German here.
I dislike the US government and their imperialist politics. The focus on being a “superpower” just makes you look like super-assholes.
I like the people from the US. They are generally honest and friendly, albeit a bit loud. Your concept of private space and mine differ greatly.
I would have agreed with you 20 years ago but seeing the current alternative to the US being team America, superpower of assholes. I kind of want to go back in time.
Americans being loud and shouting private stuff in the cafeteria for everyone to hear is a thing, but what would life be without these comedic moments?
When I travel to Europe I just say I’m Canadian. Then I get sympathy for having to live next to the US.
I tell them I’m an American when asked.
People are fundamentally the same regardless of where they live, and anyone that judges anyone else based on their nationality is being an ignorant jackass. I handle it as such with the appropriate tact for the situation – most people are cool.
The ones that aren’t are morons and not worth wasting time on.
Ah, the Lisa Simpson stratergy
I’m Canadian, and I get super offended when foreigners assume I’m from America.
As a Vermonter, I also get offended when people think I’m from America.
They are correct and I’m not happy about that fact.
That’s the thing I hate about the trailer. It feels more like saints row, but one actually based on reality.
What made GTA great was it’s parody of Hollywood tropes of the eighties/nineties. A parody that was a hyper statement of normality.
This GTA is taking actual Florida men/women notheonion stories and aggrandizing them in fiction.
Saints row used to be the over the top ‘Murica Fuck yeah’, trashy culture glorifying spin off.
I hate how the parody is slipping and saints row and real life are more and more indistinguishable. That’s not fun to me, it’s deeply disconcerting and I will not partake.
Sometimes when you stare at a mirror, the mirror stares back at you…
I hate how the parody is slipping and saints row and real life are more and more indistinguishable.
I think that’s the fault of real life, more than the game.
I’m not assigning guilt here. I am personally more apt to indulge in a lovely corney 80’s storyline with moustaches and such, rather than reality.
But yeah i think parody ihas disappeared, reality is weirder.
Swede here, I worked at an American/Global company’s internal IT helpdesk for 4,5 years, and I can’t say that I have ever met an american I have actually disliked, at worst I felt ambivalent, but for the most part I just felt generally positive towards them.
Worst users I have worked with based on nationallity tend to be people from UK, it was not unusual for them to act slightly superior to us lowly IT servants, don’t get me wrong, most Brits I have met are great guys, but when working with some of them, they seem to be stuck in a strict classist society and be very much aware of that we were below them, which does not work in Sweden.
I have had similar experiences on a personal basis, but my American colleagues have such an unhealthy attitude about work that working alongside them becomes very trying. No hate to them - they’re trapped in an awful employment system that leaves them little choice.
The protestant work ethic is one hell of a drug. It was eye opening to learn just how much more vacation and time off European coworkers had. It would make me jealous when I needed a response from them on something but they were on holiday yet again. The joke at the office was that nothing could get done in the summer because all the Europeans were on vacation.
Personally, I would much prefer the European system, and it seems that’s something young Americans generally agree on. If people prefer to make more money/pay less in taxes but have less time off , then let them. Just give us a choice.
That’s why it’s gotta be all or nothing with these corpos though. If they gave you a choice, it would be just like “unlimited vacation” now.
“Oh yeah sure you can go on holiday, you’ll just be passive-aggressively punished and passed over and looked down on for it.”
If it’s forced on the company where simps and tryhards can’t refuse vacation in order to suck up to their boss, then refusing vacation won’t just become the new norm.
Hmmm. That’s a good point.
Aww. All the Swedes I have met have been somewhat preternaturally nice people with somehow a better grasp of English than me.
This made me remember a call I had with a American VIP at the company I worked at, he had put me on speaker as I helped him with his laptop while he was working at home, and his wife broke in at the end of the call complementing my English.
They were both surprised to learn that I was Swedish since I have managed to train myself to loose much of the classic Swedish accent when speaking English.
How is this a political meme?
Everything is politics. Everything.
I vote for this guy
How is it not?
It doesn’t appear to contain political content (at least to me, how is this political to you though?)
I am not the arbiter of what is political or not though, I’m just also curious as to why this isn’t in c/memes, but it deserves the upvotes imo
Nations and states are inherently political bodies.
Ahh you’re going based on what seems to be a textbook definition rather than the vibe definition.
Typically there’s a certain vibe to political cartoons, and I think the original commenter and I are just used to that vibe to tell whether a cartoon is “actually” political. This cartoon is missing that vibe by a lot. It seems to be a gta meme more than a political meme, vibes wise.
That said, you’re not wrong by your own definition, and that makes enough sense for me! Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated!
I understand the vibes feel, and think you’re right. I just tire of incisive, antagonistic political memes. GTA is relevant and I thought it was fun. I get it though.
I get that, nothing wrong with that!
Tbh I was wondering if that may have been the case and it was seeming to get pretty fight-y in tone, so I figured I’d get my own clarification in case other users want to also understand without getting into a fight
Sometimes it’s nice to have a break from all the hardcore political stuff, and the upvote rate on this post pretty much proves that point lol as far as the user base cares, you did good!
Reading the comments on this meme reminds me why I love Lemmy so much. People from all over the world having an interesting and reasonable discussion about cultural misconceptions.
Thanks for making this a great place to visit.
If I don’t get to use a baby alligator as a weapon I’ll be deeply disappointed with rockstar, I want to relive my favourite Florida man story.
This the wendys story?
Yeah if that’s the drive-thru one.
This exchange made me realize the Florida Man is an American mythos older than the Karen. The Internet is writing its own mythology lmao
Florida man and Florida woman are my 2 favourite superheros. There’s nothing they can’t do.
I want to make pancakes in the middle of a busy intersection.
As someone who lives in Europe, this is accurate.
We smugly lambast Americans for having lower standards; but it’s because they’re not Florida Man and we Europeans yearn to be Florida Man.
We’re all Florida men
So, you’re essentially saying that Europeans have the ability to distinguish reality from fantasy?
Fantasy?
It’s based on the daily life of Florida Man. Just like Far Cry 5 used real life footage from Montana.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj-th81xdZwitfvsxpNIB_AZ9UF6eAMPt&si=mhmOdqpdtJQFC18H
Basically this but in video game format.
Honestly, it almost feels like the main characters are more normal than the common Floridian.
Are we really back to this, essentially, video games cause violence.
You could argue it’s the opposite – video games provide a healthy outlet for aggression. When I’m angry at the state of the world I’ll go shoot space rhinos and space bugs and hivemind robots. I’ll roleplay a feel good setting where I’m the indisputable good guy with all the power to kill the indisputable bad guy.
And sometimes I just want to see shit blow up and break
Untrue
