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When other countries say Americans are loud, what does this mean? (lemmy.world)
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I read people say online that Americans are loud. What does this mean, exactly? Is it literal volume or is it our personality/presentation? Something else?

I may be moving to Australia because of my wife’s job, and I want to better understand this. I want to assimilate and I don’t want to be annoying. I’m personally pretty low key and listen more than speak, but this is my perception of myself.

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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

It means the other country is perpetuating stereotypes.

Let me tell you a few more:

  • French are dirty
  • Parisians are all supermodels or pick pockets
  • English politeness is just their passive aggressive bullshit
  • Japanese are rude as shit
  • Germans are robots
  • Mexicans are lazy
  • Canadians are overly polite
  • Italians are way too passionate
  • Australians are way too laid back
  • Icelanders fuck a lot
  • South Africans are racist assholes

To be clear, I don’t agree with or believe any of the above, I am just telling you the stereotypes.

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