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Just to add: this was long before Russian propaganda.

I'm not saying I agree with it. Just something I have noticed.

And my friends aren't online. They say this in person. For example, in a bar and hear someone being loud. American.

Seeing tourists making lots of unnecessary noise in the street -> american.

This is half joking but also what people seem to actually think a lot of the time.

In my experience this is more a European thing, I don’t have the same issues elsewhere, and then in the case of Europeans, they have said, you’re not like I expected an American to be, so they recognize their bias.

I met a girl last night in Mexico and she said, "you're not American are you? Americans are loud and they always want the rest of the world to hear them."

This is the sentiment I was trying to express. It's definitely not a cliche. I also find on a slightly related note that a lot of problems on social media are American problems and the rest of the world doesn't really care.

And I feel bad typing this but it's true, and if the USA wants to climb back from its decline it is going to need to get comfortable with reality.

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