Are American Stereotypes Offensive?

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Don't date american men!

Why?

Gotcha.

Does the lack of response to this post imply that American stereotypes are or are not offensive?

Yeeeehaaah

If they’re about white, straight, cis, Christian males, no.

If they’re about anybody else, yes.

Looks like my neighbors.
I think the ones that travel abroad are known to be loud and have really good white teeth.

Not all American men wear black brassieres!

By all means if you run a restaurant do NOT serve Americans. They will complain vociferously if the service is at all different from what they're used to back home, for example should you fail to provide each diner with a glass of tap water containing ice cubes, or not provide a bottle of ketchup to put on one's steak. When informing them of your exclusionary policy, please use the best approximation of RP you can manage even if you mostly learned English in Dublin.

OTOH should any Canadians arrive, you must offer each a complimentary beer and surprise him with a fresh unopened bag of ketchup chips.

And they better know how to make a damm Waldorf salad.

It's all about bottoms with you people isn't it?

I have travelled in Asia and Europe, and I am often amazed by how badly other Americans will behave. Sure, and I am no saint, but I sometimes have to fake a Russian accent to avoid being associated with my fellow citizens.  So here is another one of my lists...

What the stereotypical "Ugly American" is like.

1. We lack any sense of sartorial decorum.  Our clothes look as if we either believe that no one can see us, or that we want everybody to look at us.  Either way, we never dress appropriately for the weather or the season.

2. We talk too loudly, especially when trying to make ourselves understood.  ("D O   Y O U   U N D E R S T A N D   M E ? !")

3. We never learn the local language. Why should we, when we can just speak louder? ("W H E R E - O   I S   T H E   B A T H R O O M - O ?")

3. We have an unfavorable opinion about everything, including the local culture, the local food, the service, the traffic, the people, their language, and the lack of just about every First-World privilege we used to enjoy back home.

5. We stay only in name-brand hotels, patronized only by other Americans, and lock up all of our valuables in the hotel's safe as long as we get a signed receipt.

6. We eat only "American" food. Why should we learn what sinagang na baboy from the family-run restaurant on the corner tastes like when we can just order a burger from room service?

I am sure our non-American members can think of others.

I see you have met my ex-mother-in-law.

7. (From a PM) We constantly brag about how everything in American is far superior to everything else in the world.

↑ 8. ... and we use the "F-word" as an adverb, an adjective, and even a form of punctuation in every spoken conversation we have.