Things I miss and don't miss about the USA from abroad
Posted: October 16th, 2013, 8:07 am
Things I don't miss about the USA:
--Dealing with lousy customer service employees and having to deal with the unhappy, unsmiling faces of service workers in America, i.e. fast-food workers, waiters, gas attendants, convenience store owners, DMV workers, TSA agents, immigration officials, etc...
--Not having to deal with the ghetto culture and the bad attitudes that permeate from the Hip-Hop thug culture popular in the West...(Don't get me wrong, I like old-school hip-hop like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Run DMC and KRS-One, but can't stand the newer gangsta-rap garbage...)
--Feeling like you can't do anything with police being all over your ass...
--Too many damn laws in the USA, makes you feel less than free...believe or not, I feel freerer in China than I do in the good ole USA.
--Afraid I'm going to get mugged when I go-out at night in the States...
--The ridiculous level of violence in the USA (gun-crime, rapes, murders, kidnappings, thefts, gang-fights, etc...)
--The macho culture that permeates the male psyche in the USA, whereas in Asia, masculinity is not defined by muscles and being a frat-boy jerk-off
--The chemicals and GMO-laced foods that make-up a large portion of the food supply in the USA.
--American women, obviously. LOL!
--The Feminist culture and the anti-male attitudes present throughout American society.
--The racism in the USA! (A big-time problem that led me to go overseas).
--The extreme level of political correctness in most Western countries...
--The constant feeling that the USA is in decline...and going down the toilet. (In China, I feel more optimistic believe or not. In fact, I am very bullish on the whole Asian region...).
--The negative social atmosphere that pervades the USA...For example, the prevalence of 'the cool kids vs. the geeks, jocks vs nerds, cliques vs cliques, Blacks vs Whites, etc...'
--The feeling that the U.S. government is a criminal enterprise responsible for ruining lives and invading countries throughout the world...
--Feeling embarrassed in being a American most-of-the time, when overseas.
--All the stupid people in the USA. Also, I can't stand most Western foreigners when they are abroad. The only exception in my case, have been other English teachers (who have been pretty cool, for the most part).
Things I do miss about the USA:
--China has some slow Internet speeds man...The USA, in comparison, is way ahead of China, but in no way in the same league as in S. Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore or the other advanced Asian countries.
--The cleaner air and atmosphere.
--The big houses and the wide-open landscape of the USA...
--I do miss seeing some of the live sporting events on television, but thankfully, I can see some of them on my computer.
--The good cable shows like Game-of-Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Waking Dead, The Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men. But thankfully, I have a subscription to HBO online and can watch it anytime in China. Also, I have a NetFlix account that I watch past episodes of my favorite AMC shows---so that helps a little bit...
--China blocks YouTube and Facebook from the Internet here in China! Thankfully, I configured a proxy that enables me to bypass the firewall that the Chinese government has set-up to censor things on the Web. The Chinese government is really stupid for doing this, in my opinion.
--Some American foods like a good hamburger, a Deli sandwich or NYC style slice of pizza.
--The clean water and the good infrastructure of the USA; although in comparison to the advanced Asian countries, the USA is slipping behind badly...
Things I don't like about China:
--The backstabbing nature of most Chinese--and Asians in general.
--The unscrupulousness, greed and dishonest nature of most Chinese--and Asians in general.
--The quarrelsome nature of Chinese people. At least Americans try to get along with each other, even though most of it is for appearances sake and most times false...
--All the disgusting spitting, nose-picking and pissing on the street--make the Chinese seem more trashy than your average redneck or hip-hop thug...
--Chinese have terrible manners like breaking ques, spitting, burping while eating, and other examples of poor etiquette...
--The xenophobia against foreigners by the Chinese.
--The bad pollution
----The dirty streets, houses, and rivers all throughout China
To be honest, I thought I would be really homesick, but that has not been the case, actually. I figured I would miss a lot of American things, but apparently, I really haven't. Huh, I guess that made me realize just how much I hated the U.S. actually, LOL.
--Dealing with lousy customer service employees and having to deal with the unhappy, unsmiling faces of service workers in America, i.e. fast-food workers, waiters, gas attendants, convenience store owners, DMV workers, TSA agents, immigration officials, etc...
--Not having to deal with the ghetto culture and the bad attitudes that permeate from the Hip-Hop thug culture popular in the West...(Don't get me wrong, I like old-school hip-hop like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Run DMC and KRS-One, but can't stand the newer gangsta-rap garbage...)
--Feeling like you can't do anything with police being all over your ass...
--Too many damn laws in the USA, makes you feel less than free...believe or not, I feel freerer in China than I do in the good ole USA.
--Afraid I'm going to get mugged when I go-out at night in the States...
--The ridiculous level of violence in the USA (gun-crime, rapes, murders, kidnappings, thefts, gang-fights, etc...)
--The macho culture that permeates the male psyche in the USA, whereas in Asia, masculinity is not defined by muscles and being a frat-boy jerk-off
--The chemicals and GMO-laced foods that make-up a large portion of the food supply in the USA.
--American women, obviously. LOL!
--The Feminist culture and the anti-male attitudes present throughout American society.
--The racism in the USA! (A big-time problem that led me to go overseas).
--The extreme level of political correctness in most Western countries...
--The constant feeling that the USA is in decline...and going down the toilet. (In China, I feel more optimistic believe or not. In fact, I am very bullish on the whole Asian region...).
--The negative social atmosphere that pervades the USA...For example, the prevalence of 'the cool kids vs. the geeks, jocks vs nerds, cliques vs cliques, Blacks vs Whites, etc...'
--The feeling that the U.S. government is a criminal enterprise responsible for ruining lives and invading countries throughout the world...
--Feeling embarrassed in being a American most-of-the time, when overseas.
--All the stupid people in the USA. Also, I can't stand most Western foreigners when they are abroad. The only exception in my case, have been other English teachers (who have been pretty cool, for the most part).
Things I do miss about the USA:
--China has some slow Internet speeds man...The USA, in comparison, is way ahead of China, but in no way in the same league as in S. Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore or the other advanced Asian countries.
--The cleaner air and atmosphere.
--The big houses and the wide-open landscape of the USA...
--I do miss seeing some of the live sporting events on television, but thankfully, I can see some of them on my computer.
--The good cable shows like Game-of-Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Waking Dead, The Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men. But thankfully, I have a subscription to HBO online and can watch it anytime in China. Also, I have a NetFlix account that I watch past episodes of my favorite AMC shows---so that helps a little bit...
--China blocks YouTube and Facebook from the Internet here in China! Thankfully, I configured a proxy that enables me to bypass the firewall that the Chinese government has set-up to censor things on the Web. The Chinese government is really stupid for doing this, in my opinion.
--Some American foods like a good hamburger, a Deli sandwich or NYC style slice of pizza.
--The clean water and the good infrastructure of the USA; although in comparison to the advanced Asian countries, the USA is slipping behind badly...
Things I don't like about China:
--The backstabbing nature of most Chinese--and Asians in general.
--The unscrupulousness, greed and dishonest nature of most Chinese--and Asians in general.
--The quarrelsome nature of Chinese people. At least Americans try to get along with each other, even though most of it is for appearances sake and most times false...
--All the disgusting spitting, nose-picking and pissing on the street--make the Chinese seem more trashy than your average redneck or hip-hop thug...
--Chinese have terrible manners like breaking ques, spitting, burping while eating, and other examples of poor etiquette...
--The xenophobia against foreigners by the Chinese.
--The bad pollution
----The dirty streets, houses, and rivers all throughout China
To be honest, I thought I would be really homesick, but that has not been the case, actually. I figured I would miss a lot of American things, but apparently, I really haven't. Huh, I guess that made me realize just how much I hated the U.S. actually, LOL.