• -JDB-@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I feel like American’s views of Europe and Europe in actuality are much different

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      1 year ago

      To an extent he’s right. But also is where you are in the USA

      I live in Europe but went to university in DC, I’ve lived in NYC for a long time, and I honestly think people in DC/Northern VA know more about other cultures than the average European… but they don’t speak more languages. And people from NYC are more accepting of different people (probably because it’s so diverse)

      In Spain, The Netherlands, and England (the places I’ve been) I definitely don’t feel like they are any smarter/more knowledgeable than Americans lol. But I think I’ve only lived in very educated parts of the US. Here in Spain we don’t know shit about other cultures lol.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but pop has a lot of experience and he’s objectively correct in terms of travel and speaking languages lol

    • Dennis_enzo@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Main thing is that Europeans know that ‘Europe’ doesn’t exist as a culture. It’s a landmass and a political entity, nothing else. No one here considers themself to be ‘European’, you identify with your country. Anything that anyone says about ‘Europe’ is going to be wrong for a bunch of countries.

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      1 year ago

      That’s what happens when your only idea of a continent is from TV and a brief vacation to tourist areas.

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      1 year ago

      I always think anytime someone starts up on this ‘Europeans are more sophisticated’ crap…“you know we can see clips of your futbol matches online right?”

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely, but there’s always the good and the bad. It’s not all bad like Reddit would have you believe, similarly to how America isn’t all school shooting and police crushing windpipes.

    • chf_gang@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m from belgium and I really don’t think europeans are as cultured and classy as americans like to think they are. If anything I’ve found americans are more cultured and open-minded

    • DanteThonSimmons@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      That’s not an excuse to be ignorant of other cultures, though. I live in Australia, which is the same size as USA. I could drive for thousands of kilometres and still not reach the next state… and (being an island) it’s literally impossible for me to drive to another country. In Australia, we learn about other cultures and world history from a very young age.

      When I became an adult, I worked hard so I could travel the world and explore other cultures. Distance is no excuse. I’ve travelled from Australia to all over Europe, Asia, North America, and the Pacific Islands.

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      1 year ago

      I travel 80 miles and im either in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium or Luxemburg. I’d rather be in Florida.

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    1 year ago

    Europeans are racist af just like americans. Especially from eastern europe.

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      1 year ago

      Spain and Portugal raped and pillaged central and south america. They are so cultured to the point where the decided to destroy other cultures because they didn’t want others to have their own religions, languages, and cultures. If you think Americans did the native Americans bad, you wouldn’t be able to imagine the atrocities Spain and Portugal committed.

  • staymelooo@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Maybe 40 years ago. Europe is a horrible mess now for many reasons, which I won’t get into

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    1 year ago

    Pop signs endorsement deal with some French wine company next week

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    1 year ago

    Yeah, they’re more civil than the US, that’s why they’ve started 2 World Wars and several genocides.