call the Samsung switchboard and ask for "Mr. Kim". Koreans think it's impolite to laugh at others, but that question will test them. Everyone smokes there
Man, you get around! This is great, I'll keep it as a sort of travel guide for the future. :) Thanx! Alvaro
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I've traveled a lot, and I don't think that map is too far off. Of course it makes the mistake of lumping in The Republic of Texas with the little 48 states and the vast wasteland of Alaska. Here are my impressions of some of the countries I've visited over the years: 1) Mexico: Getting more deserted by the hour as all of them move to Texas. Pretty women, good food, nice beaches. No country with such close ties to Texas can be very bad. Everyone smokes there. 2) Canada: Vancouver is too pretty to be real, I think the whole country is some kind of hoax, eh? Why do they tolerate that bunch of Frenchmen they have running lose there? Everyone smokes there. 3) England (where I lived for 3 years and owned a house): Nice theme park, it looks like about 30% of the people do all the work to support the other 70%. The people are nice, but are very sheeplike. Everyone smokes there. 4) Germany/ former West Germany: Super clean houses, super fast cars, lots of nice department stores. Nice people until you push one of their many buttons. They seem pretty rich, about like River Oaks in Houston. Everyone smokes there. 5) Former East Germany: Poor Germans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that be??? Everyone smokes there. 6) Japan: Lots of people, they are your best friend if you know them, but they'll run over you if they don't. The only first world people who work as hard as we do. Their diet seems to have been imported from Mars. One gets a weird feeling of alternate reality there. A place is either super clean, or filthy, nothing in between. The country that can't say "no" (but they can damn sure think it). Everyone smokes there. 7) The Phillipines: Friendly, beautiful people. Hard workers but know how to have a good time. For some reason, God seems really pissed at them, they suffer disaster after disaster. Everyone smokes there. 8) Korea: Really tough people who've had their share of bad luck. Hard workers, but a lot of their effort goes into sucking up to the guy above them in the chain. Don't mess with them, they get cranky. Years ago a dictator mandated a phonetic language in place of pictograms, so you can read the signs to a certain extent. They can grow produce from rocks. I started liking Kimchee after a while. I appreciated that most road signs have both Korean and Roman letters. Don't (as one of my co-workers did) call the Samsung switchboard and ask for "Mr. Kim". Koreans think it's impolite to laugh at others, but that question will test them. Everyone smokes there
ROTFL! This is just too good a read. You should post this as a separate article. (My 2 cents.) ------- Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. (Francis Bacon) Nature, to be apprehended, must be obeyed. (Ayn Rand)
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>> I think some of the opinions of Canadians were they put into a map like this would surprise quite a few people! << (From a Kids in the Hall episode) "I'm Canadian" "What's that?" "It's like an American, but without a gun." :) -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Lisa, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening..." - Homer
There is no such thing as an American without a gun.
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There is no such thing as an American without a gun.
I was always under the impression that I existed... I think... ;) -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Lisa, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening..." - Homer
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ROTFL! "Here be dragons" - that's classic! Honestly, as another poster mentioned, that's probably a better representation of the prejuidices/stereotypical beleifs of the general population in 1950. There are still Americans with this point of view, but it's not really representative of the whole population anymore. America is a very, very strange place. I've lived here my whole life, and from what I've seen America is as much a single country as it is five or six different countries tied together with string (and maybe a little duct-tape). You can visit Texas, California, Atlanta, New York, Seattle, and Kansas City; and in each place you'll experience extremely different attitudes, "common sense" opinions, societal constructions, bigotry, and ideals. They're so different that they might as well be different countries. For instance, just outside Atlanta (where I've lived my whole life), a New Yorker is as "foreign" as a full-blooded European. And I'm sure I'd be considered just as foreign up in New York. Add to that the fact that from any point in continental America you can get in a car, drive in one direction for 48 hours straight, experience the incredibly different cultures mentioned above, and still be in "America". I think it's because of this that many Americans don't have such a good perception of the "rest of the world", because to them the other parts of America *are* "the rest of the world". The "rest of the world" and the "rest of America" are equally foreign, so they just end up getting lumped together... Just some thoughts of mine - no guarantee that they make sense or are well thought out ;) -- Russell Morris Georgia Institute of Technology "Lisa, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening..." - Homer
>Add to that the fact that from any point in continental America you can get in a car, drive ? >in one direction for 48 hours straight, experience the incredibly different cultures >mentioned above, and still be in "America". Hehe I like Australia, here you can drive for 48 hours straight and you're still in the middle of nowhere :-P Senior Test Engineer GLI Australia www.gli.com.au
