Are Americans, generally speaking, brash, conceated, and self centered?

Question

I hear that a lot from foreign nationals I work and socialize with. Curious as to what you might think.

Whoops, pardon the typo!...Conceited

Actually Brian, I'm well liked socially.

Answer 1

Yes we earn our disrespect.

Answer 2

Generally speaking, I think Americans are kind and generous. That's not to say there aren't a lot of brash, conceited and self-centered people out there. But it isn't limited to any one nationality.

Answer 3

No; those sorts of behavior have no international boundaries; I have associated (mostly in work situations but also in public and through social contact with many) closely with Italians, Greeks, Turks, Brits, Indians, Pakistanis, Germans, Mexicans and French and have seen these types as often as they occur in American populations.

Answer 4

Yes there are quite a few of those people, but they are easy to avoid. I would say that the majority of my friends are pretty down to earth, but it seems the older people get, the more conceited they become.

Answer 5

I would say absolutely untrue. Maybe those you work and socialize with base their opinions of Americans on you.

Even if you are well like socially you, as an American, must factor into their overall opinion of Americans in general. I think if you did a better job representing us then they might have a higher opinion of us.

Answer 6

at times, sure. But isn't it that way with people everywhere?

I think it has a lot to do with not thinking before acting. If people really saw how they sometimes came across as to others, they may rethink the way they behave.

Answer 7

No we are not. You must be spending time in China,France and maybe Italy?
I really do not care what the other countries think of us.They need to clean up their own back yard .

Answer 8

In the United States of America....No not really, however when they go visit another country then yes, only because a lot of Americans fail to understand anothers culture.

Answer 9

here in South Texas, there's a dialect coined TexMex , we talk English yet throw in Spanish information in our daily conversations, it is problematical to describe yet exciting ...when I heard myself conversing whilst traveling ny. My acquaintances and that i caught out! We additionally do say Y'ALL and Y'all's. (Ex. Y'all's order is waiting) in assessment to up North East the place they say 'yous adult males' or 'youses' ...additionally Ain't ,Naw and double negatives are hassle-loose. ( Double negatives are hassle-loose using fact in Spanish it is the staggering way, and many persons here had English as their 2nd language) rather of 'for' we are saying 'fer' and the comparable for 'or' and 'er'. we are saying this er that. We style and text fabric usual English of direction, yet we talk in yet in a various way. The be conscious To is 'tuh'. Like elephant tusks, tuh . And The is 'thuh' We additionally call any soda coke. Ex. choose for a soda? Yeah. What style? Dr Pepper. Haha kinda stupid yet it somewhat is how that's. i wish this helps, I promise you we are no longer hill billys haha!

Answer 10

I live in Europe part-time. I see the same attitude of being loud and pushy with the English, Germans and many others. It is not just Americans.
I live in Eastern Europe and I believe the bad attitude is because the country I am in is sort of poor and the visitors come from a richer country. Their big shot ego gets in the way.(I am an American who is often embarrased by my coutrymen.)

Answer 11

mostly. We just don't relise it because we are so self centered we don't notice the world around us and their thoughts. Some are not but the majority is, even me. And those of you who answered no, you are ur just so conceated you don't relise it either. You just want to think that you are perfect, ur not. No one is.