If you’re an American, your vision of your country is probably dictated by where you live, how you were raised, your religious beliefs, your friends—basically all the stuff that surrounds you at all times. People in other countries aren’t surrounded by any of that crap. They’re looking at us from the outside and what they see isn’t pretty.
Redditor u/IceCreamTacosPizza posted on r/AskReddit, wondering, “Non-Americans of Reddit, what is your genuine reaction to what’s going on in America right now?”
Well, the answers are all fairly similar: we look like we’ve lost our damn minds. But different people have different reasons for thinking so. Some even wish they could trade places, others says we tend to see the U.S.A.’s issues as unique, when they’re really not. Almost everyone agrees we should have universal healthcare. If only we could agree on stuff in America the way people in other countries agree on how much we suck.
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The US always appeared like an older, stronger brother – now it feels like this brother started using meth. —vonauer
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It’s like watching Britney Spears go through that “shaved-head phase” —eishanegi
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In the immortal words of Michael Bluth. “Well I don’t know what I expected” —Terramagi
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For me I feel like nothing can surprise me now, I’m just like of course that’s happening now. I feel sorry for the sane people over there. —el_papy
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I feel like I’m Stan from south park, watching Randy and his mates fuck shit up, unable to do anything except just say “Dude?!” in a really exasperated voice —Londonloud
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“America amirite” replaced talking about the weather. Everyone is dumbfounded by what’s going on. On the other hand it’s sad that we know more about US politics than local politics. People protest for BLM in Berlin, and nobody talks about other things going on elsewhere. —n1c0_ds
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It is a silly place, let’s not go there. —MindTheFuture
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It’s a bit mad innit —m0jit0o
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Da fuk dey doin ova there —yagami_raito23
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Confusion. It’s so bizarre, how is it possible? Followed by empathy. A tonne of empathy. —EarthlyGeo