r/AmericaBad

And I say this as a Lebanese Australian myself, and in America it's the opposite where Lebanese and Indian Americans have a great reputation

The double standard has always been funny to me. Americans get called "fake" for smiling, making small talk and being polite to strangers, but Canadians do the same thing and somehow it's just considered part of their culture. This is peak America bad

And honestly, I'd rather be around the "fake nice" person than someone who's proudly rude. Even if it's just a social norm, you're still choosing to make interactions more pleasant for everyone else. I've also never understood the "they're pretending" argument. Why would someone fake being nice? If they're making an effort to be friendly and polite, that's still a better interaction than someone who thinks being blunt or rude is somehow more "authentic."

I've never bought into the whole "Americans are fake" stereotype. If your immediate reaction to Americans friendliness is that "they must be pretending," that says more about your own cynicism than it does about the person saying hello & is just being genuine 😗

I wonder what the elbows Up people are thinking right now about this...

Perfect

I know that it already Ended But I decided when I woke up in the morning in July 4 to draw This Drawing to celebrate The 250th Anniversary of America but I wasn't able to fully Finish but Now it's already Finished so Anyways Happy 4 of July and I hope Everybody Enjoyed it 🇺🇸🦅🗽!

I like to follow some subs with "opposing views" to put it mildly and this is pretty typical take.