What US cultural traits made you drop out?

[bostero]

What about the US culture(s) made you think to yourself, "Even though I come from this place, these are not really my people"? I'll throw in a few of my own examples later.

[Ghost]

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[Eric]

being abused for saying something bad about America. Even to foreigners this is a capital crime - You're supposed to love everything about here, you ungrateful negative twat. It's so fun here, stop killing the party.

[jamesbond]

What about the US culture(s) made you think to yourself, "Even though I come from this place, these are not really my people"? I'll throw in a few of my own examples later.

The women, (feminist, fat and ugly) the workaholic lifestyle, difficulty meeting people and making friends and there being nothing to do for single people except go to bars and clubs.

[Adama]

The backstabbing that men do. You might expect backstabbing from women. When you realize that most men are petty and will backstab you in a heartbeat, then it becomes a matter of why bother.

Unlike the others though, I doubt this improves regardless of location. Petty jealousies, backstabbing, slander and other things similar to that seem to be human nature.

We already know which American women to look out for. The women who take MTV seriously (that is they get tattoos and look like trashy biker chicks) and the angry career women who decided beforehand that they didn't want to submit or compromise with any man (the feminist-believers). Of course all you have to do is listen to them talk. Listen to the things they value. If they have a chip on their shoulders, you'll see it. They cannot contain their degeneracy. Many of them are loud, complain a lot, only talk about money, don't believe in compromise or satisfying their man, are openly disrespectful and disagreeable and expect you to like it, etc. Basically the bare minimum that a civilized person could have before being considered uncivilized.

[Adama]

What about the US culture(s) made you think to yourself, "Even though I come from this place, these are not really my people"? I'll throw in a few of my own examples later.

The women, (feminist, fat and ugly) the workaholic lifestyle, difficulty meeting people and making friends and there being nothing to do for single people except go to bars and clubs.

That's funny. Except for the part about the women, when I was in Germany, the women had the same complaints to me about why they often wanted to move to the states. Those German girls who wanted to move here cited how rude Germans are, how there is nothing to do but shop, and how boring the country is overall. To me though, it was a female virtual paradise.

[w.p.o.]

- Liberalism
- Feminism
- Girls/women who treat nice guys like crap and treat a$$holes like emeralds. Difficult to speak to. I used to say while I was in school "God gave beautiful bodies to the wrong people."
- live to work instead of working to live
- Hypocritical christians (praise god all day long on sunday, then wrongfully accuse people and talk down to those they don't know - which goes against god's word).
- $hitty television. lack of imagination when making movies. Unrealistic. It's unwatchable.

[w.p.o.]

- The ridiculous laws put in place that allow slip-n-fall lawyers to run amok
- A$$hole managers who wrongfully terminate innocent employees because they (employees) do a great job, therefore is a "threat" to their (managment) job

[CB8]

The hatred of anyone who isn't like you. Any introvert knows that their disposition attracts a lot of disdain from their American peers.

How neighbors will get scared if you even greet them. How can you be not even acknowledge people who you see everyday? Even worse, how can you view the act of someone greeting you as an invasion of your boundaries?

The lack of emotion in most Americans. If you talk to anyone about something with substance, it's like talking to a robot. The robot knows what it's "supposed" to say, but the feeling isn't there. At most, you'll get a cliche, "cheer up" response, but you can tell the person doesn't really care.

The most maddening part is that, despite all this, people want you to pretend to be their best friend whenever you interact with them. I can't do it. I'm not an actor, so when I talk to people I'm giving them the real me. I don't want to talk to people who only respond in cliches and PC-speak instead actually trying to connect with you.

[Balmung]

The workaholic nature, people never getting time off. Most Americans live to work, I'd rather work to live.

The misandry. The automatic assumption that whatever women want/do is good, and what men want/do is bad.

(Related) The nutty ideas women have about what's good in a partner. They want men that are confident and decisive, and that's fine, but those are leadership qualities, and then they don't want to follow the man. There's no way to win. Plus, most women prioritize men being exciting, often a bad boy, and have less interest in men that are reliable and dependable and on an emotional even keel. I suppose that's their prerogative, but I'm more of the latter, so I do better in other countries.

The cynicism. Most Americans don't trust anyone, even when they live in safe areas. That's no way to live.

(Related) The pessimism. Most Americans have lost the can do spirit, and will just tell you why whatever big idea won't work. Dreamers have to deal with people crapping all over their dreams. I'd rather have a bit of naive optimism.

[w.p.o.]

Almost every other country get 1 month vacation. America gets a laughable 1 week.

[chanta76]

racsim..
feminism
this petty attitude some people have.

[IraqVet2003]

These are the following U.S. cultural traits in modern America that made me "drop out":

1.) American culture is very workaholic. There is no work-life balance due to cut throat competition, high-cost of living, too much materialism and consumption. And when compared to other developed or industrialized countries, U.S. workplaces on average only offer 1-2 weeks vacation time vs. 6 weeks or more in many European nations.

2.) American is also cliquish and business-like socially. Most social groups in America consist of locals who usually don't talk to strangers except for business purposes or when asking directions. Which makes it difficult to make friends, let alone find a date/spouse. The U.S. is rated among one of the loneliest countries in the world.

3.) American culture is very anti-intellectual. There is a lack of curiosity or novelty about anything dealing with geography, world history/current events, conspiracies, foreign cultures, foreign languages, science/technology, philosophy, etc. Also, American society tends to look down on anyone who are deep thinkers or truth seekers with above average intelligence (an I.Q. above 120 or more) in which such people are called "conspiracy theorists", "weird", "nerds" and "geeks" and as with "nice guys", they tend to finish last in the dating/marriage scene.

4.) Radical Feminism, extreme liberalism, misandry (hatred of heterosexual men), gynocentric (everything centers around females at the expense of males), political correctness, and the homosexual (LBGT) agenda that has ruined traditional gender roles, traditional marriage/family, male-female relationships, and the political/legal system.

5.) Obsession with race.

6.) American culture's/media's obsession with popularity, sports, celebrates, "fluff", consumerism, business news/investments, political parties, etc.

7.) Above all, America culture is too much about CONFORMITY and thinking "outside the box" is not really encouraged.

[GoingAwol]

The dog-eat-dog mentality. Every place has this, but in the U.S. it's practically worshiped, as if destroying humanity for material gain is the point to life. (Which, for Americans, it is.)

The never-ending puerile sarcasm. You can't do anything - from giving a compliment to asking a question - without some a** making a snippy comment. I used to play this game, but I realized that even if you best someone at wits, it never end.

I was browsing a facebook group tonight and someone had posted a picture of their new puppy. This one guy had commented on the picture and said "She's a real dish". I responded to his comment and said "This isn't Korea :p" and he responded by insulting my looks. WTF? I had simply made clever light hearted joke and he had to be an azzhole about it. I really hate how Americans brand of humor is being a smartazz and putting people down.

[Eric]

Pretty much the complete f*cking war on morals/ethics/family, common sense, decency, FAMILY, family...family, real music, quality television, decent news, straight politicians, decent infrastructure, gender differences, right and wrong, decent food, clean air, decent education, truth, God, GOD, GOD, sanity, women, men, children, race relations, RACE RELATIONS, independence, hard work, friendship, romance, tender feelings, goodness.

The complete war on sanity and STABILITY!


Yep. That's pretty much it.