Louie said:
Err it wasn't my intention to tell you that we're superior to you which is definitely not true. But that stereotype really isn't that common in germany, that's all. The rest of my post was just to point out to you that the germans are in favour of Obama (which might be a good thing or not) and germany accepted that it is an immigration country (which means it is more open towards different cultures than 20 years ago). I know we're not better people than you guys. Germany is quite americanized actually Sorry if I sounded like a jerk in that post |
Oh shit. Sorry. I was the jerk. I typed that really fast and didn't proofread it and realize how bad it came off. I didn' mean to word it that way to make it into a "superior Germans" joke. I really thought it was awesome that you guys were so innocent you hadn't even heard of this stereotype. I've heard it a million times in the U.S.
I'm not still holding a grudge from the 40's. I don't know what I'd do without my German cinema of the 20's and today, and my krautrock.
America used to love everything about Germany. I read in my linguistics class that before World War 1, 25% of U.S. high school students were studying German, and since WW1 that number hasn't passed 2%. Americans looooove their century-long grudges. I have no idea why.
