Americans

mr_fegelien · 26-08-2019 06:21PM #1

Are they ruder than Irish and the rest of the world?? I always doubted this stereotype but I can say that they're definitely heard before their seen. Particularly in the summer on the LUAS, Dublin Bus, or even on the street you hear an American before you see them.

But other than that, going over there last year for 3 months, they seem as polite as us. The only difference is that there country is so large so you get many extremes, extrmely polite people and extremely rude, crazy, ignorant, people. Doesn't mean the extreme outliers are representative of the whole nation.

Timberrrrrrrr · 26-08-2019 06:24PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Are they ruder than Irish and the rest of the world?? I always doubted this stereotype but I can say that they're definitely heard before their seen. Particularly in the summer on the LUAS, Dublin Bus, or even on the street you hear an American before you see them.

But other than that, going over there last year for 3 months, they seem as polite as us. The only difference is that there country is so large so you get many extremes, extrmely polite people and extremely rude, crazy, ignorant, people. Doesn't mean the extreme outliers are representative of the whole nation.

Same could be said for any country.

Ronin247 · 26-08-2019 06:25PM

Everyone is ruder than the Irish..... we are simply wonderful.

Harry Palmr · 26-08-2019 06:35PM

Americans in a shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpYi_sXOYbw

Conall Cernach · 26-08-2019 06:36PM

A lot of Americans have that "telling you straight" thing that they've inherited from German and Nordic ancestors. The Irish would usually drop dead rather than complain or risk offence.

B.A._Baracus · 26-08-2019 06:37PM

Found Americans to be more false than us.

punisher5112 · 26-08-2019 06:39PM

If I had a gun...

Remind me · 26-08-2019 06:40PM

Hearing before seeing doesn’t make them rude

Sardonicat · 26-08-2019 06:41PM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

A lot of Americans have that "telling you straight" thing that they've inherited from German and Nordic ancestors. The Irish would usually drop dead rather than complain or risk offence.

My viking genes must be strong!

Montage of Feck · 26-08-2019 06:41PM

I'm afraid of americans

Abel Ruiz · 26-08-2019 06:42PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

If I had a gun...

I'd shoot a hole into the sun

Mad_maxx · 26-08-2019 06:44PM

Americans are annoying, very boring too

paddylonglegs · 26-08-2019 06:46PM

Found them incredibly polite to deal with and willing to go out of their way to help with anything.

Not just for tourists but also for people living there.

bnt · 26-08-2019 06:47PM

Given than many American tourists come to Ireland because of their Irish ancestry, it seems a bit churlish to complain about them ..!

Panthro · 26-08-2019 06:49PM

You Us Eh? ! You Us Eh? !

No idea what they're on about.

fineso.mom · 26-08-2019 06:52PM

The population of America is about 300 million ....bit silly to say they are rude/annoying/boring whatever.

Woke Hogan · 26-08-2019 07:01PM

Americans really are the strangest people I have ever met. Their lust for their military and police force, the fact that they’re all grotesquely overweight and racist, their propensity for oversharing and referring to somewhere by both city and state (“I live in Flint, Michigan” as opposed to just “Flint.”), Fahrenheit. I will never understand Americans.

EmmetSpiceland · 26-08-2019 07:01PM

They are awful when you’re “down the country”.

Rolling out of tour buses in incredibly bright jackets roaring about “how QUIET it is” at some monastic site.

They aren’t so loud when complaining about the “weak flush” in the tourist centre.

kneemos · 26-08-2019 07:05PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Americans really are the strangest people I have ever met. Their lust for their military and police force, the fact that they’re all grotesquely overweight and racist, their propensity for oversharing and referring to somewhere by both city and state (“I live in Flint, Michigan” as opposed to just “Flint.”), Fahrenheit. I will never understand Americans.

It's a big country, everyone might not know where Flint is.
Also states have towns with the same name, Springfield for example.

ceadaoin. · 26-08-2019 07:25PM

Americans are more polite and genuinely friendly than Irish people, in my experience. It might come across as fake at first when you aren't used to it, but in most cases it isn't at all

But didn't we just have a huge American bashing thread? It it really time for another one already?

branie2 · 26-08-2019 07:27PM

The Americans I met in New England were very polite

odyssey06 · 26-08-2019 07:29PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Are they ruder than Irish and the rest of the world?? I always doubted this stereotype but I can say that they're definitely heard before their seen. Particularly in the summer on the LUAS, Dublin Bus, or even on the street you hear an American before you see them.

Couldn't be any louder than the upstairs of a #15 bus at the height of Spanish student season!

I think everyone gets louder on tour.

Edgware · 26-08-2019 07:30PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Americans are annoying, very boring too

And you are a bundle of laughs. Highlight of your year is de carnival down in de pitch

Your Face · 26-08-2019 07:32PM

Worked over there for awhile.
A diverse people.

padd b1975 · 26-08-2019 07:32PM

They're easier than Australians to listen to.

I'll give them that.

odyssey06 · 26-08-2019 07:39PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Americans really are the strangest people I have ever met. Their lust for their military and police force, the fact that they’re all grotesquely overweight and racist, their propensity for oversharing and referring to somewhere by both city and state (“I live in Flint, Michigan” as opposed to just “Flint.”), Fahrenheit. I will never understand Americans.

Hello!

metaoblivia · 26-08-2019 07:40PM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

A lot of Americans have that "telling you straight" thing that they've inherited from German and Nordic ancestors. The Irish would usually drop dead rather than complain or risk offence.

Y'all really would. We currently have two colleagues visiting our American office - a South African man and an Irish woman. The South African keeps calling the Irish woman English, and she's been very politely trying correct him indirectly by saying things like (when asked about Brexit, for example), "Well, from the Irish perspective..." but he keeps doing it.

I'm:
1. grateful it isn't one of my fellow Americans
2. thinking about saying something, but also enjoying the Monday entertainment

As for Americans - the loudest are just the ones that grab your attention. Some of us - a few of us - are lower key. :pac:

MarkR · 26-08-2019 07:43PM

I read of this one Irish lad, who was very rude. Killed a guy. So there you go.

Grab All Association · 26-08-2019 07:46PM

Not really. I think we just don’t interpret each other that well. My ex was from Florida/Kansas, she would cry because I’d scream at the sky box for freezing or get angry at stuff that wouldn’t work properly thinking I’d be angry at her.

Woke Hogan · 26-08-2019 07:47PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

Hello!

What?

26-08-2019 09:01PM

Any American tourist I've met has generally been very sound. I studied with a couple of Yanks too and they were grand.

They're probably a bit innocent when it comes to what they expect in Ireland but I don't understand the stick they get. Nor do I get why it annoys people that they call themselves Irish cos of their ancestry. What harm?

They're here spending their pensions dollars. We should be grateful for that. Leave them at it and be friendly to em.

Americans

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